Ever sce gay groups first saw Silence of the Lambs, there was steady outrage. But Jonathan Demme reacted a surprisg and evolvg way.
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WHEN GAYS DECRIED SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, JONATHAN DEMME BEME AN EARLY STUNT OF MORN BACKLASH
There was a huge prott at the 1992 Osrs that rulted the arrt of ten LGBTQ+ activists who felt the Osrs were favorg homophobic and transphobic films (via The Washgton Post). When Gays Decried Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme Beme an Early Stunt of Morn Backlash.
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Ever sce gay groups had first seen Silence of the Lambs Los Angel more than a year before, there had been steady outrage. Although today the objectn to the movie has been rest as ncerns about transphobia, at the time, the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) and gay crics were actually prottg homophobia. “The killer the movie is a walkg, talkg gay stereotype, ” one GLAAD lear told the prs.