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Contents:
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
- MARVEL IS DEBUTG A GAY SPIR-MAN
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- LADI, IS GAY TO WEAR A SU?
TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE THE CROWD ROOM DEFEND BY FANS
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But by the time the show was s fal season 2004, TV shows had learned how to have a gay old time. I love those shows, but 's disappotg how poorly they age -- the characters are clearly homophobic, regardg queerns as weird at bt and a threat at worst.
MARVEL IS DEBUTG A GAY SPIR-MAN
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After seeg Mil panic and ll gay people abnormal, I found myself wishg Murphy Brown had been better than that. Frasier, on the other hand, probably aired more affirmg gay episos than any other primetime show until Ellen and Will & Grace.
It started wh a 1994 episo entled "The Matchmaker, " which Frasier's gay boss thks they're on a date.
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DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
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LADI, IS GAY TO WEAR A SU?
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