From Bottoms and Problemistas to theatre mps and gay wrtlers, this summer has somethg for everyone — pecially if you're queer.
Contents:
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- AM I GAY ENOUGH? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT QUEER INTY
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
Fd out the answer to the qutn "Am I gay enough?" And, what queer inty means to different people. * i queer identity *
However, the 1980s, some gay and lbian activists began reclaimg “queer” as an empowerg self-signatn. The group’s chapters other stat distributed rmatnal pamphlets about queer sex and famo queers throughout history; held a “kiss-” at the 1992 Amy Awards red rpet to prott queer excln Hollywood films; massively protted homophobic entertaers and cints of anti-queer vlence; arranged a “Pk Panther” street patrol to prevent queer-bashgs; and broadst vio of two k-vered men kissg on public accs televisn.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * i queer identity *
Not all people agree that “queer” is the same as “gay.
For example, a gay, cisgenr, whe, Christian, Amerin man might not be nsired “queer” by some bee his mastream inti may grant him more social protectns than a Black, pansexual, transgenr, female immigrant livg Iraq. This woman’s unique inti aren’t nearly as “mastream” as the gay man’s and don’t provi nearly as many social protectns. “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. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn.
AM I GAY ENOUGH? WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT QUEER INTY
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.