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'BEND LIKE BECKHAM' IS THE GAYT LOVE STORY NEVER TOLD
All the while, she is enuraged to follow her passn whout hibn by her narrative foil, teammate and other half of an credibly homoerotic iendship, Jul (Keira Knightley, “Anna Karena”). There is the character of Tony (Ameet Chana, “Unhallowed Ground”) who explicly out as gay, as well as direct referenc to Queerns, like when Jul says, “Beg a lbian isn’t that big of a al.
But the real straw that broke the proverbial gay mel’s back was seeg the elements tied wh a narrative that propos that all the societal l I felt bound by, the very factors that ma me so vehement about clarg I wasn’t like other girls, uld be subverted. This queer dg is magnified by their fai’ fears of them never settlg down wh a man, and even outright fears of their child beg gay.
The fear that Js’s fay has about her possible homosexualy is more unrstated than that of Jul’ fay, and foc more on the fact that she won’t end up wh a hband rather than the fact that she may end up wh a girl. Her fay is steeped tradnal Indian culture, and one scene particular highlights the stggl of beg queer an Indian fay, when Tony out as gay to Js. The exchange reveals that to be gay would be unacceptable their fai, and that Js is all too aware of this fact.