‘League of Their Own’ seri really is ‘so gay’

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Stars Abbi Jabson and Chante Adams and origal player Maybelle Blair chat wh The Advote for our digal ver story about makg the gayt, most clive League yet.

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D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO GAY’

From attacks on drag shows and a nightclub to viral moments of queer joy, this year was tly a mixed bag of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer news. * melanie field gay *

The show, which is helmed by “Broad Cy” -creator Abbi Jabson, has spawned a kd of grassroots, word-of-mouth marketg mpaign led by queer women exaltg the show for s unapologetic gayns, tersectnal storytellg and much-need sense of humor. While none of their characters were explicly gay, the film still beme a queer touchstone for more than one generatn of moviegoers. ”“There’s a batch of ‘90s movi that a lot of queer women say ma them gay, ” Bernard said wh a lgh, “like ‘Fried Green Tomato, ’ ‘Girl, Interpted, ’ ‘The Craft, ’ ‘Now and Then, ’ and ‘Foxfire.

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Even O’Donnell mak a brief appearance as the owner of the players’ favore unrground gay bar.

“We were, like, ‘Oh, my God, and she’s gay, too.

”“I [thought], ‘They certaly aren’t gog to have all of them be gay. ”Many people on social media echoed Bernard’s sentiments spoof reactn vios, D’Arcy Carn-themed mem and posts scribg the show as “gay gay gay.

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But the film is also a landmark tle the history of LGBTQ cema — even if none of s characters are openly gay. "It's an inic gay film, " nfirms edian Abbi Jabson, who -created and stars Prime Vio's new streamg seri based on the movie. "Like no one's gay, but maybe they are!

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"Rosie O'Donnell plays an out gay bar owner the TV versn of A League of Their Own. The out gay actrs and edian played fan favore third base player, Doris Murphy, the 1992 film and has said over the years that she terpreted her character as gay, even though Marshall reportedly didn't agree.

"I thk meant a lot for her to e back and be able to do that, " Graham says of givg O'Donnell the opportuny to play an out gay character three s after the movie. The fact that she was so tegral the gay storyle was ol for , too.

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It's a sequence that reveals the harsh reali facg gay men and women at the time, where disvery often rulted public shamg and even vlence.

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Though the percentage of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr adults has doubled over the past , acrdg to Gallup, lawmakers stat across the untry have proposed legislatn that seeks to rtrict LGBTQ rights.

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Dpe divisn among her teammat, she ntued to pete and went on to bee the first transgenr woman to w an NCAA champnship when she won the 500-yard etyle March for full storyDog abandoned for beg 'gay' is adopted by same-sex upleJohn Wn, Fez and Steve NicholsIn March, a story about a dog named Fez who was abandoned at a shelter North Carola for beg “gay” went viral. Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — on March 28. She is the latt LGBTQ sensatn on the show, followg Amy Schneir, who beme the show’s top female earner last for full story'It’s already havg an impact': LGBTQ people fear abortn rights reversalA supporter of gay marriage wav a flag ont of the Supreme Court on June 25, Wilson / Getty Imag fileIn May, LGBTQ people anticipated that the reversal of Roe v.

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Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., attend his gay son’s weddg July 22 — three days before votg agast the Rpect for Marriage Act, a bill that would dify feral protectns for same-sex marriage. 12 and was spired by the 1992 cult classic by director Penny Marshall, brought much-need reprentatn to the screen for lbians and other queer women, who celebrated how “gay, gay, gay” for full storyOne of the most powerful men NYC's gay nightlife scene fac over a of sexual misnduct allegatns NBC News / Getty Imag / via InstagramMichael J.

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Jonathan HernanzBeloved Philalphia drag performer Valencia Prime died after a performance at a popular lol gay bar Sept. " "I also really love Jo and the gay girls, " Field says, potg out, specifilly, Jo's relatnships wh Lupe (Roberta Coldrez) and Js (Kelly McCormack). "That sort of gay, queer mararie and iendship is as tertg to me as seeg queer love stori...

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But the seri go eper than that slice of all-Amerin apple pie and hands back narrativ to Black women who were barred om the AAGPBL, Latx women who were a part of the league but not amplified, and queer women who found an abidg muny wh one another, whose stori were jt unr the surface the film (O'Donnell nfirmed to The Advote 2020 that she nsired her character Doris to be gay, even if wasn't explicly said) spoilers ahead...

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"When we [Adams, Jabson, Graham] sat down and talked, I told them uncle that was tranged om the fay bee he was gay. "Out of 650 [players], I bet you 400 was gay, " Blair, who was dubbed "all the way May" for her prows on the diamond, said at a panel for the seri at the Framele Film Ftival a week after g out. There were so many gays the league.

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