In June, 95-year-old former ball player Maybelle Blair me out publicly as gay. At a panel for the A League of Their Own seri at Framele, she shared about queer life the league.
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- THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WAS TWO THIRDS GAY, SHAR 95-YEAR-OLD MAYBELLE BLAIR
- D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO GAY’
- THEY FALLY MA ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THE REMARKABLE NEW SERI
THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN WAS TWO THIRDS GAY, SHAR 95-YEAR-OLD MAYBELLE BLAIR
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The show, which is helmed by “Broad Cy” -creator Abbi Jabson, has spawned a kd of grassroots, word-of-mouth marketg mpaign led by queer women exaltg the show for s unapologetic gayns, tersectnal storytellg and much-need sense of humor. While none of their characters were explicly gay, the film still beme a queer touchstone for more than one generatn of moviegoers.
D’ARCY CARN PROMIS THE ‘LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ SERI REALLY IS ‘SO GAY’
”“There’s a batch of ‘90s movi that a lot of queer women say ma them gay, ” Bernard said wh a lgh, “like ‘Fried Green Tomato, ’ ‘Girl, Interpted, ’ ‘The Craft, ’ ‘Now and Then, ’ and ‘Foxfire. Even O’Donnell mak a brief appearance as the owner of the players’ favore unrground gay bar. “We were, like, ‘Oh, my God, and she’s gay, too.
”“I [thought], ‘They certaly aren’t gog to have all of them be gay. ”Many people on social media echoed Bernard’s sentiments spoof reactn vios, D’Arcy Carn-themed mem and posts scribg the show as “gay gay gay.
An origal player the AAGPBL — the spiratn for "A League of Their Own" — me out as gay.
THEY FALLY MA ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ GAY: INSI THE MAKG OF THE REMARKABLE NEW SERI
For many years, she "thought she was the only gay person the world, " acrdg to Adweek's Mollie Cahillane. When Maybelle Blair joed the women's baseball league that spired the film and TV seri A League of Their Own, she wonred if she'd be the only gay woman there.