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27 THGS YOU'LL ONLY KNOW IF YOU GREW UP GAY IN THE '90S
The ias were also troduced by the films of Marlon Riggs, whose evotive portras of Black gay men livg through the AIDS crisis are unparalleled spe and artistry. ” Set the prent day wh a bold retro athetic, the film stars a young Natasha Lyonne as a cheerlear sent to a rehab for gay and lbian teens. ) Igned by an dtrial post-punk soundtrack, “The Livg End” follows two queer kids wh HIV as they take off on the lam after murrg a homophobic p.
A native San Francisn, Williams blsed the gay edy fans aga wh “The Birdge” (1996), which saw him actually playg gay oppose the powerhoe Nathan Lane a Mike Nils and Elae May’s fabulo Amerinized “La Cage Aux Foll. ” The end wh the more down to earth “In & Out” (1997), which saw Kev Kle play a teacher disverg his sexualy after a stunt assum he’s gay. Starrg Tom Hanks as a gay man wh HIV sug his former employer for wrongful termatn, “Philalphia” is wily nsired the first mastream gay movie, and the first to portray a gay character a posive light.
Hanks won the Osr for Bt Actor for his portrayal, lnchg the unfortunate trend of straight actors playg gay for awards. To satisfy his naggg parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of nvenience, but his parents arrive to vis and thgs get out of hand.