NPR's Eric Deggans talks wh director Elegance Bratton about his feature film The Inspectn, which is spired by his life and centers a young, gay Black man who's rejected by his mother.
Contents:
- MALAYSIA FTIVAL NCELLED AFTER MATTY HEALY SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS AND KISS BANDMATE
- GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
- WH GAY BURGER, THE POP-UP MOL GOT AN FLUENCER TWIST
- HAVE IT YOUR GAY AT BURGER KG
- GAY BURGER OPENS LA, SF, NYC BRACHILD OF ELIJAH DANIEL
- GAY BURGER SAYS ‘SORRY, GAY’
- REVIEW: “GAY BURGER” VIRTUAL KCHEN OPENS SAN FRANCIS
- CHANGG PERCEPTNS OF WHAT IS LIKE TO BE GAY MOSW – ONE TOUR AT A TIME
MALAYSIA FTIVAL NCELLED AFTER MATTY HEALY SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS AND KISS BANDMATE
Wh the lnch of Gay Burger, Katia Ameri said she was hopg to tt whether ghost kchens uld reprent an alternate revenue stream for creators. * you have been gay burgered *
Straight men of Redd, what is the strangt thg you have been told not to do bee "that's gay"? A mic ftival Malaysia has been cut short by the ernment after the lead sger of The 1975 slammed the untry's anti-gay laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage.
Brish sger Matty Healey swore remarks roundg on the ernment's stance agast homosexualy, before kissg bass player Ross MacDonald at the Good Vib Ftival. Footage was posted on social media and sparked a backlash the untry, where homosexualy is punishable by up to 20 years prison and ng.
GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
Gay Burger is the newt venture om out-and-proud ter celeb Elijah Daniel, and succeeds makg burgers gay aga. * you have been gay burgered *
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In 2019, he kissed a male fan durg a ncert the Uned Arab Emirat, which also outlaws homosexual acts, acrdg to media same year, Healy won ally of the year at the 2019 Diva Awards for supportg the LGBT+ muny. A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub. A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary.
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WH GAY BURGER, THE POP-UP MOL GOT AN FLUENCER TWIST
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There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay. For a brief moment Febary, an unknown food brand lled Gay Burger — which featured dish wh nam like “Beef Me Up Stty” and “Love Me Daddy” — went viral on Twter. Gay Burger, a livery-only rtrant available on Uber Eats and DoorDash, cropped up largely out of nowhere, and didn’t have the backg of any large food pani: a YouTuber named Elijah Daniel, pl an entreprenr named Katia Ameri, had e up wh the ia a month earlier.
HAVE IT YOUR GAY AT BURGER KG
The New Yorker recently published Mallon's diary excepts tailg life Manhattan the '80s. His new novel, Up Wh the Sun, is based on the life of a ltle-known actor who was gay and closeted. * you have been gay burgered *
Buoyed by Daniel’s followg of half a ln fans and a seri of “be gay, eat burger” mem, the brand briefly took over Twter. #GayBurger.
— Gay Burger (@gayburger) Febary 10, 2021.
Wh a few days, Gay Burger’s viral moment passed. Ghost kchens like Gay Burger — which have the spontaney and sense of humor of an ter meme — are rare. “Gay Burger was que a succs bee there was zero marketg spend, ” said Ameri.
GAY BURGER OPENS LA, SF, NYC BRACHILD OF ELIJAH DANIEL
Acrdg to Ameri, Daniel first floated the ia for Gay Burger January.
Wh a few weeks of the ial joke, Gay Burger was live three ci.
Wh the lnch of Gay Burger, Ameri said she was hopg to tt whether ghost kchens uld plsibly reprent an alternate revenue stream for YouTube and TikTok creators, many of whom are lookg for ways to moize their acunts outsi of jt ads or product placements. It isn’t hard to image why someone might buy om Gay Burger or MrBeast Burger a first time — “you have the niche on that pop-up, and people will orr and try jt bee ’s fun, ” she said.
GAY BURGER SAYS ‘SORRY, GAY’
He ntued: "For me, personally, I'm gay myself and I jt enjoy seeg a world where beg gay — or whatever you may be — isn't qutned.
For stance, "Fay Guy" has a long history of makg homophobic jok (all of which are ankly pretty tired). However, as Out Magaze poted out, that jt rulted an episo lled the "Disney's The Reboot" which regular characters Quagmire and Joe were "turned to one-dimensnal gay neighbors whom Lois greets by sayg: 'Oh, hello gay uple who's nstantly joggg. " Joe adds, "Yeah, we're work TV gay, so all we n do is adopt children and pucker-kiss, no tongue stuff.
Sarah pots out that this episo — which featur voicework om Todrick Hall, the artist ftgly behd the song "Gay Excellence" — Bob lerally his body to lure the police away by donng a stume and creatg a distractn. “As a gay person, this is the funnit thg I have ever seen and I don’t thk I’ll ever stop lghg, ” unarnium said on Monday. In a 2018 terview wh a lol Atlanta TV statn, Chick-fil-A chairman and former CEO Dan Cathy said he did not support gay marriage, but was not anti-gay.
REVIEW: “GAY BURGER” VIRTUAL KCHEN OPENS SAN FRANCIS
So much of "gay news" centers on our muny beg wronged some way or when a CEO forward and nounc homosexualy (read: Chick-fil-A).
CHANGG PERCEPTNS OF WHAT IS LIKE TO BE GAY MOSW – ONE TOUR AT A TIME
Chipotle (found by a gay man) ma a great example by givg s employe T-shirts wh the words "? Homo Estas? It was hilar and a giant "fuck you" to all of the homophobic pani and anizatns.