The impact Garland had on her gay fans has never been up for bate. But this year, the film Judy, Garland's gay fans have fally been regnised for havg a strong impact on the sger return.
Contents:
- HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE
- WHY JUDY GARLAND IS STILL SUCH A GAY IN
- JUDY GARLAND HELPED ME FEEL SEEN AS A GAY MAN
HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE
'Over the Rabow' is jt the begng of Judy Garland's stat as an endurg gay in. * judy garland and gays *
Judy Garland was an entertaer of the hight orr, a eply troubled movie star, and, even durg her lifetime, a gay in. While she was alive, Garland was a figure of tense adulatn among the gay muny; she herself was very aware that many of her most voted fans were queer.
WHY JUDY GARLAND IS STILL SUCH A GAY IN
As early as 1967, mastream publitns were discsg the profn of gay men attendance at Garland's ncerts and attemptg to dissect her particular appeal.
JUDY GARLAND HELPED ME FEEL SEEN AS A GAY MAN
The term "Friend of Dorothy, " referencg her The Wizard of Oz character, beme popular among gay men to self-intify, and mors still persist that was Garland's 1969 funeral that sparked the epoch-fg Stonewall rts, the begng of the morn gay-rights movement.
Richard Dyer, who first wrote about Garland's stat as a gay in 1986's Heavenly Bodi: Film Stars and Society, suggts that her reer followed a trajectory of self-disvery, siar to those of many of her fans.