Contents:
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
Gregg Araki) MYSTERIOUS SKIN, Joseph Gordon-Levt, Jefey Lin, Michelle Trachtenberg, 2004, (c) Tartan Releas Cred: Everett Collectn Joseph Gordon-Levt plays a gay htler who bonds wh a peculiar, UFO-obssed teen (Brady Corbet) over a grim secret: They were both abed by their baseball ach as adolcents. Aled Hchck) ROPE, John Dall, Farley Granger, 1948 Cred: Everett Collectn While there are no overt referenc to the lead characters' sexualy, many have dissected Aled Hchck's 1948 psychologil drama as a film wh queer subtext, wh scholars and crics speculatg that characters played by John Dall and Farley Granger were a gay relatnship when they strangled their former classmate to ath (and hosted a lavish dner party while his body hid a tnk that was later rated for the event).
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
Mike Nichols) THE BIRDCAGE, Nathan Lane, Rob Williams, 1996, © Uned Artists / Courty Everett Collectn Cred: Everett Collectn Adapted om Édouard Molaro's 1978 film La Cage x Foll, Mike Nichols' 1996 dramedy tackled sual Amerin nservatism head-on as followed a gay baret owner (Rob Williams) and his performance artist partner (Nathan Lane) as they attempt to mask their real liv om their son's fiancée's right-wg parents. “First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non. "Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon.
PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.
There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d. ”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove.