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Contents:

• GAYTOWN
• IS MARK OWEN GAY? THE TTH ABOUT OWEN’S SEXUALY
• JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS STAR ON PLAYG TV’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GHOST DMMER
• THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF BRA’S FIRST WORLD WAR POETS REVEALED
• REJECTED BY PARENTS, GAY VALEDICTORIAN IS GOG TO LLEGE, WH $50K OM DONORS

GAYTOWN

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IS MARK OWEN GAY? THE TTH ABOUT OWEN’S SEXUALY

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JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS STAR ON PLAYG TV’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GHOST DMMER

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THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF BRA’S FIRST WORLD WAR POETS REVEALED

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REJECTED BY PARENTS, GAY VALEDICTORIAN IS GOG TO LLEGE, WH $50K OM DONORS

Owen enjoyed playg a gay role Julie and the Phantoms, but is unclear whether he is gay real life.

Julie and the Phantoms has received wispread praise for s pictn of the gay relatnship between Alex (Owen Joyner) and Willie (Booboo Stewart). Owen didn’t alter his approach to the role when he learned that he would play a gay character. “Nothg really changed wh how I wanted to execute the character once I found out he was gay, I was jt honored that [executive producer] Kenny [Ortega] tsted me wh a character that I thought had a really important msage for a younger generatn to watch.