Famo director has been lled as Gay.. ?

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• FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

FAMO DIRECTOR HAS BEEN LLED AS GAY.. ?

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

It also showed that morn munitn uld be held the hands of the gay fashn pirat: John Waters, Dive and Mk Soloway (“Transparent, ” “I Love Dick”)Their pick: “Workg Girls” As someone who really didn’t intify as queer or trans until waaaaay after I started seeg movi, I’ll talk about a movie that vibrated me to my very re. Beatty orred the subplot removed — but somehow enough of the tentn survived that even a barely pubcent gay boy uld revel . For this gift, as well as the troductn to the glor in known as Faye Dunaway, I will always thk of “Bonnie and Cly” as my first gay movie experience.

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