"Mean Girls" Actor Daniel Franze on Where Damian Would Be Today and the Legacy of the Gay Teen | Teen Vogue

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• ‘TOO GAY TO FUNCTN’? MEAN GIRLS ACTOR OUT LETTER TO CHARACTER TEN YEARS AFTER FILM RELEASE
• DAMIAN TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE
• THIS IS DAMIAN H ALMOST TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE
• THIS IS DAMIAN. HE'S ALMOST TOO GAY TO FUNCTN.
• TOO GAY TO FUNCTN
• FOR MEAN GIRLS ON BROADWAY, "TOO GAY TO FUNCTN" IS A MANTRA
• TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE
• "MEAN GIRLS" ACTOR DANIEL FRANZE ON WHERE DAMIAN WOULD BE TODAY AND THE LEGACY OF THE GAY TEEN
• DAMIAN TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE
• THIS IS DAMIAN H ALMOST TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE
• TOO GAY TO FUNCTN

‘TOO GAY TO FUNCTN’? MEAN GIRLS ACTOR OUT LETTER TO CHARACTER TEN YEARS AFTER FILM RELEASE

Damian: Janis Ian - Oh, that's "Too gay to functn?

“He’s almost too gay to functn. ”In 2004, when Mean Girls was released, characters like Damian — also known as the Gay Bt Friend trope — were few and far between.

DAMIAN TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE

The stg director that put me Party Monster lled me for Damian; the script said that he was “probably fat and fely gay, ” which I thought was hysteril.

Nobody was gog to stop do you thk Damian f to the leage of the “gay bt iend” trope film? I thk Damian was the first gay role I saw where the character was jt fortable beg himself and there wasn’t too much foc on his beg gay. You knew he was gay.

But they told her that my character was gay and that’s why she let me sg the movie. But then, bee my character was gay, Lda Perry allowed me to sg “Betiful. But I don’t thk would have affected the role at all if I was out or not bee I thk Ta probably thought I was gay when she first hired me anyway.

THIS IS DAMIAN H ALMOST TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE

As soon as the movie was over, I kept meetg the gay glass ceilg.

I prayed about a b and if I was gog to do a gay role, was gog to be this one. But then, immediately after, I was offered all the other gay parts that were all so stereotypil — jt makg fun of gays. But I felt that there was a progrsn gaysploatn cema.

It jt felt so serendipo — felt like somethg I was supposed to be dog, to be on a set where ’s not only okay to be gay but was ol to be gay. Ten years after the release of the film, an actor who played Damien Mean Girls has e out as gay.

THIS IS DAMIAN. HE'S ALMOST TOO GAY TO FUNCTN.

In a letter to the character, dubbed “too gay to functn” the h teen edy, Daniel Franze has wrten a letter to the character addrsg issu such as typestg. In the letter, origally published on IndieWire mends the character Damien for beg “lghed wh stead of at”, but says he turned down other gay characters for fear of beg trapped by the “gay glass ceilg”.

TOO GAY TO FUNCTN

I might’ve been easier to be gay growg up. But this was a natural and te reprentatn of a gay teenager – a character we lghed wh stead of at. I was meetg a “gay glass ceilg” stg.

However, I did turn down many offers to play flamboyant, feather-boa-slgg stereotyp that always seemed to be lghed at BECAUSE they were gay. How uld I go om playg an spiratnal, progrsive gay youth to the embarrassg, cliched butt-of-a-joke? I didn’t go to any gay bars, have any flgs and I lied to anyone who asked if I was gay.

Tellg me I gave them fort not only beg young and gay but also beg a big du. Deletg tweets that asked if I was gay, scbbg IMDB Msage Boards for any ditn, etc. (It’s important to note that I was actually DISCOVERED sgg a Florida gay bar by stg director, Carmen Cuba, for my first role Larry Clark’s ‘Bully.

FOR MEAN GIRLS ON BROADWAY, "TOO GAY TO FUNCTN" IS A MANTRA

People have always asked if I was really gay?

By the way… June I am the Celebry Grand Marshall of the Portland Gay Pri Para. I hate when people say I’m “too gay to functn.

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"MEAN GIRLS" ACTOR DANIEL FRANZE ON WHERE DAMIAN WOULD BE TODAY AND THE LEGACY OF THE GAY TEEN

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DAMIAN TOO GAY TO FUNCTN CROSSWORD CLUE

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Janis: This is Damian: he's almost too gay to functn.

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I'm Gay.

That I'm gay? I'm really gay. I'm gay.

Cuz I'm gay when I have long hair. You're gay no matter what you wear.