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Contents:
- THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
- M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S KNOCK AT THE CAB TRAILER HAS TIED UP GAYS — BUT NOT LIKE THAT
- SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
- THEY/THEM REVIEW: A SLASHER GO TO GAY CONVERSN CAMP CLEVER HORROR MOVIE
THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
The trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s upg gay horror film, ‘Knock at the Cab,’ has e out. Jonathan Groff, Dave Btista, and Rupert Grt star. * horror movie with gay guys *
If “Barbie” tells anythg, ’s that a movie don’t have to be gay to be, well, gay.
M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S KNOCK AT THE CAB TRAILER HAS TIED UP GAYS — BUT NOT LIKE THAT
* horror movie with gay guys *
So what mak a movie gay if isn’t explicly?
SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
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THEY/THEM REVIEW: A SLASHER GO TO GAY CONVERSN CAMP CLEVER HORROR MOVIE
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