The 80s put the gay man ont and centre of pop. Then me the Aids crisis – and three s of monisatn, disrd and displacement. Now, wh Troye Sivan leadg a new wave of gay stars, has change tly arrived?
Contents:
- THAT GAY EPISO: JOEY SAYS “WHOAH” TO A SECRET ADMIRER ON A VERY SPECIAL ‘BLOSSOM’
- HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
- TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISO 15: JOEY LAWRENCE HAS A GAY SECRET ADMIRER
THAT GAY EPISO: JOEY SAYS “WHOAH” TO A SECRET ADMIRER ON A VERY SPECIAL ‘BLOSSOM’
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That Gay Episo: 'Frasier' Is Gay Comedy by Gay People Starrg Straight Characters. That Gay Episo: 'The Bob Newhart Show' Shows Straight People How to Stand Up for Gay People. That Gay Episo: An Out And Proud 'Wgs' Plays One-On-One Wh Bad Parentg.
That Gay Episo: 'Night Court' Reveals How The Patriarchy Fuels Homophobia.
Knowg that, ’s no surprise that Blossom was one of the very few ’90s fay ss to clu a very special gay episo, a topic that Full Hoe and Step By Step steered clear of.
HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
And Blossom beg Blossom, their first of two gay episos also tossed some still-hella-relevant mentary on sexual asslt. The B-plot is where we get the gay stuff, as Joey (Joey Lawrence) receiv a letter om a secret admirer named Llie–an admirer that turns out to be one of his baseball teammat, L! The gay plot starts out nspicuoly (okay, nspicuoly if you fet that this is a very special s) when Joey gets a love letter om a secret admirer.
When watchg the gay episos as a gay man, you always hope that your lovable s buds will be ol wh queer people. It’s hard fdg out your fav (like Blanche and Cliff, my se) are homophob, bee s characters feel like your iends. And there’s no doubt that Joey Rso was the object of affectn for an entire generatn of gay teens.
TRANSCRIPT FOR EPISO 15: JOEY LAWRENCE HAS A GAY SECRET ADMIRER
That’s why ’s hard to hear Joey’s rponse to attractg attentn om a gay man:.
Joey is dumbfound, more so than ual, at learng that one of his lifelong buds is gay–and on the baseball team, to boot! In a b of blatant social mentary om the wrer, Joey says there should be a place for gays, like “the ary or prithood or somethg.
Shelly wh the newsflash: “Actually there are a lot of men who do, the exact same kd of men who fd necsary to beat up on gays. Men that thk women are there to be fondled or jt look pretty, they don’t react well to gay men bee they fear gay men will treat them the way they treat women. The episo ends right there, Joey havg overe his homophobia -between scen and ready to throw down alongsi his gay BFF (who only appears this episo, BTW).