The 12 Greatt Female Gay Ins of All Time; Also: Nathan & Matthew back together on Broadway

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10 FEMALE MOVIE AND TV CHARACTERS WHO ARE NOW GAY INS

From Catwoman to Ursula, the female characters movi and TV have gone on to be gay ins thanks to their fashn, humor, and absolute ditn to mp. * gay icons in movies *

Up until very recently, was credibly rare to see openly gay characters films and on televisn. Even if you did see a gay character somewhere, they were ually dyg or sufferg.

It’s easy to see why so many gay viewers found themselv drawn to strong, funny female characters, who got to live the liv they wanted to live and not suffer as much for . This is somethg very relatable for LGBTQ people, and whout actual queer characters to root for, women beme the facto stars of the gay muny.

Thanks to their fierce humor, great strength, termatn to own their sexualy, and some s, some credibly obv queer dg, the 10 female characters ronated wh LGBTQ viewers and beme gay ins. ” Wh l like this, ’s no surprise that Samantha om Sex and the Cy was a h wh the gay muny. But as a woman, she didn’t e off as threateng to gay people the way most straight men likely would have at the time, makg the muny gravate toward her.

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Naturally, the gay muny was drawn to Ursula thanks to her batn of nfince, telligence, and attu. To this day, she remas not only a Disney favore, but also a popular figure the gay muny. On top of that, Plette’s outfs and makp are over the top and borr on tacky and kschy, which only further enars her to gay viewers.

A sultry vixen tight black leather, Catwoman already has nsirable mpy charms and sexual prows, but add to that the fact that Catwoman was portrayed by gay ins like Julie Newmar and Eartha Kt, and you have an in adored by the entire LGBTQ muny.

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Kt even said an terview wh the Wdy Cy Tim that the gay muny saved her reer, statg, “When I was trouble wh the ernment and Lady Bird Johnson, was the gay guys who kept my name alive bee they kept lookg for my rerds and they were imatg me. I feel very close to the gay crowd bee we know what feels like to be rejected.

Many viewers pot to Xena’s relatnship wh her “travelg partner, ” Gabrielle, as beg overtly homoerotic, wh the two nstantly sharg looks and recg l that are totally sexual nuendos.

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Gay characters were seldom seen on televisn the ’80s, unls was a news program verg the AIDS crisis, so they unrstood the feelg of beg phed asi and heavily related to this group of olr women. The show was also super queer-iendly throughout s n and even featured numero gay characters, cludg one powerful storyle where Blanche disvers her brother is gay and is gettg married.

The women’s age the Goln Girls uld also play a part their populary among gay people, pecially at that time. Wh so many gay men at the time havg mothers who didn’t accept them, watchg Rose, Dorothy, Sophia, and Blanche embrace the muny helped give many of them a sense of maternal love they weren’t feelg at home. ” The 2002 film adaptn really brought out the role’s homoeroticism when Queen Latifah played the role, and a few scen, she even touch some of the mat a way that suggts the favors she exchang might be sexual.

Throughout Chigo‘s long n on Broadway, the role has been played by tons of gay ins, like Bebe Nwirth, Jennifer Holiday, drag queen Jkx Monsoon, and even Wendy Williams. Regardls of whether Mama Morton is actually a lbian or not, she certaly giv off massive queer energy that has ma her a fan favore and a gay in. Garten is also nstantly vg all her gay bti over for bnch (they ually arrive wearg Veyard V and holdg a lorful flower arrangement), and the fal scene of each episo ually volv them all spillg the tea while sippg cktails and nibblg on Ina’s simple 12-pan, five-pot, 45-gredient recip.

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