Out director Ira Sachs slams his new queer film’s NC-17 ratg, llg the MPA “anti-gay” - LGBTQ Natn

Contents:

• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP
• I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! LNCH QUEER PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZE
• OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

“First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.

BARBIE SAID “GAY RIGHTS!” LONG BEFORE MARGOT ROBBIE OR GRETA GERWIG SHOWED UP

PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.

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I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK

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GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

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BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! LNCH QUEER PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZE

" It was a ll to arms aimed at the police and their relentls harassment of, "our gay brothers and sisters. Was found to support gay people livg on the streets or dangero suatns.

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OUT DIRECTOR IRA SACHS SLAMS HIS NEW QUEER FILM’S NC-17 RATG, LLG THE MPA “ANTI-GAY”

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