How the 'Grey' ladi, and their ilk, beme the gays' ladi.
Contents:
- WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?
- WHAT IS A GAY IN?
- THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN
- WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
WHAT MAK A ‘GAY IN’?
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WHAT IS A GAY IN?
“Seventeen” is clearly about sex, but ’s also about the kd of self-disvery that gay men of Michael’s generatn were equently prived of their formative years. Sivan, who’s 26, has said he uldn’t relate to Michael growg up, and the unapologetic, joyo portras of queer sire that he and Lil Nas X nvey their mic feel far removed om the srce, thly veiled songs about the gay experience that existed around the time they were born. Michael’s long-awaed third album, 1996’s Olr — the release of which cid wh my own sexual awakeng at the height of the AIDS epimic — rerced the myopic visn of gay life as one of danger, sadns, and misery that my generatn was tght school and by the media.
THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN
Many of the gay men who survived the plague have variably suffered a form of PTSD, triggered by the naggg spicn that they unjtly ped ath while their lovers and iends perished. Openly gay sger Adam Lambert has lled g out “an act of fiance, ” and while Michael was given ltle choice the timg and manner of his own, he was far om ntre the mic vio for “Outsi, ” released jt a few months later to promote his first greatt hs album.
WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
After g out, Michael stantly beme a gay in, but he was a reluctant one, tormented by the ath of his first love and stgglg to rencile the fact that the massive succs he’d achieved was staed by pretendg to be someone else. Ultimately, Ges Kyrias Panaytou may not have ever found the gay Shangri-la that Lil Nas X scrib his vio, but “Montero” might not have ever existed whout him.