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Contents:

• A MSY ERA OF GAY EDI IS FALLY PAYG OFF
• DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY!
• 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

A MSY ERA OF GAY EDI IS FALLY PAYG OFF

And while there is much to learn om and much to love about the many heavy gay dramas out there, we mt also take time to celebrate and revel the bright si of difference, which is why this list is all about the edi.

DUMBLEDORE IS SO GAY!

More5Released: 1997Directed by: Frank OzUpon wng an Amy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kev Kle), who he announc, before lns of viewers, is gay. Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. Yang beme the first Che-Amerin and third openly gay st member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" edian, who hosts a pop culture podst lled "Las Culturistas, " has proven his range on the "SNL, " masterfully portrayg characters om a Che tra reprentative ed as "Tra Daddy" to former Democratic printial ndidate Andrew Yang.

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Cho, who grew up San Francis and had parents that owned a gay bookstore, has squashed the stereotypil tras placed on Asian-Amerin gaed populary by wrg and starrg a s lled "All Amerin Girl" and has bee a celebrated stand-up ic. He often jok that he knew he was gay before he knew he was 's sce lnched a succsful stand-up reer — appearg on "The Late Late Show Wh Jam Corn, " "Late Night Wh Seth Meyers, " "CONAN, " and more.

7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE

There are plenty of gay and queer romantic edi and LGBTQ+ movi that are romantic, light-hearted, pellg, and edic, like Love, Simon, Bros, and Happit SeasonLove, Simon gaed a lot of attentn and buzz durg s 2018 release, maly bee was one of the first mastream gay romantic edi.

One of the most powerful aspects of the movie is that 's able to addrs real problems wh the gay muny through a humoro lens, helpg viewers regnize the problems, whout feelg overwhelmed. The movie, which was -wrten by Eichner and director Nicholas Stoller, also stars Guy Branam, Guillermo Diaz, Ts Madison, Raven, and Bowen 's the first gay romantic edy film to be released theaters by a major stud and the first wh an all-LGBTQ+ prcipal st, 's not the first gay rom- ever.

In fact, there have been several over the years, wh que a few g out the past few years you liked Bros, here are some other gay rom-s you n check out! This movie was a morn retellg of Pri and Prejudice, also starrg Bowen Yang, Conrad Rimora, Matt Rogers, and Tomas Matos, set at the gay statn of Fire Island P was one of our favore movi of the year.

Starrg Nick Robson and directed by Greg Berlanti, this movie follows a closeted teen who's aaid he'll be outed when the emails he's wrten to a fellow gay stunt are disvered. About a year later, “Love, Simon” ma history as Hollywood’s first major stud film to feature a gay teen protagonist and spawned a wonrful spoff show, “Love, Victor.

However, he is perhaps bt known for beg a rrponnt on The Daily Show wh Trevor Noah, He quietly left the show November 2021 and is workg as a wrer and executive producer on the upg HBO seri adaptatn of the book The Gang’s All Queer: The Liv of Gay Gang Members. After breakg to the edy scene, this South Korean-born edian released their but stand-up album, Mol Mory, which vered racism the gay muny and his experienc fyg stereotyp about Asian Amerins.

He filmed the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan?, worked as a wrer on the queer Netflix dreamed seri Sex Edutn and opened for Queer Eye‘s nonbary fashn maven Jonathan Van Ns on tour. While he has been regnized as an important ntributor to the creasgly acceptg edy world, he has also acknowledged that gay edians existed long before he and his peers me around.

Portrayg male homosexualy on screen as appealg or relatable has been a small part of the long history of film, but only the last three s have gay creativ been the on openg the doors for those ias. Called the “goln era” of queer cema, the swell of gay stori wasn’t jt limed to art-hoe or die circl, eher, as bigger-budget stud projects were greenl for wi release orr to palize on what studs saw as a potential market.

The 1996 film stars Rob Williams and Nathan Lane (who was closeted at the time) as two gay club owners out to nvce their son’s new -laws that they are fact a Straight Conservative Fay. Siarly, In & Out elevated the faiary of small-town life to new heights wh a d-mannered teacher beg “falsely” outed at the Osrs several days before his weddg, only to realize he is fact gay. Intertgly enough, both movi were spired by real cultural ephemera: an anti-gay propaganda film, as well as Tom Hanks’ awkward Osr speech for Philalphia (1993).

This is what ma 2022 such a banner year; Bros and Fire Island are not jt fun rom-s, but also make gay men a normal part of the genr whout beg seen as niche. While is yet another Aten adaptatn, Fire Island Pri and Prejudice’s polics and drama as a startg pot for s funny and thoughtful workg-class gays-of-lor characters (cludg Joel Kim Booster) by settg on, you gused , the popular gay summer vatn statn. There are jok Wong Foo and The Birdge that play around wh homophobic and racist language to make a pot, only to e racial and ethnic stereotyp their humor that do not.