The cln of gay characters mastream televisn and film has been an ongog procs for the dtry — one that has ma the the current generatn of TV shows some of the most progrsive to date. As such, the goln age of TV is also a…
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7 HBO TV SHOWS THAT FEATURE PROMENT GAY CHARACTERS
This classic edy stars Rob Williams, Nathan Lane, and Hank Azaria hilar gay rol and still gets lghs today. When the son of an openly gay drag club owner wants to get married to the dghter of an ultra-nservative senator, his parents mt pretend to be a straight uple orr to w her parents over. This HBO origal movie served as the fale for their terrific seri about the liv of gay men.
Ryan Murphy directed this adaptatn of Larry Kramer's play about a group of gay men, led by activist Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo), durg the rise of the AIDS crisis Ameri. The film then follows the two gay men as they explore and try to bridge their generatnal now. Wong Kar-wai's betiful and tragic story of two young gay men om Hong Kong who move to Argenta and experience separatns and renciliatns is currently streamg on HBO Max.
The seri has never shied away om beg as gay as wants to be (’s on the CW, so that’s very gay™) but the addn of a Black lead means that they get to explore thgs a way they’ve never done before. Even though the documentary is a celebratn of the fashn, culture and pageantry of drag also lv to tough tersectnal issu of race, class, homophobia and the experienc of trans people the 1980s.