Love him or hate him, the Gay Bt Friend (GBF) plays a big role pop culture.
Contents:
- 19 QUEER FRIENDSHIP BOOKS THAT GO BEYOND THE GAY BT FRIEND
- WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS
- GAY BT FRIEND
19 QUEER FRIENDSHIP BOOKS THAT GO BEYOND THE GAY BT FRIEND
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WHY STRAIGHT WOMEN AND GAY MEN MAKE THE BT OF FRIENDS
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Almost as long as rom-s and high school TV shows have existed, the Gay Bt Friend(tm) has been a source of edy and ntroversy. Often an important first step troducg queer storyl to mastream dienc, the GBF trope had a tenncy to rerce stereotyp about gay men: that their only terts are makeovers, shoppg and drama, that their stggl and relatnships fa to the background unls they're supportg a straight person's story, and that they only exist to be wise oracl about love and LGBTQ+ reprentatn Hollywood improv both onscreen and behd the mera, movi and TV shows are gettg creasgly self-aware, creatg gay characters who provi the ic relief we love while tearg down outdated ias.
Perhaps the earlit example of the classic Gay Bt Friend character is 1984 movie The Woman Red, a Gene Wilr edy about a married man who be obssed wh a mol (Kelly LeBrock) after he se her skirt get blown up by a wd grate, Marilyn Monroe-style.
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Rickie Vasquez (Wilson Cz) of ABC's short-lived cult classic My So-Called Life (1994-1995) is one of the first exampl of a gay character a high school ensemble seri -- but what mak him pecially noteworthy is that he challenged the Gay Bt Friend trope before was even a trope. Cz, an Ao-Puerto Rin man, was the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay character a leadg role an Amerin televisn show. While Rickie was bt iends wh straight girls at his school, the way his storyle alt wh homophobia and self-acceptance was years ahead of s time.
Why do all the cutt guys end up beg gay, am I right, ladi? Helen Hunt stars as Carol, a sgle mom and his love tert who "mak him want to be a better man, " while former Talk Soup host Greg Knear surprised dienc wh his imprsive actg chops as Simon, the gay neighbor who be iends wh the curmudgeonly Simon, an artist, is badly beaten up by a iend of one of his mols, his agent (Cuba Goodg Jr. There's a reason everyone pots to 1997 film My Bt Friend's Weddg as their go-to example of a Gay Bt Friend.