GAY SLANG 101 – JJ Malibu

Contents:

• HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE
• GAY SLANG 101
• WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?
• WHAT MAK JUDY GARLAND A GAY IN? EXPERTS EXPLA WHAT SHE AND OTHERS, OM DIANA ROSS TO MADONNA, HAVE MON
• IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? HERE IS THE TTH
• ‘FRIENDS OF DOROTHY’: HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN
• IS JUDGE JUDY GAY OR LBIAN?

HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN — AND WHY SHE ENDUR AS ONE

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GAY SLANG 101

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WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?

While she was alive, Garland was a figure of tense adulatn among the gay muny; she herself was very aware that many of her most voted fans were queer.

As early as 1967, mastream publitns were discsg the profn of gay men attendance at Garland's ncerts and attemptg to dissect her particular appeal.

WHAT MAK JUDY GARLAND A GAY IN? EXPERTS EXPLA WHAT SHE AND OTHERS, OM DIANA ROSS TO MADONNA, HAVE MON

The term "Friend of Dorothy, " referencg her The Wizard of Oz character, beme popular among gay men to self-intify, and mors still persist that was Garland's 1969 funeral that sparked the epoch-fg Stonewall rts, the begng of the morn gay-rights movement. Richard Dyer, who first wrote about Garland's stat as a gay in 1986's Heavenly Bodi: Film Stars and Society, suggts that her reer followed a trajectory of self-disvery, siar to those of many of her fans.

IS JUDGE JUDY GAY? HERE IS THE TTH

" Nathaniel Frank, an expert on LGBTQ public policy and thor of Awakeng: How Gays and Lbians Brought Marriage Equaly to Ameri, ph the pot further.

While neher Frank or Dyer n ppot how or why the term "Friend of Dorothy" entered the gay lexin, they both cred the beloved 1939 fantasy as playg a key role Garland's ntued ronance. " Some have suggted that Garland's imable performance of "Over the Rabow" is part of what led to the rabow beg adopted as a symbol of gay pri. "A lot of the gay ins are mp the sense that she n be imated — there's a certa kd of exaggeratn her mannerisms that's very easily imated, " he says.

‘FRIENDS OF DOROTHY’: HOW JUDY GARLAND BEME A GAY IN

" THE WIZARD OF OZ, Judy Garland, 1939 Judy Garland 'The Wizard of Oz' | Cred: Everett Collectn Another plited ponent of Garland's stat as a gay in was her own timacy wh gay men. He rells a letter he once received om a gay Garland fan, which scribed the shows as moments that "gave you permissn to be gay public for an eveng. " Dyer remas somewhat surprised by Garland's stayg power, particularly the face of more recent gay-ronant ins who have followed her, artists such as Kylie Mogue, Lady Gaga, and Madonna.

IS JUDGE JUDY GAY OR LBIAN?

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