Here's our list of the Bt Gay movi and LGBTQ+ TV shows of the year that was 2022 — and what a queer year was!
Contents:
- THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
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The summer before that, Billy Eichner and Nicholas Stoller ma history wh Universal Pictur’ “Bros, ” among the first ever gay rom-s fund by a major stud: an important victory — even if that film did go, uh, soft at the box office.
“Brokeback Mounta” turned Jake Gyllenhaal and the late Heath Ledger to cema’s most famed gay wboys, ls than a year before John Cameron Mchell shattered boundari wh the spectacularly provotive “Shortb” 2006.
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. * indie gay movies *
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It’s 1981, South Ai, which means ’s not okay to be a “moffie”; effemacy is a sign of weakns, and beg gay is also illegal. Dever’s Amy has been out sce sophomore year, she jt hasn’t ever kissed a girl. Her all-too-relatable arc volv the heartache of realizg her tomboy csh might not be gay givg way to a surprise bathroom hook-up wh a broodg emo cutie.