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Contents:

• GROWG UP GAY
• MATTHEW TODD ON GROWG UP GAY: "WE ARE STRAPPED SI A CULTURAL STRAJACKET"
• WHAT IS LIKE GROWG UP GAY?
• GROWG UP GAY
• MY LIFE STORI 001| GROWG UP GAY
• THE HEALTHY BEAR ON GROWG UP GAY
• OLLY ALEXANR: GROWG UP GAYSTREAM AND WATCH ONLE
• GROWG UP GAY

GROWG UP GAY

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This 2018 romantic edy-drama follows Simon, a 17-year-old who has not yet e out to his iends or fay and fds himself nversatg onle wh an anonymo gay stunt who go by the name "Blue.

MATTHEW TODD ON GROWG UP GAY: "WE ARE STRAPPED SI A CULTURAL STRAJACKET"

Based loosely on Shakpeare's Henry IV, Part 1 & 2, and Henry V plays, this movie shows the journey of gay htlers Mike and Stt, and their search for Mike's mother. UFO enthiast Brian reprs the memory and nvc himself he was a victim an alien abductn, whereas Neil mov to New York to seek fulfillment as a gay sex worker. A queer cult classic, the film centers on a gay teen growg up ral England the 1990s.

WHAT IS LIKE GROWG UP GAY?

Somewhat based on Dolan's life, the film follows the plited, sometim tense relatnship between a young gay man and his mother.

A edy pokg fun at the "gay bt iend" stereotype, the film explor g out high school and navigatg iendships and school when that happens.

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The film, based on the 1971 novel of the same name, featur a gay love story set Edwardian England.

The members learn to embrace their tths and eventually bee a gay-straight alliance.

I grew up the 1960s and 1970s Atralia, a untry that was self g out of the closet, although the closet was heavily fortified and for a long time que imperable when me to s acceptance of gay people. Growg up gay is very different om growg up straight; your sexualy f you a larger way. On the other hand, growg up gay starts wh a small seed, a feelg that you do not unrstand, and an attractn to the same sex you at first thk is normal.

MY LIFE STORI 001| GROWG UP GAY

Soon, however, you disver the meang and the realy of this attractn—that beg gay is somethg you should be ashamed of, and, om a relig perspective, somethg seen as evil.

I knew I was gay om a very young age, probably 7 or 8, or even earlier, though I didn’t know the word gay.

At that time, the word poofta (or poofter) was a monly ed Atralian term for a gay male. I was also very aware that, for many people, beg gay was ak to beg a prostute or beg immoral. It was also very clear to me that beg gay only meant sex; had nothg to do wh love, as I had no gay role mols and I had never met a gay person.

THE HEALTHY BEAR ON GROWG UP GAY

It also opened a door to a darker si; I was so terrified of beg outed that I sometim acted as the loust bully toward others spected of beg gay. Many adults prume that every child is straight; for many parents, the thought that one day their child will turn to them and say, “Mom, Dad, I’m gay” is terrifyg. Some gay children are lucky enough to have parents who love and support them as they e out of the closet, but, for others, is a huge gamble, as the thoughts that echo their md are, What will their reactn be?

This tak an enormo amount of urage that many LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer) dividuals are unable to summon. I longed for love whout the ndn of beg gay. In many of the world’s untri, beg gay is punishable by ath (Bearak and Cameron, June 16, 2016).

And the Uned Stat, there has been recent polil opposn to gay marriage and gay rights. A CDC study found that 43% of LGB (lbian, gay, bisexual) stunts gras 9–12 had serly nsired suici.

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In this article, we offer two perspectiv on how growg up gay affected our liv and propose our thoughts on how schools and teachers n try to normalize what society often overlooks, misunrstands, ignor, or even nsirs to be outsi the realm of realy.

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I also realized that beg gay is how I was born, not somethg I chose.