Before obvly gay characters were allowed on the big screen, subtle (and not so subtle) ditors were ed. Here are our favore 12.
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#TBT: BREAKG THE GAY CO THE MOVI
* addison dewitt gay *
The Motn Picture Productn Co, also known as the Hays Co after censor/stick--the-mud Will Hays, regulated film ntent for nearly 40 years, rtrictg, among other thgs, pictns of homosexualy.
Filmmakers still managed to get around the Co, but gay characters were cloaked nuendo, leadg to some necsary dg. A small town girl wh big cy dreams, Eve’s story speaks to a universal gay experience: pg the nf of one’s hometown to fd love, money, fame, acceptance, etc. It’s a tale as old and as gay as time.
JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
Wh a betiful woman on his arm, he is able to distract om his homosexualy — and a beard is born.
That Addison should be anythg but gay strik me as disgenuo to the story. She’s a favore of gay men bee she’s a loud, ballsy, brassy bch; the grand dam of all grand dam, diva-bt-believa, HBIC perpetutu.
Pl Giant gets some kd of an award for the most gay and bisexual actors ever one film: Jam Dean, Rock Hudson, Sal Meo, Earl Holliman, and while Merces never personally me out, she played the most fiercely dykey rol on-screen to perfectn. Brandon (John Dall) and Phillip (Farley Granger) Rope, 1948 Aled Hchck was fascated by gay and lbian characters, and there are sly and not so sly referenc many of his films. This time bi actor Farley Granger gets to be smacked around some for beg hysteril and nelly, which is fely for gay.