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Contents:

• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• WHY "SEX AND THE CY" IS BAD FOR THE GAYS
• 12 GAY WEDDGS FROM POP CULTURE YOU NEED TO REVIS TODAY

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

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.

WHY "SEX AND THE CY" IS BAD FOR THE GAYS

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. OK, so I should amend that first statement of me: It's Friday afternoon, folks—let's have some gay, gay, gay fun! Mcg stereotyp, old clich: How n a anchise created and beloved by gay men be so bad at portrayg them?

I like to thk I'm not the kd of gay man who gets easily offend watchg movi about gay people. Even at-party celebratns like "The Haner" are required to show some nuance and sensivy toward gay characters and them. But two movi the past two years have ma me genuely angry, and the strange thg is, the two movi are aimed largely at gay men, beloved by gay men, and most surprisgly of all, ma by gay men: "Sex and the Cy" and, now, s md-blowgly tone-af sequel, "Sex and the Cy 2.

12 GAY WEDDGS FROM POP CULTURE YOU NEED TO REVIS TODAY

But most surprisg of all, given the fact that both movi were wrten and directed by the openly gay Michael Patrick Kg, is how retrogra they are their treatment of gayns.

The two ma gay characters, Carrie's chubby pal Stanford (Willie Garson) and Charlotte's sassy BFF Anthony Maranto (played by Mar Cantone), are tragilly asexual helpmat whose ma role has always been to provi relatnship advice to the show's straight female characters, flg bchy quips, or let their flamboyant outfs serve as a visual punch le. Anthony, particular, is the worst kd of shallow, fashn-gbbg gay mstrel. "Her bt gay iend is marryg my bt gay iend!