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Contents:

• CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE

”The scene ntued, as Bobby walked through the exhib, liverg a lecture that enpassed homophobia, Nazis and, eventually, AIDS. It isn’t exactly the first major-stud gay rom-, that rabow lrel probably go to 2018’s “Love Simon, ” distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

And that even gay rol — “In & Out, ” say, or “The Birdge, ” or “Brokeback Mounta, ” which “Bros” briefly satiriz — were often played by straight actors. ” Bee makg a gay romantic edy isn’t as simple as swchg out an X chromosome here and there. Universal Pictur“That’s not reflective of how gay relatnships functn, at least the on that my iends have, at least the on that I’ve had, ” Eichner said.

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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

“I thk he’d heard of Grdr, ” Eichner said, referrg to the gay datg app.

) But “Bros” felt different, he said, that he was hired bee he is gay and not spe of Rivelli/Universal Pictur“This wasn’t jt another character, ” he said. ”Bee gay rights are so often unr threat, “Bros” never lacked for relevance. But Apatow, who mentned the recently passed Florida tn law, nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay, ” felt that would arrive at a particularly urgent moment.