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Contents:
- THE FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- "I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
THE FIRST GAY FILM: DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS FROM 1919
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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * first gay film director *
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"I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
I had no homo and/or trans cema exampl when I was young, so I enveloped myself Felli, shaphiftg orr to satisfy my sire and exprs myself until I uld make my own story, “Boys Don’t Cry. ” Wrten and directed by Patricia Rozema, this offbeat, charmg 1995 film about a betiful Christian llege profsor who falls for an equally betiful circ performer rocked my ty gay world.