Contents:
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- WILLIE GARSON, CARRIE'S GAY BTIE ON SEX AND THE CY, HAS DIED
- DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Perhaps surprisgly for a show wh so many gay fans, which was created and wrten by two gay men (Darren Star and Michael Patrick Kg), rctive queer stereotyp were everywhere. Stanford Blatch and Anthony Maranto personified the “gay bt iend” trope that once domated TV and film.
In Season 2, Charlotte broke up wh pastry chef Stephan—a man she ially thought was gay—bee he was effemate.
WILLIE GARSON, CARRIE'S GAY BTIE ON SEX AND THE CY, HAS DIED
Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N. Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St.
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DIPLOMATIC TENSN REPORTEDLY RISG BETWEEN UNED STAT AND JAMAI OVER GAY AMERIN DIPLOMAT
"It reprented my hort this fantasy of eedom that we didn't really have, " he lors of the rabow, but no spectmThough Sex and the Cy had a large queer followg, the show approached LGBTQ characters wh stereotyp and tokenism: Carrie's gay btie, Stanford, is more of a ratn than an pennt person wh lived experienc, and bisexualy is prented as mere experimentatn and nfn.
Photo: Courty of HBOStanford and Anthony: Go Huge or Go HomeCharlotte’s gay bt iend, Anthony Maranto, falls for Carrie’s gay bt iend, Stanford Blatch, and the girl group nven at an n Connecticut for the big celebratn. Willie Garson, the actor known for playg Carrie Bradshaw's gay bt iend, Stanford Blatch, on Sex and the Cy, has died at age died "after a short illns, " People reports.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
His character, a talent agent, was always well-drsed and ready wh a wty was straight but stayed the closet about his sexualy durg the n of the show, sayg he didn't want to offend gay people. In a Page Six terview last year, he referred to "people playg gay characters jumpg up and down screamg that they're not gay, like that would somehow be a bad thg if they were.
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