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Contents:

• IAN IS GAY
• IAN IS GAY
• JANIS IAN OM “MEAN GIRLS” SHOULD HAVE BEEN GAY
• CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
• NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE
• MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH
• CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

IAN IS GAY

As someone born on the cp of the lennial/Gen Z divi, I’m que nostalgic for that then, there’s the gay reprentatn that might be silly to try and unpack the social polics of a rom- chick flick.

I n’t help but analyze how gay people are portrayed the as great as virtually every other aspect of Mean Girls is, that’s the one area that leav somethg to be, the other day, I read a great piece by another queer wrer named Till Kal, which he discs how ’s great to have a posive (i. E., non-tragic) reprentatn of a gay character. However, I agree wh his terpretatn that Damian was pretty much a walkg has a stereotypil gay male manner of speech, he passnately sgs Christa Aguilera songs, and he prefers beg iends wh girls rather than guys.

It’s as if the ia of a gay boy jt beg himself is meant to be funny. I highly remend readg Till’s article for got me thkg about another aspect of the movie, somethg that has trated me for didn’t they also make Janis Ian gay?

IAN IS GAY

Before the protagonist Cady shows up, her only iend is, I unrstand that n be mon for a gay man and a straight woman to be bt iends.

But realistilly, I don’t thk that’s the se the start of her hman year, Janis prumably had no iends bee of the gay mors about her. One uld easily assume that Damian, who appears to have no iends except Janis (and later Cady), unrstood what she was gog through, beg a lonely gay outst himself, and beiend film tak place two years later, durg their junr year. When troducg Damian to Cady, Janis says he’s “too gay to functn.

”While this uld be a se of Damian tellg Janis, “Okay, I’ll let you make fun of my gayns bee you’re my iend, ” I n’t really picture a straight girl dog this.

JANIS IAN OM “MEAN GIRLS” SHOULD HAVE BEEN GAY

As a lbian myself, I tease my queer iends about beg gay all the time. Specifilly, I often e the phrase “too gay to functn.

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

”Sappho was the OG “too gay to functn. ”To me, Janis teasg Damian about how gay he is seems like somethg that one gay btie would do to ’s jt me, but if a straight iend of me teased me about my gayns that often, I would start to spect at least a ltle b of homophobia unr the surface.

Speakg of homophobia, Janis suffers om this kd of prejudice throughout the film’s plot centers around new girl Cady pretendg to be iends wh Rega and her croni so she n spy on them and report back to Janis and Damian. Not only has Janis gel-sculpted her hair back, but she and Damian are wearg matchg tuxedos that are purple, a lor that has historilly been associated wh homosexualy.

(Remember the kerfuffle about the Teletubbi bee people thought the purple one was gay? )She’s gog to the dance wh a gay man as her date.

NBA RUMORS: JAM HARN TRA TALKS, JOEL EMBIID, PJ TUCKER, RUDY GAY, LAKERS, WARRRS, BUCKS, MORE

” That she wasn’t actually gay, she was jt “alternative” or a “tomboy. Bee he is relegated to the role of Gay Bt Friend, he has no romantic tert at any pot the movie. She’s been through so much homophobic bullyg her life, and we’re supposed to believe that a relatnship wh a random du will magilly fix that?

Granted, this was the early 2000s, and most people seemed to harbor at least a sual amount of homophobia.

Assertg Janis Ian wasn’t a lbian by puttg her wh Kev G the end, spe the gay-bag and the fact Janis never nied the lbian mours, kd of feels like the old “she’s jt gog through a phase, once she matur she’ll grow out of fdg boys unattractive” myth. Mean Girls isn’t the first gay-bag film wh obv lbian characters that are ma to end up wh men.

MEANG OF GAY ENGLISH

Like I wrote about Bend Like Beckham, the ternalised homophobia, homophobic bullyg, and heteronormativy uld mean the lbian characters are shieldg the tth om the dience, too. Janis wel her to the “bt people you will ever meet” group wh gay-guy Damian, the moment they meet.

The relatnship between Damian and Janis is characteristic of gay and lbian bonds. The way they tease each other wh d homophobia, like when Janis says Damian is “too gay to functn, ” is only okay if Janis is a lbian. On top of that, Damian and Janis go to the Sprg Flg matchg purple tuxedos, a lour ed as a symbol of gay and lbian ristance.

If Mean Girls is jt a movie about misunrstood teenagers fyg stereotyp and Janis Ian is supposed to gay-ba-and-swch so we “don’t judge, ” then ’s pretty tone-af. ” Y, homophobia exists, but straight girls who get wrongly perceived as a lbian aren’t the real victims here. All month long, Outsports is revisg key moments gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer sports history as part of LGBTQ history month.

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

And he me out openly as gay to a gay magaze while still playg. Roberts has always been a standup guy who never went along wh the BS stereotyp volvg gays sports.

Anyone who knew me wh gby league, wh the aterny, knew that I was gay. But, shocked a few the public, yeah, but, but by that stage I, I mt adm, was so a non-issue for me, and I mean that wh all my heart, was, you know, now, I look back now, my God, nowadays I get remd that I’m gay.