Contents:
- IN ALEX STRANGELOVE, GAY TEENS ARE FALLY PRETTY PK
- DANIEL DOHENY WIKI, AGE, HEIGHT, GIRLIEND, DATG, GAY
- WATCH THE GAY STAR OF ALEX STRANGELOVE QUIZ HIS STRAIGHT CO-STAR ON LGBTQ+ TERMS
IN ALEX STRANGELOVE, GAY TEENS ARE FALLY PRETTY PK
Alex Strangelove was a labor of love for s director and wrer, Craig JohnsonThe gay filmmaker, known for his die darlg The Skeleton Tws, had grown up admirg the ovre of John Hugh -- films like Pretty Pk, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and The Breakfast Club, which were "treatg teenagers as real people.
DANIEL DOHENY WIKI, AGE, HEIGHT, GIRLIEND, DATG, GAY
However, Johnson noticed that gay characters were nearly absent om the teen edy genre. " It's a journey he believ that many other gay men share. "I did have all the close relatnships wh women, as many gay men do.
Durg a edic moment, the young protagonist, while wrtlg wh his inty, hallucat three box of cereal, "Heter'O's, " "Gay-Flak, " or "Bi-Cnchi, " stg on the unter ont of him. Johnson me out as bisexual when he was 21, before he was certa about his gay inty. "Johnson believ younger viewers, who have grown up a world that is more acceptg of LGBT people and have embraced a spectm of inti beyond "gay, " will also intify wh the inty-torn Telove.
Johnson was first spired to make the film, part, by attendg a ncert of the gay sger Mika around 10 years ago, and beg floored by large groups of young people there who were openly queer.
WATCH THE GAY STAR OF ALEX STRANGELOVE QUIZ HIS STRAIGHT CO-STAR ON LGBTQ+ TERMS
"There's gay kids, there's bi kids, there's genrqueer kids, there's pansexual kids, there's everythg between -- lbian, trans. ""All of -- gay straight, everythg between -- [had a] first sexual enunter or a moment where we lost our virgy. Another film released this year, Love, Simon, also sought to pture the g-of-age experience of a gay teen.
Both feature a whe middle-class gay teen portrayed by a straight actor. "Whether they're gay, straight or anywhere between, I hope they see themselv reflected the characters, and perhaps their own high school experience" is the fal takeaway is for straight people -- particular those who don't live the most LGBT-clive plac.
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