David R. Jarraway, Tal of the Cy: Margaly, Communy, and the Problem of (Gay) Inty Wallace Thurman's "Harlem" Fictn, College English, Vol. 65, No. 1, Special Issue: Lbian and Gay Studi/Queer Pedagogi (Sep., 2002), pp. 36-52
Contents:
- TAL OF THE CY THOR: 'GAY ACTORS FOR GAY ROL'
- THE ORIGAL ‘TAL OF THE CY’ WAS A GAY RIGHTS TRAILBLAZER
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
TAL OF THE CY THOR: 'GAY ACTORS FOR GAY ROL'
<p>Tal of the Cy, Armistead Mp's love letter to gay San Francis, is now a mil – wh songs by Scissor Sister Jake Shears. <strong>Hadley Freeman</strong> watch e together at rehearsals</p> * tales of the city gay couple *
Media ptn, Armistead Mp: "Gay actors brg somethg special to gay rol" More than 20 years sce Armistead Mp's Tal of the Cy books were first ma to a seri for UK TV, a new adaptatn for global dienc begs this week wh a 10-part Netflix revival. But didn't stop the protts om groups promotg fay valu who lled "gay propaganda" and "anti-fay, anti-relig". Image source, NetflixImage ptn, Ellen Page (left), who is openly gay, wh -star Zosia Mamet Michael's character is played by Murray Bartlett.
THE ORIGAL ‘TAL OF THE CY’ WAS A GAY RIGHTS TRAILBLAZER
* tales of the city gay couple *
Image source, NetflixImage ptn, Charlie Bart and Murray Bartlett, both actors are openly gay"We've got many more 'out' actors now, but not enough. There's still huge li beg told across the board, bee agents mand that if they're gay actors, there's still an ia Hollywood that the big stars n't be gay.
"And we do have four or five really big stars who are gay, and they've gone to great lengths to ver up, gettg wiv and girliends. Prid over by the transgenr, kaftan and nnabis-lovg landlady Mrs Madrigal, clud lbian firecracker Mona Ramsey and gay sweetheart Michael ‘Moe’ Tolliver, as well as self-admirg straight stud Brian Hawks, among s rints.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Livg wh Tal of the Cy’s pag has provid gay rears wh a muny, even when real life may have not Mp ntued the lumns, duly llected to novels, until the late 80s, wh his characters ageg real time. Pictured 2001, Tal of the Cy thor Armistead Mp (centre) and his star Lra Lney (right) have rned for the anchise’s latt reboot (Cred: Alamy)What the seri has meant to gay rears, particular, over the years is lculable: livg wh s pag has provid them wh a muny, even when real life may have not. The Ain-Amerin Ben is the sole person of lour amid a table of rich, whe, olr gay men, and when they start jokg about ‘Mexin tranni’, he tak exceptn and lls them out on their offensivens – only to enrage the assembled pany.