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MATTHEW MCCONGHEY TALKS 'MAGIC MIKE,' GAY FANS AND HOW HE'D REACT IF HIS KIDS CAME OUT
Although the article's tle ed the phrase "me out of the closet", which is monly ed to refer to dividuals cidg not to nceal the fact that they are gay and subsequently rmg their iends, fay, and potentially the public about their sexual preference, no such personal admissn was clud the text. Overshadowed was the fact that both of the bt actor awards went to actors Dallas Buyers Club, a movie that telp a set of events the early years of the AIDS epimic and highlights the liv and stggl of s early victims (1985), mostly gay men.
In my last blog post I did somethg unual by announcg my favore for Bt Picture, namely Dallas Buyers Club, which I thought did a remarkable job of tellg the story of Ron Woodroof*, a redneck electrician and part-time roo hand who was as obssively heterosexual as he was homophobic. The story he was tellg was that of a man who beme a bona fi hero by anizg a buyers club to distribute potentially life-prolongg dgs to gay men, the meantime shakg up a befuddled Dallas medil tablishment and even gog up agast U. And, of urse, this accent also happens to be associated wh elevated rat of homophobia (as well as other historil bigotri).
Fairly or not, McConghey’s reluctance to talk about AIDS or homosexualy—the very thgs that Woodroof learned to accept through his associatn wh the Dallas gay muny—only serv to rerce a certa image of the South. Perhaps he was simply beg te to his nvictns, but would have been so rehg if McConghey had cid to break wh the stereotype and affirm the validy of his character Dallas Buyers Club, not to mentn the validy of the gay muny that Woodroof served and of GLBT people general. Is the edor--chief of The Gay & Lbian Review / Worldwi.