Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, and the filmmakers behd 'Nimona' open up about the film's gay kiss and queer reprentatn animatn.
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IS EUGENE LEE YANG GAY? HIS POWERFUL COMG OUT VIO
They have sce started their own productn pany (2nd Try), amassed nearly 6 ln subscribers, published their first book (The Hidn Power of F*ckg Up), and started their own weekly podst, and they are about to h the road on their first natnal Yang has been intifyg as part of the queer muny for some time now, he has cid to pletely e out -- this time wh his full tth, as a gay man.
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