<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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” The cx of their issue me om an Ain Amerin gay male character named Bradley, who “has no agency or story, and is only prent as a punchle for Dick’s racist and anti-gay jok.