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PRI MONTH: GAY DIRECTORS WHO REFED CEMA
Legacy gay favore “Queer as Folk, ” already rema once before the U. Billy Eichner is headg up the first gay rom- om a major stud wh “Bros, ” “Heartstopper” is a tween smash on Netflix, and Jerrod Carmichael, one of the folks on our list of the 10 LGBTQ Film and TV Creators on the Rise 2022, me out on an HBO special. Jerrod Carmichael is on a hot streak followg his trospective HBO stand-up special “Rothaniel, ” which the ic not only me out as gay but also revealed his unual birthname to dienc.
The movie puts the msy particulars of gay sex and the ntag stggle for timacy ont and center, makg Fifer a uniquely provotive voice. Frier, who prevly served as a staff wrer on MTV’s “Sweet/Vic” said ’s near impossible” to “gat gay sh ma.
Chris Kelly cut his teeth as a scribe behd the scen at “Saturday Night Live” as the seri’ first openly gay wrer.