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HOW GAY IS TOO GAY? STEVE COOGAN'S IAL HOME ACCED OF STEREOTYPG
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STEVE COOGAN - I'M A B GAY
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That’s ternalised homophobia. Havg such out-there leads “was liberate”, he says, an antidote of sorts to a different type of gay stereotype that has emerged recent years. “I feel the cliche at this pot is this really straight-actg guy who says, ‘Oh, by the way, I’m gay’.