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’?
* what is the gay icon *
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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.
THE BABADOOK: HOW THE HORROR MOVIE MONSTER BEME A GAY IN
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.
WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
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. 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.