'Mean Girls' star Jonathan Bent reflects on beg a ‘closeted gay teen heartthrob’

Contents:

• DID YOU KNOW ALL THE 'MEAN GIRLS' GUYS ARE GAY NOW?
• JONATHAN BENT AND DANIEL FRANZE RNE N.Y.C. AHEAD OF 'MEAN GIRLS' DAY: 'WHAT GAY IS IT?'
• 'MEAN GIRLS' STAR JONATHAN BENT SAID HE AND HIS FIANCé WERE REJECTED BY A WEDDG VENUE BEE THEY'RE GAY
• ‘TOO GAY TO FUNCTN’? MEAN GIRLS ACTOR OUT LETTER TO CHARACTER TEN YEARS AFTER FILM RELEASE
• MEAN GAYS

DID YOU KNOW ALL THE 'MEAN GIRLS' GUYS ARE GAY NOW?

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JONATHAN BENT AND DANIEL FRANZE RNE N.Y.C. AHEAD OF 'MEAN GIRLS' DAY: 'WHAT GAY IS IT?'

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'MEAN GIRLS' STAR JONATHAN BENT SAID HE AND HIS FIANCé WERE REJECTED BY A WEDDG VENUE BEE THEY'RE GAY

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‘TOO GAY TO FUNCTN’? MEAN GIRLS ACTOR OUT LETTER TO CHARACTER TEN YEARS AFTER FILM RELEASE

Like I wrote about Bend Like Beckham, the ternalised homophobia, homophobic bullyg, and heteronormativy uld mean the lbian characters are shieldg the tth om the dience, too.

Janis wel her to the “bt people you will ever meet” group wh gay-guy Damian, the moment they meet. The relatnship between Damian and Janis is characteristic of gay and lbian bonds.

The way they tease each other wh d homophobia, like when Janis says Damian is “too gay to functn, ” is only okay if Janis is a lbian. On top of that, Damian and Janis go to the Sprg Flg matchg purple tuxedos, a lour ed as a symbol of gay and lbian ristance. If Mean Girls is jt a movie about misunrstood teenagers fyg stereotyp and Janis Ian is supposed to gay-ba-and-swch so we “don’t judge, ” then ’s pretty tone-af.

MEAN GAYS

” Y, homophobia exists, but straight girls who get wrongly perceived as a lbian aren’t the real victims here. Jonathan Bent shared a seri of Instagram photos Sunday of himself and former -star Daniel Franze lghg and kissg each other on the cheek wh the tongue--cheek ptn, "What gay is ? The otherns needs to be removed om gay weddgs.

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