Tegan and Sara Rell 'Pros and Cons' of Growg Up Gay the '90s

Contents:

• TEGAN AND SARA RELL 'PROS AND CONS' OF GROWG UP GAY THE '90S: 'IT WAS EASIER SOME WAYS'
• TEGAN GAY
• OP-ED: THE GAY TTH ABOUT RONALD REAGAN
• TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY

TEGAN AND SARA RELL 'PROS AND CONS' OF GROWG UP GAY THE '90S: 'IT WAS EASIER SOME WAYS'

The Canadian pop duo share the pop culture that helped them e out and why the new crop of gay TV is so by Mallory Rosten for ThrillistDign by Mallory Rosten for ThrillistThe Qu tws, Tegan and Sara, have spent a lot of time over the past few years reexamg their youth. 'All Over Me' | Full Le FeaturQueer '90s cemaTegan: For Sara and I obvly growg up the '90s, there wasn't a ton of gay reprentatn out there, so I thk what gay reprentatn llid wh , sparked joy and excement and nervons.

What's the word, Sara, that you always e about what's your first gay, when you meet somebody—Sara: Your root? It had a gay story , was so ol. "Openly lbian miciansTegan: When we disvered The Murmurs and Leisha Hailey and heard that she was gay, that was a huge al.

TEGAN GAY

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The fact that she was gay, I didn't feel a sire to hi that I loved her. A lot of '90s gay people have the same experience. " We're all the nst gay people on earth bee we were so proud of and we were so exced about , but we assumed nobody else unrstood how gay we were.

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OP-ED: THE GAY TTH ABOUT RONALD REAGAN

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” Stori about how keepg the fact that they were gay om each other ed them to lash out their teens. “I never sat down and talked about beg gay, or feelg shame, or homophobia, ” Tegan explaed.

I’ve been kicked out of the church or I’m havg difficulty at school bee people know I’m gay or I’m the ary and I n’t tell anyone.

TARON EGERTON CLARIFI HIS SEXUALY THE WAKE OF SPECULATN THAT HE’S GAY

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Tegan: I’m obssed wh male mols and men’s fashn, to the pot I wonr if I’m gay.

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