Disney executive producer Latoya Ravene says her team has implemented a "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" and is "addg queerns" to films.
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- THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
- HOW HOLLYWOOD HID ROCK HUDSON, ITS BIGGT GAY MOVIE STAR
- HOW ‘PERRY MASON’ TACKLED QUEERNS WH A CONTEMPORARY LENS: “YOU’VE BEEN GAY, BUT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN GAY THE 1930S”
- LEAKED VIOS EXPOSE DISNEY’S ‘NOT-AT-ALL-SECRET GAY AGENDA’
THE FIRST GAY PUB I DARED SET FOOT NOW HAS A RABOW PLAQUE. HERE’S WHY THAT MATTERS
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HOW HOLLYWOOD HID ROCK HUDSON, ITS BIGGT GAY MOVIE STAR
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HOW ‘PERRY MASON’ TACKLED QUEERNS WH A CONTEMPORARY LENS: “YOU’VE BEEN GAY, BUT YOU’VE NEVER BEEN GAY THE 1930S”
The fact that Fzgerald was gay wasn’t an issue — this was Hollywood, after all — though he’d have to make sure he kept a secret.
Rince that beme a stop and a safe space for the dtry’s gay muny. So much of Hudson’s story as a gay man revolv around his ath, which the last third of All That Heaven Allowed ep-div to the name of patg Hudson as “a reluctant activist. ” The benef of this look back is that wants you to know what Hudson’s life as a gay man was like as well, and that is where the rrective part .
Gable's bltery homophobia may have been a there ever been talk of a Gable havg a same-sex affair once he beme famo? I've read Sie Hayward was homophobic, but I'm thkg was more of a "different time then" thg than some ep-seated hatred.
LEAKED VIOS EXPOSE DISNEY’S ‘NOT-AT-ALL-SECRET GAY AGENDA’
I've always found tertg that The Valley Of The Dolls (the book much more so than the movie) tak a much nastier tone about gay men than gay women.
Whereas the gay men are referred to as if they're all screamg Anonymoreply 3April 15, 2021 9:18 PM. I've heard speculatn that the (married) Edh Head was gay, and she certaly prented herself as someone who uld be.