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Contents:

• WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?
• THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN
• 10 FEMALE MOVIE AND TV CHARACTERS WHO ARE NOW GAY INS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?

So let's brg on the femme adoratn and celebrate the idols most worth gay-genuflectg ont of through eterny. The 12 most fabulo gay ins of all time (female divisn) GarlandThe woman who uld tear your heart out wh a melody and some moist ey, Judy appeals to the outst , as we long to go over the rabow and fd acceptance and a pot of gold. Judy's vulnerabily ma her a quiverg gay in, as did the fact that for years, she kept on gog, able to belt out one more song spe the rigors of the bs that always tried to squeeze more juice out of her brilliance.

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THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN

Gays have always loved Carol's scer-eyed way of playg golddiggers and yentas. "]Diana RossThe se, the scer ey, the vol all adds up to a diva gays love for the relentlsns of her sparkle. What's more, she and the Suprem did a 1968 Funny Girl album which may be one of the most gay-iendly acts of cultural cross-pollatn history.

Beyonce Gays love a pop diva wh full-throttle sexualy and great mov, and Beyonce remas the queen, cementg that when she played Diana--sorry, Deena-- Dreamgirls. But I have to give a special shout out to Kylie Mogue, who's more cerebral than sexual, and who is a long-nng gay bar favore, whether vios or the MnelliJudy's dghter has a lot of the same pip, vulnerabily, and love of gays as mama, though she's rved her own niche of "tly terrific, absolutely te" mil them bells for Liza.

Gays tton to her ftive spir ("Cabaret"), her undrenchable sense of hope ("Maybe This Time"), her big-town mania ("New York, New York"; "Cy Lights"), and her lash.

10 FEMALE MOVIE AND TV CHARACTERS WHO ARE NOW GAY INS

MadonnaA straight man's fantasy as the Material Girl, she was also a gay man's dream, seeg as she appreciated her rabow-clive fan base, dulged "vogug, " and had some closerthanthis lbian gal pals. The anti-Judy Garland, Madonna appeals to gays bee she's not vulnerable and n't be tackled. I'm sred a GagaMore than a Madonna mi-me, Gaga has taken advantage of the social workg skills and overall ankns of her generatn to not only sg about gay rights, but to speak about them and really make a difference the procs.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Her ncerts are like gay pep ralli anchored by Gaga servg as a motivatnal speaker for LGBTs trag. Her lbian dghter is now her son, and her fans clu so many LGBTs that, if you're at a Cher ncert and the people to eher si of you are straight, then you're fely DeGener, Rosie O'Donnell, Jodie Foster, Rachel Maddow, Gert SteI recently wrote about how gay men and lbians don't seek each other's opns enough, but when to the above ins, the gay guys notice and bow down.

A male we n love, Terrence McNally has wrten gay-beloved classics like Love! ” For the openly gay rapper/sger, Montero — spired by his birth name — is a place where one is ee to be who they are.

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