How Judy Garland beme a gay in — and why she endur as one |

Contents:

• WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
• HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE
• ‘JUDY’ FACT CHECK: IS THE GAY COUPLE JUDY GARLAND BEIENDS BASED ON A REAL COUPLE?
• IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? HERE IS THE TTH
• IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? BRGG THE SEXUALY OF TV PERSONALY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT!
• 1 MATCH FOR JUDY GAY OM CALIFORNIA, USA
• DR. JUDY GAY, FORMER CUTTGTON PROFSOR WHO PRODUCED FOUR LIBERIAN AUTHORS IS DEAD
• IS JUDGE JUDY GAY OR LBIAN?
• JUDGE JUDY IS NOT GAY INSTEAD IS MARRIED TO JERRY SHEDL. KIDS FAY AND NET WORTH
• WHY JUDY GARLAND IS STILL SUCH A GAY IN
• IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? MEET HER CURRENT PARTNER JERRY SHEDL
• JUDY (GAY) SHARPE

WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?

” Havg seen The Wizard of Oz as a child, Ross was further drawn towards Judy Garland his late teens, around the same time he me out as gay. ”More like this- Film’s most shockg moments- How Friends changed our ia of fay- The bt films of 2019 so farRoss is far om the only gay man to feel such strong affy wh Garland’s work and life.

Gay magaze The Advote once lled her the “Elvis of homosexuals”, and a 1967 review of Garland's ncert at New York Cy’s Palace Theatre, Time Magaze observed that a “disproportnate part of her nightly claque” was gay. Two years earlier, Garland herself had been asked if at a San Francis prs nference if she md havg such a large gay followg, to which she rpond: “I uldn’t re ls. The buzz surroundg the release, partnered wh the 2018 remake of A Star is Born – the inic showbiz drama that earned Garland an Amy Award nomatn 1954 – has brought her distctly gay legacy back to bpic Judy, Renée Zellweger plays Garland – and is a favoure for next year’s Osrs (Cred: David Hdley/ LD Entertament / Roadsi Attractns)To many gay men, Garland is the mother of all ins.

A 1969 review of her Palace Theatre show Esquire Magaze reads: “Homosexuals tend to intify wh sufferg.

HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE

“It seems to be a signifint tegory of gay men, particular, who are vted celebri or the mp athetic that Garland embodi. But 's also important to regnise that they aren't the totaly of gay men.

‘JUDY’ FACT CHECK: IS THE GAY COUPLE JUDY GARLAND BEIENDS BASED ON A REAL COUPLE?

”The mp that Bengry mentns is signifint to Garland’s gay in stat. In fact, her life story is practilly a blueprt for our morn unrstandg of what mak a gay in.

Analysg her story, om upbrgg to ath, helps unrstand how and why some gay men look to famo women to help them navigate the town to Tseltown In 1922, Garland was born Franc Ethel Gumm – named after her parents Frank and Ethel – Grand Rapids, Mnota. One is not brought up gay – Richard DyerThis perd Garland’s life, which mirrored closely the story of Dorothy, has ntributed signifintly to her stat as a gay in. In his book, Heavenly Bodi: Film Stars and Society, profsor Richard Dyer observ some gay men intify wh Garland’s rejectn of the ordars that she seemed sted for as a child.

He theoris that turng out to be abnormal after beg “saturated wh the valu or ordars” is a pot where Garland and Dorothy’s stori align wh the experience of some gay men, enuragg those who perceive themselv as ‘different’ to gravate towards troubleGarland’s arrival as a major Hollywood star was plited by a seri of disastro personal relatnships, most notably wh herself. ” This physil secury is somethg that many gay men n intify wh, particular, as a mographic more likely to battle body dysmorphia, harm their bodi, attempt suici and suffer om eatg disorrs.

IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

In the book, Changg Gay Male Inti, Dr Andrew Cooper suggts that the body n be a plex battleground for many gay men: that the body be a key se for projectg a “succsful” sense of self to gay peers, but also for embodyg succs the ey of wir society.

IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? BRGG THE SEXUALY OF TV PERSONALY INTO THE SPOTLIGHT!

Wh this md, is any wonr gay men relate to Garland’s sire to stay slim and succsful?

She married five tim and two of her hbands were, like her father, spected of beg gay or bisexual. But the Osr end up gog to Grace Kelly, signallg that Garland’s Hollywood star was not gog to be reigned after this pot, the motif of Garland as a ‘survivor’ be central to her gay appeal.

A Star is Born further blurred the le between her work and life, wh Richard Dyer intifyg this as the moment where Garland’s image of beg “damaged goods” be an sential part of her star persona and gay in stat. Audienc, many of whom were gay, roared wh lghter at her quick w and gave her the validatn for her performg that she had always craved.

1 MATCH FOR JUDY GAY OM CALIFORNIA, USA

” He also observ that the gay love for “survivor” women who have been st asi ntu today. ”Some gay men fd more affy straight female stars than they do those om their own muny, a procs that queer amic José Muñoz lls “disintifitn”.

DR. JUDY GAY, FORMER CUTTGTON PROFSOR WHO PRODUCED FOUR LIBERIAN AUTHORS IS DEAD

As an example, Muñoz suggts that when a gay man “intified” wh Garland, he was “wrg his way to the mastream culture which his own story uld never be told. ”Gay men often reject gay cultural figur that they perceive as geared towards straight people – such as the st members of Netflix’s Queer EyeBut ntrastgly, the book How to be Gay, queer historian David Halper scrib a tensn wh the “mastream” that leads gay men to be “highly cril, if not ntemptuo, of their own artists, wrers and filmmakers”.

He says that gay men often fail to warm to gay characters and celebri bee they “don’t often like the reprentatns of gay men that gay men produce. ” Halper suggts that this is bee most mastream reprentatns of gay men, om pop culture to polics, panr to “acceptable” heterosexual norms.

He draws a key distctn between gay culture – where “nventnal” whe gay men are domant – and gay subculture – where women, drag queens, queer people of lour and trans people are more visible. This some gay men to reject gay cultural figur that they perceive as geared towards straight people – such as, to e two very current exampl, the st members of Netflix’s Queer Eye and gay Democratic printial ndidate Pete Buttigeig. Instead many embrace subcultural – and their ey, more subversive – female narrativ like Garland’ seen the new film Judy, Garland found a new niche as a live sger towards the end of her life (Cred: David Hdley / LD Entertament/ Roadsi Attractns)So, pendg on which way you look at , “disintifyg” wh Garland is eher gay men’s way of feelg aligned to mastream culture – or, fact, rejectg in athIt is an unavoidable tth that Garland’s tragic and untimely ath has also ntributed to her stat as a gay in, makg her a timels figure.

IS JUDGE JUDY GAY OR LBIAN?

On the day of Garland’s funeral, gay men led the streets and wept for her. Dyer not that, at the time, gatherg to watch Garland’s funeral gave them “permissn to be gay public for once. ” But s later, you don’t have to look far to see how Garland was the first a ntug leage of ‘tragic’ female celebri who have acquired the stat of gay would e to a Judy Garland ncert and then scream at her when she was too dnk to fish – Dr Michael BronskiElements of Garland’s story n be found that of Diana, Prcs of Wal, and her mistreatment at the hands of the prs; Prcs Margaret, wh her ongog substance issu, and marriage to an exploative man who was moured to be gay; and Brney Spears, whose child stardom culmated a very public divorce and mental health stggl.

JUDGE JUDY IS NOT GAY INSTEAD IS MARRIED TO JERRY SHEDL. KIDS FAY AND NET WORTH

‘Friend of Dorothy’ has long been a popular word for gay men, but not all iends of Dorothy were iends of Judy. As Dr Michael Bronski, a Harvard Universy profsor and the thor of books on queer history and gay culture, asserts a recent article on the dark si of “stan” (superfan) culture: "There is a long history of gay male fan culture latchg onto famo women and then turng on them. Whether ’s Katy Perry beg, as journalist Brian O’Flynn wr, “gay Twter’s punchg bag”, or gay fans drsg as ‘bald Brney’ for Halloween and turng up to meet-and-greets drsed stume om Spears’s famo 2007 breakdown, gay men n be creasgly fickle towards famo a former child sat who has endured mental health stggl, Brney Spears is one of many female celebri whose experienc rell Garland’s (Cred: Alamy)Idolisg the women is one thg, but we shouldn’t treat them like playthgs for our entertament.

When ph to shove, are gay men really there for the women we claim to worship? On screen too, there are several works the gay pop-cultural non that glorify stctive female behavur – while beg fanced and created by men. Mommie Deart, a bpic of screen in Joan Crawford, which portrays her as an abive mother, is a gay classic.

And om the streets of Wisteria Lane to Big Ltle Li and the Real Hoewiv anchise, pop-culture enurag to love female characters when they’re screamg hysterilly, so we n nnse their pa to hilarly mp GIFs and say “yassss kween” as they smash up their is a huge part of what draws gay men towards women like Garland. But some, such as gay thor Andrew Brton have argued that the existence of mp actually pends on the rtrictive genr dynamics that claims to oppose.

WHY JUDY GARLAND IS STILL SUCH A GAY IN

Much has been wrten about the supprsive effect of the “male gaze” on women, but surely the “gay gaze” is also to years after Garland’s ath, her legacy liv on.

Many gay men turn to women like Judy Garland to help them navigate their own experienc of the world.

Judy Garland was an entertaer of the hight orr, a eply troubled movie star, and, even durg her lifetime, a gay in.

IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? MEET HER CURRENT PARTNER JERRY SHEDL

While she was alive, Garland was a figure of tense adulatn among the gay muny; she herself was very aware that many of her most voted fans were queer.

As early as 1967, mastream publitns were discsg the profn of gay men attendance at Garland's ncerts and attemptg to dissect her particular appeal. The term "Friend of Dorothy, " referencg her The Wizard of Oz character, beme popular among gay men to self-intify, and mors still persist that was Garland's 1969 funeral that sparked the epoch-fg Stonewall rts, the begng of the morn gay-rights movement. Richard Dyer, who first wrote about Garland's stat as a gay in 1986's Heavenly Bodi: Film Stars and Society, suggts that her reer followed a trajectory of self-disvery, siar to those of many of her fans.

JUDY (GAY) SHARPE

" Nathaniel Frank, an expert on LGBTQ public policy and thor of Awakeng: How Gays and Lbians Brought Marriage Equaly to Ameri, ph the pot further.

While neher Frank or Dyer n ppot how or why the term "Friend of Dorothy" entered the gay lexin, they both cred the beloved 1939 fantasy as playg a key role Garland's ntued ronance. " Some have suggted that Garland's imable performance of "Over the Rabow" is part of what led to the rabow beg adopted as a symbol of gay pri.

"A lot of the gay ins are mp the sense that she n be imated — there's a certa kd of exaggeratn her mannerisms that's very easily imated, " he says. At MGM, she was surround by gay men and workg closely wh them, so she was very ward wh that culture and beme part of her vobulary.