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Contents:
- THE FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919
- DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
- WHAT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER?
THE FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919
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DISNEY'S 8 'FIRST OPENLY GAY' CHARACTERS, RANKED (BY HOW EMBARRASSED DISNEY SHOULD FEEL)
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WHAT WAS THE FIRST MOVIE WH AN OPENLY GAY MA CHARACTER?
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Tarell Alv McCraney, whose script "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" was the basis for the film, also took an Amy Award for Bt Adapted Screenplay on Alv McCraney (right) livers a speech on stage next to Barry Jenks after they won the Bt Adapted Screenplay Osr for "Moonlight" at the 89th annual Amy Awards on Febary 26, 2017Mark Ralston / AFP/Getty ImagIn October, McCraney told NBC Out "Moonlight" isn't jt a "gay film" or a "black film, " that would be "disgenuo" to lim the story to jt one tegory.