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Contents:

• THE MURKY GAY POLICS SURROUNDG THE 'STAY WEIRD' OSRS SPEECH
• ‘IMATN GAME’ SCREENWRER GRAHAM MOORE CLARIFI THAT HE’S NOT GAY
• ‘STAY WEIRD’ OSR WNER: I’M NOT GAY
• OSR-WNG IMATN GAME WRER GRAHAM MOORE: "I'M NOT GAY"
• IS IT “WEIRD” TO BE GAY? WHAT GRAHAM MOORE’S SPEECH REALLY MEANS.
• OSR WNER GRAHAM MOORE: 'I'M NOT GAY'
• GRAHAM MOORE ISN'T GAY
• NO, IMATN GAME WRER GRAHAM MOORE IS NOT GAY
• GRAHAM MOORE PL FOUR OTHER STRAIGHT GUYS WHO SET OFF OUR GAYDAR

THE MURKY GAY POLICS SURROUNDG THE 'STAY WEIRD' OSRS SPEECH

The Murky Gay Polics Surroundg the 'Stay Weird' Osrs SpeechWhile acceptg his award, Graham Moore ially seemed to speak to the LGBT stggle. In tth, he ignored Blake/RtersQueerty’s roundup of the “Gayt and Greatt GIFs of the 2015 Osrs” is surprisgly exhstive, cludg imag both obv, like Neil Patrick Harris tighty wheys, and subtle, like Meryl Streep’s skirtsu.

‘IMATN GAME’ SCREENWRER GRAHAM MOORE CLARIFI THAT HE’S NOT GAY

“The gayt and greatt moment at the Osrs belonged to Bt Adapted Screenplay wner Graham Moore, ” wrote L Fabian Brathwae. Moore told reporters after the Osrs that he, fact, is not gay. Stay weird, and then when 's your turn, and you are the one standg on this stage, please pass this msage, of urse, is the WW2 Brish mathematician who, as The Imatn Game portrays, likely killed himself after beg prosecuted for homosexualy.

Remend ReadgThe revelatn (or reeratn—he's said before) that Moore isn't gay don't make his speech ls movg. Queer kids pecially uld benef om his msage, given that suici rat are higher among knowg that he's straight, and knowg the primary ntroversy surroundg The Imatn Game has been about s mimizatn of the gay experience, mak Moore's Osrs moment a somewhat strange one. In fact, 's strikg how much his speech is cidly not aimed at gay people, even though spoke out agast suici by vokg the name of a man whose suici was likely related to his sexualy and at a time when LGBT suici is a well-publicized problem.

‘STAY WEIRD’ OSR WNER: I’M NOT GAY

Persecutn and ternal anxieti play a role; when you're raised a homophobic society, the ia of ever fdg same-sex pannship n seem hopels or even ighteng.

"Thkg of homosexualy (or bisexualy or transgenrism) as weird is, a way, precisely the problem, " Lowr wr.

OSR-WNG IMATN GAME WRER GRAHAM MOORE: "I'M NOT GAY"

In flashbacks, viewers learn he’d had an tense childhood iendship that end sadly, but though the dience is meant to assume Turg had romantic feelgs for another boy, there’s really nothg gay about the plot le; why wouldn’t Turg velop an admiratn for the only person who was nice to him at school?

IS IT “WEIRD” TO BE GAY? WHAT GRAHAM MOORE’S SPEECH REALLY MEANS.

In the movie’s amg story, the police terrogate and then punishg Turg for beg gay, but viewers learn nothg about the actual relatnships or sir that led to that persecutn.

Note that the storytellg cisns were all om the script— other words, they were Moore' irony is that the awards-season mpaign for The Imatn Game doubled as a gay-rights mpaign, wh the Weste Company supportg a petn askg the Brish ernment to pardon 49, 000 men prosecuted for homosexualy.

OSR WNER GRAHAM MOORE: 'I'M NOT GAY'

” Many assumed this to mean he intified wh Imatn Game subject Turg for beg gay, but not so, says Moore a piece on Buzzfeed News:. Though many assumed that Moore was gay bee of his nnectn to Turg, at the Governors Ball after the ceremony, he told BuzzFeed News, “I’m not gay, but I’ve never talked publicly about prsn before or any of that, and that was so much of what the movie was about, and was one of the thgs that drew me to Alan Turg so much. Well, gay or not, was still a touchg speech.

It’s a b of a shame he’s not gay though, I have to image that would make gettg an Osr om Oprah at least 75% more excg. Assumg my gay math is rrect.

Mentng the ma character the movie, English mathematician Alan Turg — who was gay — he said, “Alan Turg never got to stand on a stage like this and look out on all the disncertgly attractive fac. But many accintally misterpreted his ments support of Turg — who was prosecuted for homosexualy Bra and died by suici — to be a celebratn of his own homosexualy. After the Osrs, he clarified his speech, explag, “I’m not gay, but I’ve never talked publicly about prsn before or any of that and that was so much of what the movie was about and was one of the thgs that drew me to Alan Turg so much.

GRAHAM MOORE ISN'T GAY

But Moore is not gay. His speech was not about LGBT youth, many of whom experience prsn bee of the homophobia and transphobia which our culture is mired.

NO, IMATN GAME WRER GRAHAM MOORE IS NOT GAY

Moore's prsn is nothg to make light of, but by nnectg his story to Alan Turg's, his speech mand addrsg actual gay, lbian, and transgenr people who are havg suicidal thoughts.

Alan Turg wasn't weird; he was a brilliant gay man who killed himself bee his ernment chemilly strated him. Bee let me tell you, as a gay black man, my suicidal thoughts were for different reasons than jt feelg "weird. " Gay and transgenr people aren't murred daily bee they're "weird.

GRAHAM MOORE PL FOUR OTHER STRAIGHT GUYS WHO SET OFF OUR GAYDAR

As a gay man whose life was outlawed by his untry, Turg probably jt wanted to have sex wh a man he was love wh whout fear of ernment torture.

If you need to see that to unrstand that he's gay, then all is lost for any kd of subtle storytellg.

In Black's speech he said, "but most of all, if Harvey had not been taken om 30 years ago, I thk he'd want me to say to all of the gay and lbian kids out there tonight who have been told that they are ls than by their church, by the ernment or by their fai, that you are betiful, wonrful creatur of value and that no matter what anyone tells you, God do love you and that very soon, I promise you, you will have equal rights ferally, across this great natn of ours. The chos of people who champned Moore's speech onle were mostly out gay men who were exced about the prospect of another out gay screenwrer reaffirmg the notn that their liv are important.