While there have, undoubtedly, been signifint ton LGBT history earlier s, I believe the Eighti was a particularly important perd. That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture. The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the
Contents:
- AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
- ‘BEG BLACK: THE ’80S’: DIANA ROSS DID NOT TEND FOR ‘I’M COMG OUT’ TO BE A GAY ANTHEM
AS A GAY MAN, THE '80S CRIPPLED MY INTY
* being gay in the 80s *
Beg gay the 80s meant beg isolated om an inty.
There was no discsn of homosexualy school… not even our year long “Health and Sexualy” class, even though we were the middle of the AIDS crisis.
There was no acknowledgement that Alexanr the Great, Leonardo da Vci, and Michelangelo, were among the many posive gay historil role mols. On TV each night, there were no gay characters except for the ocsnal flamboyant game show regular on Hollywood Squar.
‘BEG BLACK: THE ’80S’: DIANA ROSS DID NOT TEND FOR ‘I’M COMG OUT’ TO BE A GAY ANTHEM
Beg Asian Amerin and LGBTQ+ n feel lonely, wh stutns such as ethnic church often disavowg non-heterosexual relatnships while tradnal LGBTQ+ spac such as gay bars n be unwelg. * being gay in the 80s *
TV ss were even worse, wh the “we’re straight guys playg gay” characters sashayg across the screen. Yet, as long as the gay was treated as a stereotypil joke, no one red.
It was okay to make fun and lgh at their yet, the 80’s no one talked about actually beg gay.
One was picked on relentlsly for his “gay-soundg” voice, lack of sports abili, and unwillgns to stand up to his bulli. Another was a Greek God of virily that ed his powers of bety and mcle to enchant both the guys and the girls… safely leveragg the nvenient tth that most of his peers wouldn’t be able to associate masculy wh homosexualy.