What mak Judy Garland a gay in? Experts expla what she and others have mon.

Contents:

• WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?
• WHAT IS A GAY IN?
• DEFINITIONS FOR GAY INGAY IN
• WHAT MAK JUDY GARLAND A GAY IN? EXPERTS EXPLA WHAT SHE AND OTHERS, OM DIANA ROSS TO MADONNA, HAVE MON

WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?

Ricky Mart — who announced he was a “proud homosexual” 2010 after years of speculatn, cludg an famo terview wh Barbara Walters that Mart recently said still hnts him — ro a wave of succs driven largely by a loyal female fanbase eager to watch him shake is “bon-bon. Puttg asi the song’s associatn of love wh a “crime” beg juxtaposed wh a lyric like “Greet me wh the ey of a child, ” “Father Figure” se Michael stg himself the role of a proxy parent, an trigug but perhaps predictable velopment given the prevalence of “daddy” culture the gay muny.

“Seventeen” is clearly about sex, but ’s also about the kd of self-disvery that gay men of Michael’s generatn were equently prived of their formative years. Sivan, who’s 26, has said he uldn’t relate to Michael growg up, and the unapologetic, joyo portras of queer sire that he and Lil Nas X nvey their mic feel far removed om the srce, thly veiled songs about the gay experience that existed around the time they were born.

WHAT IS A GAY IN?

Michael’s long-awaed third album, 1996’s Olr — the release of which cid wh my own sexual awakeng at the height of the AIDS epimic — rerced the myopic visn of gay life as one of danger, sadns, and misery that my generatn was tght school and by the media. Many of the gay men who survived the plague have variably suffered a form of PTSD, triggered by the naggg spicn that they unjtly ped ath while their lovers and iends perished.

Openly gay sger Adam Lambert has lled g out “an act of fiance, ” and while Michael was given ltle choice the timg and manner of his own, he was far om ntre the mic vio for “Outsi, ” released jt a few months later to promote his first greatt hs album. After g out, Michael stantly beme a gay in, but he was a reluctant one, tormented by the ath of his first love and stgglg to rencile the fact that the massive succs he’d achieved was staed by pretendg to be someone else. Ultimately, Ges Kyrias Panaytou may not have ever found the gay Shangri-la that Lil Nas X scrib his vio, but “Montero” might not have ever existed whout him.

DEFINITIONS FOR GAY INGAY IN

Gay ins aren’t necsarily Queer themselv, fact, many gay ins are heterosexual and cisgenr – but typilly, are strong alli (although too, many gay ins only bee strong alli after beg adopted by as gay ins). There is no specific set of requirements for a celebry to bee a gay in; some have been adopted as ins due to their flamboyant or mp style (e. Siarly across other areas of the entertament dtry, some celebri have achieved gay in stat for beg films that suggt or n be nsired metaphors (however loosely) for Queer them, love, etc.

Other ins, such as German actrs Marlene Dietrich achieved gay in stat due to their own sexualy (Dietrich was a bisexual), but also their sense of style – Dietrich was a pneer breakg genr norms wh her prentatn: one of Dietrich’s most famo and celebrated looks is her a tuxedo and top-hat, which was revolutnary at the time. Some tim, people achieve gay in stat merely for livg liv that have relatable experienc to the Queer journey: typilly those whose liv have been tragic.

WHAT MAK JUDY GARLAND A GAY IN? EXPERTS EXPLA WHAT SHE AND OTHERS, OM DIANA ROSS TO MADONNA, HAVE MON

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