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If ABC’s “six iends hangg out Chigo” s Happy Endgs has a breakout character, ’s probably Max, the lazy, slovenly gay man who do his bt to avoid rponsibili. As played by Adam Pally, Max is an ocsnally abrasive oddball who mak for a signifint break om the stereotypil gay…

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HAPPY ENDGS’ ADAM PALLY, ON PLAYG TV’S LEAST STEREOTYPIL GAY GUY

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A Gay Happy Endg for All. That's right -- not every gay movie has to end wh heartbreak.

He fears what will mean to be gay a small town, but the people of Big En might jt surprise him.

Alim, a closeted gay man livg Canada, has his life turned upsi down when his nservative mother pops to town for a vis. This Belgian film follows Pim, a young, sensive gay boy who n't help but fall for Go, the handsome kid next door.

‘HAPPY ENDGS’ SUBVERTS A GAY STEREOTYPE OR TWO

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He jt has one secret: He's gay and is unwillg to e out for fear will upset his world. As a closeted gay kid growg up the suburbs of New Jersey, one of the greatt thgs I uld turn to for fort and unrstandg is LGBTQ films.

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In Hollywood, there's a problematic narrative that's unfortunately been embedd many LGBTQ-foced films: the "bury your gays" trope. —sarahroze"The were the first gay ma characters I saw a movie who didn't end up dyg! "Latter Days was a really sweet film, and an tertg look at the gay experience the mid-'90s.

Also, mad props to our olr LGBTQ trailblazg movi — our experience has been better than prev generatns bee of those who stood up to reprsn and anti-gayns.

WHAT WE LOVE: THE GAY GUY ON HAPPY ENDGS

But, as a woman married to a woman wh kids, the movie The Kids Are All Right (2010) felt like a horrible step back for gay movi. It showed me (a 'baby gay' teenager) that I, too, uld have a happy endg, even as an Asian-Amerin lbian — happy endgs aren’t jt rerved for straight people.

"I Can't Thk Straight is a movie wh two BIPOC women as the lead characters, who show how 's hard to realize you're gay and be accepted Indian culture. Csh has quickly bee one of the bt teen, queer rom-s of our time — totally bated the "bury your gays" narrative the most wholome way possible.

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