'Why Do You Have to Make Everythg Gay?'

Contents:

• ‘WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHG GAY?’
• ARE THERE ANY GAY CHARACTERS TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD?
• DEAR HOLLYWOOD: STOP GAYG ALL THE THGS, ESPECIALLY STRAIGHT CHARACTERS...

‘WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHG GAY?’

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ARE THERE ANY GAY CHARACTERS TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD?

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DEAR HOLLYWOOD: STOP GAYG ALL THE THGS, ESPECIALLY STRAIGHT CHARACTERS...

The fallout om makg that assumptn when characters stray om that flt, bee then film and TV media fixate on how gay they to name the last movie you saw that foced on a gay character, but didn’t foc on their sexualy or relatnships. Oooh, they’re gay? Why hello, the same time, I’m not tryg to dismiss the queer films we have today – nsirg the stigma gay culture has endured, mt have taken a hell of a lot of urage jt to make anythg.

Gay movi are great. Gay shows are a thg now.