Q&A Wh Jason June, Jay’s Gay Agenda

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• ANGI TAYLOR SHOW REP WH JAY THE GAY - 7-11-2023
• 2022 INTERVIEW RURFAC WHEN THEY ASKED LIL JAY ABOUT HIM BEG GAY ALLEGATNS "IT WAS JT A RUMOR, I LIKE P*SSY TOO MUCH"
• JAY HAYN’S REALISTIC ACTG ‘STATN 19’ STARTED GAY RUMORS — BUT IS HE GAY?
• THE WILD STORY OF JAYE DAVIDSON, THE FIRST OUT BLACK OSR NOMEEIN 1992, AN UNKNOWN ACTOR PLAYED A TRANS WOMAN "THE CRYG GAME," A H THRILLER WH A SHOCKG BUT FLAWED TWIST—THEN ALL BUT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 7, 2020/5:40 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2025PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}STEVE EICHNER/GETTY IMAGBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 7, 2020 / 5:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE WILD STORY OF JAYE DAVIDSON, THE FIRST OUT BLACK OSR NOMEE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-07T22:40:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-07T22:40:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS TRANSNG TO BE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CRYG GAME ULD NEVER BE MA TODAY—FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WHEN ME OUT 1992, THERE WAS A SHROUD OF MYSTERY AROUND AND A NCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE MEDIA AND DIENC NOT TO SPOIL S BIG REVEAL—ONE THAT HADN'T BEEN SEEN SCE 1960'S PSYCHO. WH THE ADVENT OF THE TER AND THE CULTIVATN OF SPOILER CULTURE, NOT TO MENTN THE PROGRS WE'VE WNSED TRANS REPRENTATN, 'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THE FILM WOULD WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, REWATCHG I WAS SURPRISED HOW AHEAD OF S TIME STILL FEELS, AND TRIGUED BY THE STAR OF THE FILM, WHO MA ONLY ONE OTHER MOVIE BEFORE REJECTG FAME AND ACTG ALTOGETHER. BUT NOT BEFORE HE BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK PERFORMER TO NAB AN OSR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S BEEN 28 YEARS, SO WE'RE LONG PAST THE STATUTE OF LIMATNS FOR SPOILERS. JA LEIGH DI THE FIRST 45 MUT OF PSYCHO, AND THE KILLER IS ANTHONY PERKS, NOTED HOMOSEXUAL, DONE UP MOM DRAG. AS FOR THE CRYG GAME, WELL, THAT HAD A VERY QUEER TWIST AS WELL, AND S BIGGT STAR, FORT WHAKER, ALSO DI THE FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWIST—NOVEL AT THE TIME, PROBLEMATIC NOW—IS THAT THE FEMME FATALE DIL, PLAYED BY NEWER JAYE DAVIDSON (Né ALED AMEY), IS ACTUALLY A MAN. MORE ACCURATELY, DIL IS A TRANS WOMAN, BUT THIS REVELATN IS MET WH REVULSN BY THE PROTAGONIST FERG/JIMMY (STEPHEN REA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART NEO-NOIR, WH A HEAVY BT TO HCHCK (BIS S SIARI TO PSYCHO, THE FILM BORROWS OM VERTIGO), THE CRYG GAME MARRIED DISPARATE THEM AND SUBJECTS—RACISM, GENR, SEXUALY, THE IRISH REPUBLIN ARMY, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELG CHA BOB—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—TO A TT, EQUENTLY FUNNY, AND EPLY ENGAGG THRILLER. ITS TWIST FEELS A B HOKEY BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, BUT 'S ACTUALLY QUE SHOCKG THAT DIL EVEN MA TO THE FAL AME BACK 1992. THE EARLY '90S HAD A SER HARD-ON FOR MONIZG AND/OR KILLG OFF QUEER CHARACTERS (SEE: BASIC INSTCT, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, PHILALPHIA), BUT DIL WDS UP BEG THE MOST SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER THE MOVIE. AND HER RELATNSHIP WH FERG/JIMMY IS PLITED BUT ULTIMATELY LOVG, IF NOT NECSARILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT BEG SAID, HOLLYWOOD HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STG CIS ACTORS AS TRANS CHARACTERS AND GETTG HEAPS OF PRAISE AND AWARDS REGNN FOR , AND THE CRYG GAME IS NO EXCEPTN. THE MOVIE WAS A HUGE CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS. OUT OF SIX OSR NOMATNS, CLUDG BT PICTURE, WRER-DIRECTOR NEIL JORDAN WON FOR HIS ORIGAL SCREENPLAY. DAVIDSON, HOWEVER, WAS THE TE BREAKOUT, AS EVINCED BY THIS DECEMBER 1992 NEW YORK TIM PROFILE HERALDG THE ARRIVAL OF A "SULTRY NEW STAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STORY IS FASCATG IF ONLY BEE BENDS OVER BACKWARDS NOT TO INTIFY DAVIDSON BY GENR, S BEFORE THE MEDIA MA NSIRATNS FOR GENR NONBARY AND NONNFORMG PEOPLE. BUT THE MOTIVE BEHD THE PIECE IS SERVICE TO THE FILM'S BIG REVEAL, WHICH HAD FOLKS GAGGG SO MUCH THAT THE PROFILE ARGU THAT "JAYE DAVIDSON'S SECRET SERV TO BE KEPT FOR THAT REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A STORY THAT IS SO QUTSENTIALLY HOLLYWOOD, DAVIDSON, THE BIRACIAL SON OF A GHANAIAN FATHER AND ENGLISH MOTHER, HAD NEVER ACTED BEFORE. HE WAS DISVERED AT A WRAP PARTY FOR THE LATE DEREK JARMAN'S GAY CLASSIC EDWARD II. A STG DIRECTOR SAW DAVIDSON THERE AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS AN ACTOR, TO WHICH HE DNKENLY REPLIED THAT HE WASN'T AND STUMBLED OFF. HOWEVER, HIS IEND SLIPPED THE STG DIRECTOR DAVIDSON'S NUMBER AND THE RT IS CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNTIL MEETG DAVIDSON, THE STG DIRECTOR HAD BEEN STGGLG TO FD SOMEONE TO PLAY DIL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF DIL, A LONDON SGER AND HAIRDRSER WH AN AIR OF MYSTERY, WAS ALL BUT UNSTABLE. DIL HAD TO BE, AMONG OTHER THGS, POISED, PHOTOGENIC, BLACK, EXTREMELY CHANGEABLE, AND ABLE TO RRY OFF THE SLEIGHT-OF-HAND ON WHICH ONE OF THE FILM'S SECRETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIL, SENTIALLY, HAD TO BE A BLACK MAN WHO ULD SUCCSFULLY PASS AS A BLACK WOMAN. DAVIDSON, A FASHN ASSISTANT WH NO CELEBRY ASPIRATNS OR ACTG AMBN, HAD DONE DRAG ONLY ONCE—HE FOUND "TOO MUCH HARD WORK"—BUT HAD OFTEN BEEN MISTAKEN FOR A WOMAN ON THE STREET, SO HE FIGURED HE ULD PROBABLY PULL OFF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER PROFILE, OM THE SEATTLE TIM, AHEAD OF THE 1993 OSRS FOR WHICH DAVIDSON WAS UP FOR, TELLGLY, BT SUPPORTG ACTOR, MA FEWER BON ABOUT HIS INTY. DAVIDSON, FOR ONE, TALKED OPENLY ABOUT BEG GAY AND THE PROBLEMS OF PRENTG AS "FEMME" A MASC-FOR-MASC WORLD. (SOME THGS NEVER CHANGE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE TIME THE SEATTLE TIM ARTICLE H STANDS, DAVIDSON'S AND DIL'S SECRET WAS MORE OR LS OUT, WH THE OSRS CLEARG THGS UP AN AWARDS RACE THAT HAD SEEN THE CHIGO FILM CRICS ASSOCIATN NOMATG DAVIDSON FOR BOTH MOST PROMISG ACTOR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLYWOOD ALSO LOV AN "TRODUCG" TLE CRED—THE IA OF AN UNKNOWN STAR LIVERG A PERFORMANCE SERVG OF A FORMAL TRODUCTN TO DIENC. ONE OF THE LAST TIM THAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN DREAMGIRLS "TRODUCED" JENNIFER HUDSON, WHO WAS ONLY KNOWN FOR G SEVENTH PLACE ON AMERIN IDOL. HUDSON WENT ON TO W BT SUPPORTG ACTRS ON THE STRENGTH OF HER BALLS-TO-THE-WALL RENDN OF "AND I AM TELLG YOU (I'M NOT GOG)," AND THE FAIRY-TALE, OVERNIGHT SENSATN MYTHOS SURROUNDG HER PERFORMANCE (WHICH, IF WE'RE BEG HONT, WASN'T THAT GREAT ASI OM THAT ONE SONG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVIDSON RO THE SAME MYTHOS AND THAT BIG PLOT TWIST TO HIS OSR NOMATN, BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK PERFORMER NOMATED FOR AN ACTG TROPHY. BUT THE CRYG GAME, HE'S ALSO GENUELY GOOD, START TO FISH. FOR A NEOPHYTE, HE HAS A NATURAL SCREEN PRENCE AND AN ABILY THAT ASTOUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I KNEW JAYE ULD SAIL THROUGH IF HE WAS JT TO BE BETIFUL AND ALOOF," JORDAN TOLD THE SEATTLE TIM, "BUT I WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER HE ULD ALLOW HIMSELF TO MOVE YOU AS AN DIENCE. THEN WE DID THE SCENE WHERE HE GETS HIS HAIR CUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND HE SUDNLY BEGAN TO ACT WH THIS PA HIS VOICE. IT WAS EXTRAORDARY. ACTG IS A MYSTER THG—YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE OM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVIDSON ULTIMATELY LOST THE OSR TO GENE HACKMAN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE UNFIVEN, THOUGH HE LIKELY DIDN'T RE. DAVIDSON HATED THE ATTENTN HE RECEIVED FOR THE CRYG GAME AND WAS RELUCTANT TO DO ANOTHER MOVIE. WHEN OFFERED THE ROLE OF THE SUN GOD RA STARGATE, HE ASKED FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE AN UNACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY—$1 LN—AND, TO HIS SURPRISE, HE GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT WAS HIS FAL FILM. DAVIDSON RETIRED OM ACTG AND WENT BACK TO WORKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRSN ON THE WORLD," HE TOLD THE SEATTLE TIM THREE S AGO. "I DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRSN ON SOCIETY. THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ME AT ALL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE (THOUGH I'D POS MOSTLY FOR BETTER), DAVIDSON AND THE CRYG GAME LEFT QUE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• Q&A WH JASON JUNE, JAY’S GAY AGENDA
• THE GAY REPORT

ANGI TAYLOR SHOW REP WH JAY THE GAY - 7-11-2023

“Soon as y’all put du up actually sayg some gay s### y’all would try to put me on there. While the actor who plays him, Jay Hayn, isn’t gay real life, the Statn 19 star has reprented Travis and the LGBTQ+ muny well om the start.

Hayn plays Travis Montgomery, an openly gay firefighter at Statn 19 and widower who lost his hband, Michael Williams, a fire. Is Jay Hayn gay real life om Statn 19? Hayn also told Hidn Remote that he was ncerned what his father would thk about him playg a gay character on televisn.

2022 INTERVIEW RURFAC WHEN THEY ASKED LIL JAY ABOUT HIM BEG GAY ALLEGATNS "IT WAS JT A RUMOR, I LIKE P*SSY TOO MUCH"

To say ‘Dad, I’m playg a gay firefighter on a Shonda Rhim show, ’ he’s jt the bt guy the world and is like ‘Oh, ngratulatns’ but I don’t really know what’s gog on his head.

“The thg is I don’t really know how to play straight or play gay. Hayn also revealed a nversatn he had wh a real firefighter who had seen other gay firefighters be discrimated agast. He’d been a New York firefighter for 25 years and he said that back the ’70s and ’80s: ‘Some of the bt guys back my day were gay and they were jt as strong and jt as tough and jt as heroic.

There was no difference between them and ’s sad bee they uldn’t e out and uldn’t feel fortable lettg the other guys know they were gay. Jay is a gay character om The Boys. GAY.

JAY HAYN’S REALISTIC ACTG ‘STATN 19’ STARTED GAY RUMORS — BUT IS HE GAY?

But not before he beme the first openly gay black performer to nab an Osr 's been 28 years, so we're long past the statute of limatns for spoilers. Ja Leigh di the first 45 mut of Psycho, and the killer is Anthony Perks, noted homosexual, done up mom drag.

THE WILD STORY OF JAYE DAVIDSON, THE FIRST OUT BLACK OSR NOMEEIN 1992, AN UNKNOWN ACTOR PLAYED A TRANS WOMAN "THE CRYG GAME," A H THRILLER WH A SHOCKG BUT FLAWED TWIST—THEN ALL BUT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 7, 2020/5:40 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2025PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}STEVE EICHNER/GETTY IMAGBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEFEBARY 7, 2020 / 5:40 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE WILD STORY OF JAYE DAVIDSON, THE FIRST OUT BLACK OSR NOMEE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-02-07T22:40:49.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-02-07T22:40:49.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT…? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS TRANSNG TO BE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CRYG GAME ULD NEVER BE MA TODAY—FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. WHEN ME OUT 1992, THERE WAS A SHROUD OF MYSTERY AROUND AND A NCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE MEDIA AND DIENC NOT TO SPOIL S BIG REVEAL—ONE THAT HADN'T BEEN SEEN SCE 1960'S PSYCHO. WH THE ADVENT OF THE TER AND THE CULTIVATN OF SPOILER CULTURE, NOT TO MENTN THE PROGRS WE'VE WNSED TRANS REPRENTATN, 'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THE FILM WOULD WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, REWATCHG I WAS SURPRISED HOW AHEAD OF S TIME STILL FEELS, AND TRIGUED BY THE STAR OF THE FILM, WHO MA ONLY ONE OTHER MOVIE BEFORE REJECTG FAME AND ACTG ALTOGETHER. BUT NOT BEFORE HE BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK PERFORMER TO NAB AN OSR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S BEEN 28 YEARS, SO WE'RE LONG PAST THE STATUTE OF LIMATNS FOR SPOILERS. JA LEIGH DI THE FIRST 45 MUT OF PSYCHO, AND THE KILLER IS ANTHONY PERKS, NOTED HOMOSEXUAL, DONE UP MOM DRAG. AS FOR THE CRYG GAME, WELL, THAT HAD A VERY QUEER TWIST AS WELL, AND S BIGGT STAR, FORT WHAKER, ALSO DI THE FIRST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWIST—NOVEL AT THE TIME, PROBLEMATIC NOW—IS THAT THE FEMME FATALE DIL, PLAYED BY NEWER JAYE DAVIDSON (Né ALED AMEY), IS ACTUALLY A MAN. MORE ACCURATELY, DIL IS A TRANS WOMAN, BUT THIS REVELATN IS MET WH REVULSN BY THE PROTAGONIST FERG/JIMMY (STEPHEN REA).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART NEO-NOIR, WH A HEAVY BT TO HCHCK (BIS S SIARI TO PSYCHO, THE FILM BORROWS OM VERTIGO), THE CRYG GAME MARRIED DISPARATE THEM AND SUBJECTS—RACISM, GENR, SEXUALY, THE IRISH REPUBLIN ARMY, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELG CHA BOB—{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}—TO A TT, EQUENTLY FUNNY, AND EPLY ENGAGG THRILLER. ITS TWIST FEELS A B HOKEY BY TODAY'S STANDARDS, BUT 'S ACTUALLY QUE SHOCKG THAT DIL EVEN MA TO THE FAL AME BACK 1992. THE EARLY '90S HAD A SER HARD-ON FOR MONIZG AND/OR KILLG OFF QUEER CHARACTERS (SEE: BASIC INSTCT, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, PHILALPHIA), BUT DIL WDS UP BEG THE MOST SYMPATHETIC CHARACTER THE MOVIE. AND HER RELATNSHIP WH FERG/JIMMY IS PLITED BUT ULTIMATELY LOVG, IF NOT NECSARILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT BEG SAID, HOLLYWOOD HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STG CIS ACTORS AS TRANS CHARACTERS AND GETTG HEAPS OF PRAISE AND AWARDS REGNN FOR , AND THE CRYG GAME IS NO EXCEPTN. THE MOVIE WAS A HUGE CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS. OUT OF SIX OSR NOMATNS, CLUDG BT PICTURE, WRER-DIRECTOR NEIL JORDAN WON FOR HIS ORIGAL SCREENPLAY. DAVIDSON, HOWEVER, WAS THE TE BREAKOUT, AS EVINCED BY THIS DECEMBER 1992 NEW YORK TIM PROFILE HERALDG THE ARRIVAL OF A "SULTRY NEW STAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE STORY IS FASCATG IF ONLY BEE BENDS OVER BACKWARDS NOT TO INTIFY DAVIDSON BY GENR, S BEFORE THE MEDIA MA NSIRATNS FOR GENR NONBARY AND NONNFORMG PEOPLE. BUT THE MOTIVE BEHD THE PIECE IS SERVICE TO THE FILM'S BIG REVEAL, WHICH HAD FOLKS GAGGG SO MUCH THAT THE PROFILE ARGU THAT "JAYE DAVIDSON'S SECRET SERV TO BE KEPT FOR THAT REASON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A STORY THAT IS SO QUTSENTIALLY HOLLYWOOD, DAVIDSON, THE BIRACIAL SON OF A GHANAIAN FATHER AND ENGLISH MOTHER, HAD NEVER ACTED BEFORE. HE WAS DISVERED AT A WRAP PARTY FOR THE LATE DEREK JARMAN'S GAY CLASSIC EDWARD II. A STG DIRECTOR SAW DAVIDSON THERE AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS AN ACTOR, TO WHICH HE DNKENLY REPLIED THAT HE WASN'T AND STUMBLED OFF. HOWEVER, HIS IEND SLIPPED THE STG DIRECTOR DAVIDSON'S NUMBER AND THE RT IS CEMATIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNTIL MEETG DAVIDSON, THE STG DIRECTOR HAD BEEN STGGLG TO FD SOMEONE TO PLAY DIL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PIVOTAL ROLE OF DIL, A LONDON SGER AND HAIRDRSER WH AN AIR OF MYSTERY, WAS ALL BUT UNSTABLE. DIL HAD TO BE, AMONG OTHER THGS, POISED, PHOTOGENIC, BLACK, EXTREMELY CHANGEABLE, AND ABLE TO RRY OFF THE SLEIGHT-OF-HAND ON WHICH ONE OF THE FILM'S SECRETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIL, SENTIALLY, HAD TO BE A BLACK MAN WHO ULD SUCCSFULLY PASS AS A BLACK WOMAN. DAVIDSON, A FASHN ASSISTANT WH NO CELEBRY ASPIRATNS OR ACTG AMBN, HAD DONE DRAG ONLY ONCE—HE FOUND "TOO MUCH HARD WORK"—BUT HAD OFTEN BEEN MISTAKEN FOR A WOMAN ON THE STREET, SO HE FIGURED HE ULD PROBABLY PULL OFF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER PROFILE, OM THE SEATTLE TIM, AHEAD OF THE 1993 OSRS FOR WHICH DAVIDSON WAS UP FOR, TELLGLY, BT SUPPORTG ACTOR, MA FEWER BON ABOUT HIS INTY. DAVIDSON, FOR ONE, TALKED OPENLY ABOUT BEG GAY AND THE PROBLEMS OF PRENTG AS "FEMME" A MASC-FOR-MASC WORLD. (SOME THGS NEVER CHANGE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY THE TIME THE SEATTLE TIM ARTICLE H STANDS, DAVIDSON'S AND DIL'S SECRET WAS MORE OR LS OUT, WH THE OSRS CLEARG THGS UP AN AWARDS RACE THAT HAD SEEN THE CHIGO FILM CRICS ASSOCIATN NOMATG DAVIDSON FOR BOTH MOST PROMISG ACTOR AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLYWOOD ALSO LOV AN "TRODUCG" TLE CRED—THE IA OF AN UNKNOWN STAR LIVERG A PERFORMANCE SERVG OF A FORMAL TRODUCTN TO DIENC. ONE OF THE LAST TIM THAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN DREAMGIRLS "TRODUCED" JENNIFER HUDSON, WHO WAS ONLY KNOWN FOR G SEVENTH PLACE ON AMERIN IDOL. HUDSON WENT ON TO W BT SUPPORTG ACTRS ON THE STRENGTH OF HER BALLS-TO-THE-WALL RENDN OF "AND I AM TELLG YOU (I'M NOT GOG)," AND THE FAIRY-TALE, OVERNIGHT SENSATN MYTHOS SURROUNDG HER PERFORMANCE (WHICH, IF WE'RE BEG HONT, WASN'T THAT GREAT ASI OM THAT ONE SONG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVIDSON RO THE SAME MYTHOS AND THAT BIG PLOT TWIST TO HIS OSR NOMATN, BEG THE FIRST OPENLY GAY BLACK PERFORMER NOMATED FOR AN ACTG TROPHY. BUT THE CRYG GAME, HE'S ALSO GENUELY GOOD, START TO FISH. FOR A NEOPHYTE, HE HAS A NATURAL SCREEN PRENCE AND AN ABILY THAT ASTOUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I KNEW JAYE ULD SAIL THROUGH IF HE WAS JT TO BE BETIFUL AND ALOOF," JORDAN TOLD THE SEATTLE TIM, "BUT I WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER HE ULD ALLOW HIMSELF TO MOVE YOU AS AN DIENCE. THEN WE DID THE SCENE WHERE HE GETS HIS HAIR CUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND HE SUDNLY BEGAN TO ACT WH THIS PA HIS VOICE. IT WAS EXTRAORDARY. ACTG IS A MYSTER THG—YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE OM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVIDSON ULTIMATELY LOST THE OSR TO GENE HACKMAN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE UNFIVEN, THOUGH HE LIKELY DIDN'T RE. DAVIDSON HATED THE ATTENTN HE RECEIVED FOR THE CRYG GAME AND WAS RELUCTANT TO DO ANOTHER MOVIE. WHEN OFFERED THE ROLE OF THE SUN GOD RA STARGATE, HE ASKED FOR WHAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE AN UNACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY—$1 LN—AND, TO HIS SURPRISE, HE GOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THAT WAS HIS FAL FILM. DAVIDSON RETIRED OM ACTG AND WENT BACK TO WORKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRSN ON THE WORLD," HE TOLD THE SEATTLE TIM THREE S AGO. "I DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRSN ON SOCIETY. THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT TO ME AT ALL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE (THOUGH I'D POS MOSTLY FOR BETTER), DAVIDSON AND THE CRYG GAME LEFT QUE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

He was disvered at a wrap party for the late Derek Jarman's gay classic Edward II. Davidson, for one, talked openly about beg gay and the problems of prentg as "femme" a masc-for-masc world. Davidson ro the same mythos and that big plot twist to his Osr nomatn, beg the first openly gay black performer nomated for an actg trophy.

Today we’re pleased to wele Jason June to the WNDB blog to discs his YA book Jay’s Gay Agenda, out June 1, 2021!

There’s one thg Jay Collier knows for sure—he’s a statistil anomaly as the only out gay kid his small ral Washgton town. While all his iends n’t stop talkg about their heterosexual hookups and relatnships, Jay n only dream of his own firsts, pilg a romance to-do list of all the thgs he hop to one day experience—his Gay Agenda.

Q&A WH JASON JUNE, JAY’S GAY AGENDA

The central plot of Jay’s Gay Agenda is foced on how difficult and isolatg n be to be LGBTQ+ a ral town and Jay’s sire to fd LGBTQ+ muny. Many well-meang people of all orientatns bigger ci n sometim have the “People love gays! Tell about the world-buildg for Jay’s Gay Agenda.

THE GAY REPORT

In terms of Seattle, that was the cy that I first went to after high school and fally got to see what a gay muny was like. Jay’s actual Gay Agenda had a b of an olr Ned’s Declassified feel to me; ’s very much about what Jay thks he needs to do high school and then over time, he realiz what should actually be on his Gay Agenda. Jay’s a b more list-obssed than I was, but I fely had a diary where I wrote all my romantic and hormonal gay hop and dreams.

But mentally, all those hop are still there, so I tapped to that to create the Gay Agenda. As Max tak Jay unr his wg, or rather, as Max ph Jay to the gay datg pool, Jay realiz that so much of his self-doubt wasn’t need, and jt gog for is the greatt gift he n give himself.

If you uld sign your dream panel for Jay’s Gay Agenda, what would the topic be? What other books do you see Jay’s Gay Agenda as beg nversatn wh?