<p>Glaad study says only 17 of 102 major stud films last year featured gay characters, wh the majory of them offensive</p>
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IT’S TIME TO OUT GAY STEREOTYPG FILMS
Never before have there been so many explicly gay characters appearg Amerin films. * gay stereotypes in movies *
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GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
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