Thomas Lloyd: Why am I "so gay?" | TED Talk

Contents:

• IS JAM CORN GAY? RUMORS OF HIM BEG GAY
• SO IS JAM POKEMON SUPPOSED TO BE GAY OR WAS THAT UNTEND?
• JAM FRAN TALKS ABOUT WHY HE LIK PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
• ‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’
• WHY AM I "SO GAY?"

IS JAM CORN GAY? RUMORS OF HIM BEG GAY

Is Jam Corn Gay? Jam Corn has been mored to be gay sce 2011, when he me out as gay durg an terview wh Brish newspaper The Sun.

He has never nfirmed nor nied beg gay. This isn’t the first time someone has tried to lk Jam Corn to homosexualy.

Back 2011, a tabloid reported that Jam had told iends he was gay.

SO IS JAM POKEMON SUPPOSED TO BE GAY OR WAS THAT UNTEND?

I don’t thk ’s anybody else’s bs, ” addg, “#gay #straight #bisexual #pansexual #queer #bi #lbian #transgenr #asexual #polyamoro #etc etc. So, unls Andi Land reveals somethg about Jam Corn’s personal life, we won’t know for certa if he’s gay or not. We n only speculate whether Jam Corn is gay or straight.

If the mors prove te, then Jam uld be eher gay or bi. Do you thk Jam Corn is gay?

So is Jam Pokemon supposed to be gay or was that untend? While there's nothg that says that he is gay the show, his send voice actor, Eric Stuart played him as though he was.

JAM FRAN TALKS ABOUT WHY HE LIK PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

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‘I AM GAY – BUT I WASN’T BORN THIS WAY’

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WHY AM I "SO GAY?"

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