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Contents:
- TOP 10 GAY WEBTOON COMICS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
- DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
- NEW ‘STEELERS’ DOCUMENTARY PROFIL BARRIER-BREAKG GAY BRISH GBY CLUB
- LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
- HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
- BEG GAY BRISH EDY IS NO LGHG MATTER
- JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
TOP 10 GAY WEBTOON COMICS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT
I’m here today to talk to you about the bt gay ics on Webtoon right now. Or, at least my favor. * british comic series gay rugby *
The UK has been pecially strong this regard, mirrorg s mendable rerd of excellent gay cema. Followg this creria, programm as diverse as Brishead Revised (1981), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Six Feet Unr (2001-05), The Wire (2002-08), Glee (2009-) and Morn Fay (2009-) don’t make the cut, spe their strong sendary queer characters (the ternatnal succs of Morn Fay particular, broadst untri where homosexualy is still illegal, uld help liberalise attus, followg the marriage of Cameron and Mchell, two of the most popular characters).
Will & Grace (1998-2006) was a huge h, but s portrayal of gay men was clichéd and too few of the jok land (although try tellg that to the often hysteril stud dience).
Homoeroticism throbs subtly throughout, but only the remarkable two-hour epilogue do e to the fore, through a fantastic and nightmarish journey through the md of Biberkopf.
DISMANTLG STEREOTYP: 10 INSPIRG GAY RUGBY PLAYERS AND PERSONALI
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Dpe bomb threats to the stud and protts om relig groups, the episo was broadst 1997, wh Ellen fally utterg the words “I’m gay”, accintally speakg the words to the microphone at an airport check- sk. Some crics bemoaned the foc on gay issu, and ratgs fell, leadg to the show’s ncellatn.
NEW ‘STEELERS’ DOCUMENTARY PROFIL BARRIER-BREAKG GAY BRISH GBY CLUB
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Queer as Folk (1999-2000)This one me out of nowhere, a shamels and often outrageo seri that gave a kickg to the perceptn of gay men as sexls bt iends to female protagonists and stead put them centre stage, showg them to be as flawed, selfish and sex-hungry as everyone else – more so, fact. Its first episo, featurg 29-year-old Stuart rimmg a horny 15-year old, was unapologetilly provotive, and upset both the tabloids and many gay viewers, who were alarmed by s subversive characters. It hasn’t dated a jot (although Manchter’s Canal Street is now the stompg ground of hen parti alongsi the gay clubbers), and lnched the reers of s three stars, Aidan Gillen, Craig Kelly and Charlie Hunnam.
His next gay seri, Bob & Rose (2001), about a homosexual guy who falls love wh a woman, had s admirers, but Queer as Folk remas a landmark.
Angels Ameri (2003)This hugely amb two-parter based on Tony Khner’s epic play, dubbed ‘A Gay Fantasia on Natnal Them’, juggl the liv of very different gay men livg New York durg the Reagan admistratn. Jt Kirk and Ben Shenkman also excel as a gay uple torn apart when the former tts posive for HIV.
LIST | 5 GAY RUGBY STARS WHO ARE OUT AND PROUD
The Reagan admistratn’s appallg lack of reactn to the vis and the effects AIDS had on gay relatnships is arrtgly picted by the late director Mike Nichols (The Graduate, Who’s Aaid of Virgia Woolf? Swedish drama Don’t Ever Wipe Tears whout Glov follows the relatnship between a troubled Jehovah’s Wns and a untry boy who mov to Stockholm the early 1980s, as the outbreak of AIDS begs (the awkward tle om a stern stctn om a matron sldg a nurse who shows passn to a dyg gay man, showg the fear and paranoia surroundg the vis at the time).
It also punctur the cliché of Swen as an uber-liberal untry, showg the toxic homophobia that prevailed when the disease ma headle news. But while eply movg and often harrowg, s greatt triumph is showg the love and support wh the gay muny Stockholm, while a shot of the two men fallg love as snow falls gently around them is achgly betiful.
HEARD OF THE STEELERS? NO, NOT THEM, THE GAY GBY TEAM OM LONDON
14 queer g-of-age movi and shows to watch after HeartstopperFrom Get Real to The Way He Looks, here's our brief gui to the most affectg queer g-of-agersHeartstopper, Netflix's g-of-age seri about a gay schoolboy fallg love wh one of the BNOC gby lads, has ronated far and wi for s cuty visn of young queer romance. The premise, for one, is remarkably siar, if a touch more tragic as a sign of the tim: a gay outsir sendary school, Steven, falls love wh one of the big-name gby boys, John. As turns out, he fanci him back, leadg to a bumpy secretive romance marred by the near-impossibily of beg openly gay school the ‘90s.
BEG GAY BRISH EDY IS NO LGHG MATTER
Rent on Prime (2014)On the subject of balmy and sacchare g-of-age stori, enter Jongens (Boys), a ltle-known gay love story om the Netherlands set a remote b of the Dutch untrysi.
Betiful Thg (1996)©Sony Pictur/Courty Everett CollectnOne of the first noteworthy exampl of the gay g-of-ager the UK, Betiful Thg is a shg example of Channel 4's radil programmg through the ‘80s and ’90s, puttg a spotlight on the margalised where others refed or were rtraed the name of impartialy. Livg Oh, the only lol gay-iendly spot is a dis lled “The Universal, ” spng Hi-NRG hs like “Smalltown Boy” by Bronski Beat and Miquel Brown’s “So Many Men, So Ltle Time” (serly, if you like synth-pop, this is the film for you). Come for the varly bter and charmg gay love story, stay for Harris Dickson's obnox banker bro (the scene where he emerg om an lator mimg along to the Pet Shop Boys is, as they say, céma).
JOG THE WORLD'S FIRST GAY GBY TEAM CHANGED MY LIFE. SO I MA A FILM ABOUT
Stream on (2019)Take Claire Denis' gay war drama Be Travail, add a dollop of Apolypse Now and you get Moffie, the ravishg third feature om South Ain tr Oliver Herman (now on the road wh the Bill Nighy-starrg Livg). Corona, the easy-breezy, ually light-hearted reads jt h so I’m here today, specifilly, to talk to you about the bt gay ics on Webtoon right now, bee I'm queer as f*** and don’t you fet, here are the Top 10 Gay Webtoon Comics (pl some more that are also obssn-worthy).
The Four of ThemThe only reason this isn’t higher on the list is that the ma character you follow isn’t gay, so that’s a dock pots on this list specifilly. He’s a really tertg story you don’t tend to see (an openly gay kid disverg he’s bi…or somethg, who knows, the story’s still gog).