Another Gay Movie: An oral history

Contents:

• LIVG AUTHENTILLY THE LGBTQ COMMUNY: HOW TO MOVE PAST “GAY SHAME” [VIO]
• TOM ALLEN: THE IA OF GAY SHAME STILL PERVAS
• KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND
• GAY SHAME
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JAM FRAN THOUGHT MICHAEL FASSBENR’S ‘SHAME’ WAS OFFENSIVE TO THE GAY COMMUNY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• GAY SHAME: 5 WAYS GAY MEN COMPENSATE
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• JAM FRAN DISS MICHAEL FASSBENR'S SHAME CHARACTER, HOW FILM PORTRAYS GAYS AND SEX ADDICTN
• "I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE

LIVG AUTHENTILLY THE LGBTQ COMMUNY: HOW TO MOVE PAST “GAY SHAME” [VIO]

For example, many are raised a relig hoeholds that hold beliefs like “gay people are unnatural or will go to hell. Therapy may be an optn for you if you would like support overg gay shame and havg a safe space to disver your thentic self. Image source, Aemen SkarImage ptn, Allen says edy is a place where people n explore and celebrate their quirksAt the turn of the lennium, when edian Tom Allen was a teenager, a celebry g out as gay regularly ma headle late Boyzone sger Stephen Gately was splashed across the ont page of the Sun when he revealed he was gay 1999.

When Brian Dowlg won the send seri of Big Brother 2001, the fact he was gay was notable and groundbreakg. "Those were such seismic events 15 or 20 years ago, " says Allen, whose new memoir studi the shame he felt growg up gay.

TOM ALLEN: THE IA OF GAY SHAME STILL PERVAS

"Image ptn, Allen recently appeared on a Covid-safe edn of Mock The Week, alongsi Rhys Jam and Athena KugblenuOcsnally, a story volvg homosexualy still has the power to make the news headl today, but only when 's somethg really out of the ordary.

Equal marriage was troduced the UK 2014, and earlier this year Prime Mister Boris Johnson announced plans to outlaw gay nversn therapy were beg brought Allen not is "still tricky" for gay people to e out.

And not jt about beg gay - several of his personaly tras were the subject of ridicule, such as his drs sense, mic taste and posh accent. "That programme went out on Rad 4 on Sunday afternoons the 1960s, and wasn't legal to be gay at that pot, and yet here they were talkg gay slang. The film won’t say , but a post-creds punchle about Ken’s handwrg, plete wh hearts and stars surroundg his name, tells what we need to heavily implied nature of Ken’s gayns Toy Story 3 harkens back to Hollywood’s tradnal gay bt iend-type characters.

KEN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BARBIE’S GAY BT FRIEND—NOT HER BOYIEND

In the Hays Co era, explic referenc to homosexualy weren’t allowed, so characters like Van Buren (Frankl Pangborn) 1937’s Easy Livg, Kip (David Wayne) 1949’s Adam’s Rib, or Addison (Gee Sanrs) 1950’s All About Eve stead were imbued wh effemate characteristics, offerg a glimpse outsi of heteronormativy whout explicly beg of the characters were the same—some were tty, others sweet. Des later, 2010, the gay bt iend was all the rage; Teen Vogue even went so far as to proclaim the GBF as the summer’s mt-have accsory. In movi like Mean Girls (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Easy A (2010), No Strgs Attached (2011), and Isn’t It Romantic (2019), gay iends exist entirely the orb of their female iends.

” But Barbie do, and for Ken, that’s are plenty of reasons why the film wouldn’t outrightly state that Ken is homosexual. Mattel, of urse, vehemently nied any claims that Ken was gay, let alone that he had somethg as prepostero as a ck rg around his neck.

As a rult, gay men bought the doll drov, and spe Mattel ultimately rellg the doll and wipg away any trace of Earrg Magic Ken, was near-impossible to see Ken as anythg but the glor homosexual he was born to be om then on. Though Mattel don’t seem to be willg to say Ken is actually gay, the Ken dolls of recent years seem to really lean to Ken’s queerns. While there is no way to “drs gay, ” there are several dolls that seem to suggt otherwise, such as:Fashnista Ken #193, who looks very exced to tell you about his new obssn, Troye Sivan;Travel Ken Doll, who has a satchel perfect for bathho and a purple overnight bag that lerally proclaims he’s “extra;”Ken Looks Doll, servg “I’m gonna give you a makeover”-type realns while sportg black pleather pants;This Ken, who wears the least heterosexual double nim I have a feelg the new Barbie movie will put the work to nvce that Ken is a hetero du who lov nothg life more than Barbie herself, the wrg’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay bt obssg!

GAY SHAME

As theatril as they are theoretil, the says llected here remd of what we might like to fet: the powerful role of shame gay liv, gay polics, and gay culture.

Fract and furiatg, lively and fun, the Gay Shame Conference fulfilled the promise of s startlgly betiful and disturbg poster that now hangs over my sk. Dylan Scholski Tough Terry Galloway Sex, Shame, and Disabily Inty: Wh Reference to Mark O’Brien Tob SiebersHistori of Shame The Shame of Queer History/Queer Histori of Shame Helmut Puff The Shame of Gay Pri Early AIDS Activism Deborah B.

Love The Trouble wh Shame Gee Chncey Pleasur and Dangers of Shame Michael Warner Shamefully Gay: Documents om the Labadie Collectn Julie Herrada and Tim RetzloffCommuni of Shame How Might We Create a Collectivy That We Would Want to Belong To? Adam Sndalo Acts: The Polics of Shame among Brazilian Travti Prostut Don Kulick and Charl Kle “Plunge Into Your Shame” Neil Bartlett Gay Shame and the Polics of Inty Jennifer Moon A Ltle Huy Gayle Rub Enactivism: The Movie Dennis Allen, Jaime Hovey, and Judh RoofOn the DVD Totally Kickball, or The Philosophy of Activy-ism Emma Crandall Tough Terry Galloway Enactivism: The Movie Dennis Allen, Jaime Hovey, and Judh Roof Ne Artworks Dylan Scholski Shamelsly Gay: Documents om the Labadie Collectn Julie Herrada and Tim Retzloff Kiko: Five Color Photographs (to acpany Ellis Hanson, “Teachg Shame”) Marlene Dietrich: Four Black-and-Whe Photographs (to acpany David Caron, “Shame on Me, or The Naked Tth about Me and Marlene Dietrich”) Gay Shame Conference Poster List of Contributors Inx. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men.

JAM FRAN THOUGHT MICHAEL FASSBENR’S ‘SHAME’ WAS OFFENSIVE TO THE GAY COMMUNY

But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil.

CelebryJam Fran cricized the Michael Fassbenr movie, 'Shame, ' for s pictn of the gay muny, which he felt was a reprentatn.

One cric Jam Fran, however, blasted the film for what he saw as a poor reprentatn of the gay muny.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

“I mean, go back to the horrible reprentatn of gays the 70s, where the gay club is meant to signify everythg dark and praved. She wore a red sequned drs and my head her hair was bigger than Dolly Parton’s, although is highly likely that uld be me leang to the gay fantasy.

While eventually I would e to realise I am also a gay man, long before my gay shame me the shame of beg a boy whose bt iend was a Barbie. Gay Men are notor for beg tastemakers and havg their fger on the pulse of everythg that is vetable.

GAY SHAME: 5 WAYS GAY MEN COMPENSATE

Tryg to Atta the “Perfect” Body Gyms all major ci are crammed wh gay men tryg to atta a perfect body. Gay men may feel that if they achieve a certa look wh their body will overri the shame they once felt for beg gay.

This n lead to body dysmorphia and impossible standards for fellow gay men or partners to live up to. Excludg People Who Are Different Another way gay men n pensate for shame is by excludg other members of the muny they feel do not f their ‘mascule’ standards. Wh this attu some gay men feel they are prentg a curated sectn of homosexualy that is most palatable to others and often to themselv.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

Placg Too Much Value on Money and Stat In an effort to pensate for their ternalized homophobia or shame some gay men achieve hyper fancial succs or create the illn of . Bars, sex apps, and bathho all provi a huntg ground for gays lookg to validate themselv the ey of someone else. Copg wh Dgs and Alhol Dgs are a potentially more stctive way gay men n bat shame and try to pe feelgs of aquacy.

Read 10 Ways to Morate Your Drkg The are jt a few ways gay men pensate for the shame they have around beg gay.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

It’s not to say that all gay men the gym or every man who spends money on nice cloth or vatns is batg gay shame. Watch to learn more about how to live thentilly and embrace your gay inty [av_button_big label=’Watch Our Webar’ scriptn_pos=’below’ lk=’page, 3515′ lk_target=” in_select=’no’ in=’ue800′ font=’entypo-fontello’ ctom_font=’#ffffff’ lor=’theme-lor’ ctom_bg=’#444444′ lor_hover=’theme-lor-subtle’ ctom_bg_hover=’#444444′ av_uid=’av-31zwrd’] Free to Be You!

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In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them, ” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

JAM FRAN DISS MICHAEL FASSBENR'S SHAME CHARACTER, HOW FILM PORTRAYS GAYS AND SEX ADDICTN

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self, ” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

"I'M GOG TO GIVE THEM THE GAYT MOVIE EVER MA": AN ORAL HISTORY OF ANOTHER GAY MOVIE

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails, ” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.