Here's our list of the Bt Gay movi and LGBTQ+ TV shows of the year that was 2022 — and what a queer year was!
Contents:
- ONE OF THE MOST UNR-EXAMED DIMENSNS OF WHNEY HOTON’S LEGACY IS HER STAT AS A GAY IN
- HOW A CREEPY DANCE AND INSTANT GAY IN STAT TURNED ‘M3GAN’ INTO A BOX OFFICE SMASH
- GAY IN LLIE JORDAN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 67
- A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN
- LATX FIL: THIS ONE’S FOR THE LATA GAY INS
ONE OF THE MOST UNR-EXAMED DIMENSNS OF WHNEY HOTON’S LEGACY IS HER STAT AS A GAY IN
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In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan. "My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man.
HOW A CREEPY DANCE AND INSTANT GAY IN STAT TURNED ‘M3GAN’ INTO A BOX OFFICE SMASH
The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was. ""For those nfed basilly I gus I am technilly unlabeled as the way I have kda always gone around life jt beg attracted to whoever I am attracted to jt so happens that most of them le up wh a 'certa type' you uld say, " he later clarified, sayg that he is "okay wh the gay label.
Vcent Wang -- the popular, UK-based League of Legends ports player better known by his streamg name Bost -- publicly me out as gay a May Twter statement. Though the pop sger has been open about her sexualy for years ( 2019 she told Attu that she was bisexual and an open relatnship), she took to Instagram June to celebrate Pri Month and to talk even further about her sexualy, remdg everyone that she is, fact, a queer in who is "not gay and not straight. "Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month's time, and there's gog to be a lot of people watchg that, and there are so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal.
GAY IN LLIE JORDAN HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 67
The 25-year-old athlete and former Richmond Flyg Squirrels player revealed to his fans and followers that while he is no longer playg for the team, which is part of the San Francis Giants system, he is thankful for the time he had and isn't givg up on his love of baseball, pecially as an out, gay man. The Asie Olympic gold medalist and gby player me out as a trans man an Augt vio for the Bgham Cup's Internatnal Summ Tacklg Transphobia and Homophobia Sport event. The Sttish pro footballer and Gala Fairyan Rovers player publicly me out as gay a September terview posted to his football club's official webse.
Many queer people – and particularly gay men – see slic of their own stggl and aspiratns reflected the beloved superstar’s life and work, and her prence ronat throughout queer culture. “I do not thk that anyone would dispute Hoton’s gay inicy, ” the French amic Ge-Cl Guilbert wr his 2018 book, “Gay Ins: The (Mostly) Female Entertaers Gay Men Love.
As he sticks a poster of Hoton on his imaged dorm room wall, the sger’s 1987 smash “I Wanna Dance Wh Somebody (Who Lov Me)” – a mt-play at gay bars and queer dance parti – kicks . Kennedy went on, sayg of the release of 1998’s “My Love Is Your Love” and “It’s Not Right but It’s Okay” (that a remix of the latter is a gay anthem is beyond dispute), “I remember that was the moment when I, a Black queer boy growg up the Midwt, which was super opprsive, felt ee.
A GAY IN FROM REALY TV’S EARLY YEARS MAK A HANT RETURN
In an terview wh Wonrland, they said: “I was so overe wh this profound sense of relief when I realized that I’m gay — not bi, not pan, but gay — wh a romantic love for women. They released their crilly acclaimed album Cheap Queen 2019, and opened up the same year about their inty: “What I love about the time we are livg now is that you n exprs genr queerns, that you’re gay, that you’re a lbian, a girl datg girls, ” they said After Ellen. The Grammy wner got ndid about g out by wrg a letter to his younger self on social media: “I know we promised to never e out publicly, I know we promised to never be ‘that’ type of gay person, I know we promised to die wh the secret, but this will open doors for many other queer people to simply exist, ” he wrote the touchg post.
” He has stated over the years that he first realized he was gay his teen years, and first me to tly embrace that part of him shortly after llege. As an activist for LGBT rights, she has been an outspoken cric of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy the US ary which prohibs gay and lbian servicepeople om beg open. Diana was of the most fervent advot for those afflicted wh the HIV/AIDS, pecially the early years of the disease’s onslght, and she did this at a time when few others would – a time when gay men beme public enemy no.
LATX FIL: THIS ONE’S FOR THE LATA GAY INS
Those who were ma to feel “different” by a society that was largely homophobic uld intify wh Diana’s suatn life, and most uld admire her for the fiant poise and grace wh which she handled all. Harvey Milk was a trailblazg openly gay polician who, as a member of San Fransis’s Cy Board of Supervisors, champned gay rights before beg assassated alongsi the cy mayor by a disgntled polil rival.
This English sger/songwrer is not only one of the hottt pop divas around, but she has also been a mastay favore of gay culture sce her rise to pop promence 2012. What mak the acplishment even more admirable is that she had to overe ocsnal homophobia om the lol electorate – somethg which seems to be a fact of life even supposedly progrsive Chigo. Lightfoot was honored as one of the grand marshals of the Chigo Pri Para 2019, and 2020 she was named by Queerty (an onle magaze verg LGBT liftyle and news) as one of the 50 hero “leadg the natn toward equaly, acceptance, and digny for all people, ” honor of the 50th anniversary of the first gay pri para (which took place on June 28th, 1970 NYC).
Asi om his role as the groomg expert of the Queer Eye reboot, Jonathan has starred the web seri Gay of Thron, and is the host of his own podst, Gettg Cur wh Jonathan Van Ns, which won the iHeartRad Podst Award for Bt LGBTQ Podst. YouTuber, televisn personaly and LGBT rights activist Jazz Jenngs seems to have been sted to make a posive mark on the world for gay, lbian and transsexual .