Theory: Lbians get om their fathers, gay men om their mothers.
Contents:
- SAM WILLIAMS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS GAY INTY FOR THE FIRST TIME: 'IT IS SRY, BUT IT FEELS GOOD'
- WHY SAM IS GAY?
- SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FALLY UNLOCKED PUZZLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE GAY
- YAAAS! FOR PRI MONTH, GENERAL MILLS ANNOUNCED THAT TOUN SAM IS GAY NOW EVEN THOUGH HE’S OWNED BY KELLOGG’S
- WAS FRODO BAGGS GAY AND IS SAM LOVE WH HIM?
SAM WILLIAMS OPENS UP ABOUT HIS GAY INTY FOR THE FIRST TIME: 'IT IS SRY, BUT IT FEELS GOOD'
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WHY SAM IS GAY?
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SCIENTISTS MAY HAVE FALLY UNLOCKED PUZZLE OF WHY PEOPLE ARE GAY
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YAAAS! FOR PRI MONTH, GENERAL MILLS ANNOUNCED THAT TOUN SAM IS GAY NOW EVEN THOUGH HE’S OWNED BY KELLOGG’S
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WAS FRODO BAGGS GAY AND IS SAM LOVE WH HIM?
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In The Lord of the Rgs: The Fellowship of the Rg's st mentary, Ian McKellen, a gay in his own right who played Gandalf the Grey, revealed that he was rponsible for the cln of a small but ccial moment between Sam (Sean Ast) and Frodo (Elijah Wood) that featured the books but might not have ma to the films whout his suggtn. "When I suggted to Sean that he take Elijah's hand, ” McKellen explas, “ was bee I thought that [] might be missed by two rolutely heterosexual actors who might not appreciate that gay people, like myself, saw a touch somethg, perhaps, more meangful than others might. McKellen’s suggtn exemplifi how The Lord of the Rgs so succsfully rved a niche for self as a part of queer fandom, and why LGBTQ+ fans are so drawn to the Sam/Frodo relatnship the books: Though Tolkien himself likely didn’t tend to the relatnship as gay, the sheer tenrns of the language and the nstant affectn between the two speaks to a kd of timacy that queer fans are able to regnize and ronate wh.
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