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THE GAY-O-METER! ?️? LGBTQ QUIZ
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'THEY JT WANTED TO SILENCE HER': THE DARK SI OF GAY STAN CULTURE
”“Brightney Pri”, as has affectnately been nicknamed, was one of the biggt events of the gay lendar – so big that 4, 000 revellers were left strand once the cy’s heavg public transport system failed unr the prsure. Gay male culture has always alced around female pop stars, om Judy Garland to Lady Gaga and Ariana Gran.
But gay men and the women they worship are ually happy to bask the mutual affectn. This year, Spears was honoured wh an award by the US’s Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (Glaad) for promotg equaly.
She rpond by sayg the gay muny had shown her “unndnal love”. Propped up by her gay fan base? Scratch lightly at the surface and what flak off is, y, reciprocy and genue affectn, but also llo theory of the gay fan-diva lk is that of shared opprsn – gay men and women are both ground unr the wheel of hetero-patriarchy.