From Alexanr the Great to Ronnie Kray, the hosts of the Bad Gays podst reveal the most villao LGBTQ+ figur ever – and expla why ’s important to discs the problematic alongsi the good
Contents:
- EVIL TWKS AND GAY GANGSTERS: WHY WE NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY’S HORRID HOMOSEXUALS
- WHY SO MANY DISNEY VILLAS SOUND 'GAY'
- ‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
- 7 RUL FOR MAKG A MORN GAY VILLA
- TALK: GAY VILLAS
- JAM ADOMIAN IS THE HERO GAY VILLAS DERVE
- QUEER VILLAS REMD US THAT GAY DO NOT ALWAYS EQUAL GOOD
- WHAT MAK DISNEY VILLAS SO GAY?
EVIL TWKS AND GAY GANGSTERS: WHY WE NEED TO REMEMBER HISTORY’S HORRID HOMOSEXUALS
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Throughout the '30s, '40s and '50s, the public perceptn of gays and lbians was that they were sick and disturbed -- and therefore dangero. While overt referenc to homosexualy were long prohibed film, skilled filmmakers created characters that displayed subtle yet clearly queer one handled this more ftly than director Aled Hchck, the master of spense and psychosexual anxiety -- who often st closeted gay actors gay-ish rol. This stereotype of an effemate villa (seen four more tim on this list) taps to the viewer's homophobia -- makg pecially gratifyg to see them feated by the more macho hero.
Damagg StereotypeWaldo Lycker -- Lra (1944)Gay actor Clifton Webb is at his most bchy and ntrollg as the evil queen who attempts to transform Gene Tierney's myster and tular Lra. Damagg StereotypePhilip and Brandon -- Rope (1948)Farley Granger and John Dall star this fictnal variatn on the real-life Leopold and Loeb se -- a story of two upper-class gay guys who m a murr jt for kicks.
WHY SO MANY DISNEY VILLAS SOUND 'GAY'
The new documentary ‘Do I Sound Gay?’ explor the surprisg number of mcg, sibilant animated villas wh a penchant for extravagant hats. * gay villains *
Hch Knows BtAddison DeWt -- All About Eve (1950)Gee Sanrs earned a Bt Supportg Actor Osr as the manipulative queen bch theater cric, spirg a generatn of wty, evil, proto-gay villas. Evil But Awome{C}Bno Anthony -- Strangers on a Tra (1951)Robert Walker is a psychotic gay sociale who nvc Farley Granger's tennis pro to swap murrs.
‘I KNEW WAS A URAGEO THG TO DO’: THE CUR STORY OF BOND’S FIRST GAY VILLAS
There’s been excement about Q’s queer revelatn ‘No Time to Die’ but the anchise’s first gay characters appeared all the way back 1971’s ‘Diamonds Are Forever’. Fifty years on, Adam Bloodworth talks to the actors who played Mr Wt and Mr Kidd about why they’re worth celebratg * gay villains *
Hch Knows BtNorman Bat -- Psycho (1960)Gay actor Anthony Perks giv his most famo performance as the ultimate mama's boy Hchck's grisly masterpiece. ) transvte killer director Brian De Palma's horror flick -- one of the first films to e a public outcry om the gay muny. Thoroughly ReprehensibleCathere Tramell -- Basic Instct (1992)Sharon Stone had her most inic role -- and triggered howls of prott om the gay muny -- as the bisexual serial killer this stylish piece of misogynist trash.
Evil But AwomePrce Edward -- Braveheart (1995)Peter Hanly plays a pathetic, simperg -- and historilly accurate -- gay prce the famoly homophobic Mel Gibson film that swept the Osrs. ) Thoroughly ReprehensibleGovernor Ratcliffe -- Pohontas (1995)Gay actor David Ogn Stiers voic the va, foppish villa (a time-honored gay stereotype) this ls than historilly accurate Disney film.
Ripley (1999)Matt Damon giv his most plex and overlooked performance as a gay chameleon who revents himself to jo the high society world of Ju Law and Gwyh Paltrow -- which leads to murr. Evil But AwomeXerx -- 300 (2007)Rodrigo Santoro is the bejeweled borrle drag queen villa this overblown epic that's equal parts homophobic and homoerotic. Damagg StereotypeSilva -- Skyfall (2012)Javier Barm hs out of the park as the plex, vanilla-trsed gay villa that Jam Bond serv.
7 RUL FOR MAKG A MORN GAY VILLA
Panelteer Jon Erik discs 7 l for makg a morn gay villa ics. * gay villains *
The primary villa of The Road Warrr, the send film the Mad Max seri, heads up a very obvly gay motorcycle gang bent on urpg one of the world’s last suppli of oil. Plenty of crics have attacked the subtext for homophobia, suggtg that the rampant leather fetishism and homosexualy are ditive of the cle of civilizatn. Between Strangers on a Tra and her Tom Ripley seri, Highsmh seemed fascated by homoeroticism and power dynamics between men.
It’s easy to read Zalka’s thirst as a metaphor for queerns, and her shame for her vampirism as ternalized homophobia. Director Jam Whale, himself an out-gay the 1930s, phed Thiger to play Pretori wh a mp sensibily, and shows: he’s one of the most unfettable characters the movi, a nstant source of menace and humor. Thank goodns, then for the 2021 versn which featur a still-kda-sorta-probably gay villa, and an trigug one at that.
From gay martial arts masters and lbian tectiv to badass bisexual antihero and transgenr magicians, the are 65 characters that've left their mark and helped change the genre.
TALK: GAY VILLAS
On this episo of ‘Good One,’ edian Jam Adomian reviss his very funny joke about gay villas and the impet for tellg the first place. * gay villains *
Origally troduced 1956 to silence crics who claimed Batman and Rob were gay lovers, Kate Kane was retroduced 2006 as a lbian who beme one of Gotham's ped crime fighters after her service the U. The first gay male superhero to headle a mass-market ic, Midnighter posss the abily to analyze all possible scenars before a fight begs. The origal Green Lantern troduced 1940, Alan Stt, was reimaged 2012 as an out gay hero who ris an alternate universe known as Earth 2, where he riv his powers om a mystil elemental force named "the Green.
The first superhero to utter the words "I am gay" the pag of a mastream ic (1992's Alpha Flight #106) ma history once more 20 years later when he married his partner, Kyle, Astonishg X-Men #51 -- the first same-sex weddg the Marvel Universe.
JAM ADOMIAN IS THE HERO GAY VILLAS DERVE
As one of the few out gay teen superhero morn ics, Hulklg (along wh his boyiend and teammate Wicn) quickly beme one of the biggt LGBT ins the Marvel Universe.
QUEER VILLAS REMD US THAT GAY DO NOT ALWAYS EQUAL GOOD
A young Bobby Drake om the past, displaced time and fightg crime the prent day, was revealed to be gay after his psychic teammate Jean Grey read his md and nonted him about his sexualy All-New X-Men #40. Created by ics legend Stan Lee 1955, the Rawhi Kid was reimaged by wrer Ron Zimmerman the 2003 miseri Slap Leather and was picted as a mpy gay gunslger who viewed the Old Wt through a morn queer lens. Though DC Comics was unable to explicly scribe Extrano as gay when he first appeared Millennium #2, the Hispanic magician was d wh many stereotyp that have been associated wh gay men to signal rears that the first gay hero the DC Universe had arrived.
Disney has felt the heat as of late as fans ll on the pany to publicly nmn Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, which jt passed through the state senate. As of today, Pixar animators are speakg out agast the pany, sharg an open letter that rporate offic "have mand the removal of 'nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn … regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar, '" acrdg to The ntroversy led some fans to pot out that LGBTQ+ folks have always been a part of Disney's succs. 1646685855Queer-dg villas was an easy way for 1900s animatn to signate a character as different, ually saddlg them wh a bunch of cliché, homosexual stereotyp that the dience digts and associat as evil, playg off of history's real-life stigma agast LGBTQ+ folks.
WHAT MAK DISNEY VILLAS SO GAY?
" Thankfully, gays aren't jt the villas anymore as we have a growg amount of posive reprentatn animatn the days. The prence of a gay/bisexual villa Skyfall also allows for a new name to be ma of the prevly problematic spy films.
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