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Contents:
- 10 FICTNAL CHARACTERS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
- 20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
- 11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
10 FICTNAL CHARACTERS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
* characters you didn't know were gay *
The play was a succs spe the (now shockg) fact that was illegal New York to reference homosexualy a stage play at the time. One of the first portrayals of a gay character on televisn was the 1977 s Soap; Billy Crystal played gay director Jodie Dallas.
20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
While Billy Crystal’s actg chops were mend, both gay right activists and anti-gay relig groups owned upon the characterizatn of Jodie Dallas. Gay rights groups were ncerned about the stereotypil nature of the character while anti-gay groups were upset that there was a gay character on a mastream s at all.
Ellen DeGener me out as a lbian on The Oprah Wey Show 1997, and that same year her character on her s Ellen also me out as gay. The 90s saw several crilly acclaimed films that foced on the hardships and perils faced by many members of the LGBT muny; the films clud Philalphia, which alt wh the fluence of the AIDs epimic among the LGBT muny and the problem of homophobia, and Boys Don’t Cry, starrg Hilary Swank, which sensively documented the hate crim agast and nsequent murr of transgenr man Brandon Teena.
11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
There are numero gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr characters who feature promently the sts of popular shows like Morn Fay, Orange is the New Black and Glee.