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GAY AS PAT
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Gay as Pat is a bygone term that origally was ed to scribe somethg that had been pated bright vivid lors (when gay meant bright, vivac and sparklg before s associatn wh homosexuals). Th, to be gay as pat meant somethg was as "gay (bright) as possible"Jacquele Onassis has been quoted g that term to scribe Tman Capote.
In a nversatn she had wh Joan Kennedy, the latter asked if Capote was gay... Jackie replied, "He's so gay, he's gay as pat. " By then the term had morphed to scribe flamboyant homosexuals a tongue--cheek nod to the reamg of gay as a homosexual term.
From gay paters like Leonardo da Vci and Andy Warhol to bisexuals like Frida Kahlo and trans artists like Lili Elbe and Jefey Cathere Jon, the rabow of great LGBTQ+ paters stretch around the world. Mart told ESSENCE that part of how she began drawg was to pe the homophobia her environment. While we were still reverg om him snatchg our edg at the Brooklyn Mm 2015, Wiley beme the first Black openly gay artist to pat a printial portra wh his regal portrayal of Print Obama 2018.
MEET THE COMEDY PATG DUO BEHD VERY GAY PAT
I don’t ordarily ask the creativ I terview which sign trends are gay. In fact, I would have gused qutns like that are offensive. But when … * gay as paint *
I don’t ordarily ask the creativ I terview which sign trends are gay. But when talkg to Nicholas Scheppard and Jenson T, Founrs, Co-Owners, and edians who pat at Very Gay Pat, feels like the right thg to do. Gay as hell.
Nicholas and Jenson didn’t totally agree there, but they did say the Easter bunny is a ragg homo.
But that’s jt one part of what Very Gay Pat do—they’re part paters-for-hire and part edy duo. Tongue--cheek ptns highlight their spiratn (“ancient gay n ed elaborate ruals to help the er digt dairy well to their 50’s”) or give a very gay history lson (“The three l this mural reprent the three l a gay character was legally allowed to say any film om the early 2000s”).
WHAT IS GAY AS PAT?
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Their prev work has been well-received at edy or stand-up shows, but the ncept for two gay men who pat thgs a very gay way is nothg the terr sign and art world has really ever seen before. And while Very Gay Pat is supposed to make you lgh, Nicholas and Jenson put ser thought to this brand they have created.
“I remember growg up and at a time when sayg thgs were gay was ed rogatorily, ” Nicholas explaed. “Gay films are always very tense, like about AIDS, or there’s Queer Eye.