Contents:
- HOW ‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ HELPED ME REALIZE I WAS GAY (COLUMN)
- ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, WHE, STRAIGHT, GAY, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
- ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY
- DO ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK FALL INTO THE ‘BURY YOUR GAYS’ TROPE?
HOW ‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ HELPED ME REALIZE I WAS GAY (COLUMN)
As the first season gaed massive and mastream populary, I watched iends embrace gay culture and the unfiltered reprentatn of whout battg an eyelash.
The years of anxiety I felt about beg gay melted away mut.
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, WHE, STRAIGHT, GAY, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY
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Not only is Orange is the New Black highly addictg— was released on Netflix all at once, so many viewers bge-watched all 13 episos—but on top of that, tackl several ntroversial issu like sexualy, homophobia, patriarchy, class, and race, often simultaneoly.
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DO ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK FALL INTO THE ‘BURY YOUR GAYS’ TROPE?
Lren Morelli, a former Orange is the New Black wrer and -executive producer, wrote an op-ed 2014 tailg her g-out journey, tled “While Wrg for Orange is the New Black, I Realized I Was Gay. Most notably, the terveng years, gay marriage was legalized.
"I'm not gay, sir.