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Contents:

• FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
• FIFTY SHAS’ MARCIA GAY HARN OPENS UP ‘SEXUAL UNLEASHG’ IN FANDOM AND WHY BEG IN THE THICK OF IT WAS ‘FASCATG’
• REPRENTG FIFTY SHAS OF GAY THE LGBTQ+ MARKETPLACE
• 50 SHAS OF GAY – 8TH ANNIVERSARY!
• 50 SHAS OF GAY
• C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY
• FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
• 50 SHAS OF GAY
• GALLERY: IO TILLETT WRIGHT EXAM THE 50+ SHAS OF GAY
• 50 SHAS OF GAY
• REPRENTG FIFTY SHAS OF GAY THE LGBTQ+ MARKETPLACE
• FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
• 50 SHAS OF GAY
• 50 SHAS OF GAY – 8TH ANNIVERSARY!
• GAY HARN BREASTLS SCENE SET TO SHOCK
• '50 SHAS OF GREY' GAY FLAP

FIFTY SHAS OF GAY

3, 183, 403 views | iO Tillett Wright • TEDxWomen 2012iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, turns out, nsir themselv to exist the gray areas of sexualy, not 100% gay or straight. IO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are?

Marcia Gay Harn is still known for her role the Fifty Shas of Grey anchise, which she played the adopted mother of Christian Grey. While promotg Confs, Fletch durg an terview wh Metro, Marcia Gay Harn explaed that she found pecially “fascatg” to watch how some women rpond to the erotic films:It was fascatg to watch women of a certa age… their rabid volvement this ‘sexual unleashg’, if you will. Marcia Gay Harn don't thk all of that is the sole reason for the populary of the movi, though she do acknowledge that 's a signifint part of their succs:And while BDSM is not necsarily the answer to the cursy, women givg themselv permissn to have toys and fiery lub and have fantasy experienc was tertg to observe om afar.

The fal stallment end the anchise wh a whimper by claimg only $373 Gay Harn’s fascatn wh the Fifty Shas of Grey fandom is warranted, and chanc are they'll ntue to entrance the mass as more people disver the novels the years to e.

FIFTY SHAS’ MARCIA GAY HARN OPENS UP ‘SEXUAL UNLEASHG’ IN FANDOM AND WHY BEG IN THE THICK OF IT WAS ‘FASCATG’

6% of Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer, acrdg to a new Gallup report. Sce the dawn of the polilly-motivated “Dream Market” the 1990s, whe, affluent, gay mal uld expect to see themselv gay prt magaz and onle portals, natnal ad mpaigns the media, and, creasgly, mastream media, particularly televisn and news media, while advertisers left the rt of the LGBTQ+ populatn, cludg all people of lor, out the ld. The Ls, Bs, Ts, and Qs were expected to see themselv reprented by advertisg to whe gay mal and be thankful for the visibily.

Alternately, marketers were unapologetilly pursug the gay male dollar and had ltle regard for the rt. Clarify advocy and reprentatn In recent years, some advertisers have shifted away om “reprentg” all LGBTQ+ nsumers wh imag of gay mal towards advertisg that highlights the stggl of transgenr dividuals. For s, the advertisg dtry has neglected female members of the LGBTQ+ populatn wh a bias towards gay mal; this even though femal are more likely than mal to intify as LGBTQ+.

Dpe the fact that a greater number of lbian upl have children than do gay men, gay men actually tend to be more equently portrayed wh fai pared to lbian upl.

REPRENTG FIFTY SHAS OF GAY THE LGBTQ+ MARKETPLACE

Acrdg to a recent Ipsos report, among the progrsg generatns, more LGBTQ+ people are choosg to intify as “fluid” rather than “non-fluid” (meang gay or lbian) as members of Gen-Z are far more likely than prev generatns to be plurisexual or attracted to more than one sex. Early rearch the field datg back to Frd’s Inversn Theory 1910 scribed gay men and lbians as “sexual verts”—implyg that homosexualy was some sense the reversal of “normal” sex. Gay mal and lbians tend to hold no ls of their own-sex tras than do heterosexuals.

” While gay men tend to be more feme than heterosexual men, they are no ls mascule than them; siarly, while lbians tend to be more mascule than heterosexual women, they are no ls feme. Hence, while Gen-Z and Millennials tend to e labels that proclaim the fluidy of their genr inty, Gen-X and Baby Boomers primarily label themselv "gay" or "lbian" and "man" or "woman" but genr flex practice.

50 SHAS OF GAY – 8TH ANNIVERSARY!

To tly reprent and ronate wh LGBTQ+ nsumers, advertisers have to fight, walk, or dance (#n’tncelpri) the sho of all LGBTQ+ nsumers rather than jt chasg the pot of gold at the end of the gay male or, more recently, bary rabow. Aug26Jo Ike Avelli and his fabulo guts as they celebrate the 8th Anniversary of 50 Shas of Gay wh a night of edy, mic, drag, vio sketch, dience participatn and giveaways.

Back 2015, Ike Avelli cid to create an Adult Variety Show for Gay Pri NYC, and 50 Shas of Gay was born. By time was over, I felt even gayer—and I didn’t thk that was possible” – Michael MtoLearn more about the areaNeighborhoodLakeviewThis high-energy area is known for entertament, shoppg, and s lakeont more about the areaNeighborhoodLakeviewThis high-energy area is known for entertament, shoppg, and s lakeont lole.

Channel 4 is markg the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy wh a new season of programm: 50 Shas of Gay. In a documentary of the same name, Rupert Everett livers his personal and ank take on the velopments gay life Bra sce crimalisatn. Not Guilty (w/t) shows how gay men ntued to be persecuted long after the 1967 Act began to crimalise homosexualy.

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Far om herg an end to prejudice, 1967 unleashed a backlash of homophobia.

Epimic [w/t] tells how an unlikely aln of gay mpaigners, Tory policians, and pneerg doctors me together to fight AIDS the 1980s – and changed Bra the procs.

C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY

Born This Way (w/t) reveals that while mpaigners were battlg Parliament for legal reforms, pop mic was changg hearts and mds, brgg gay culture to the livg rooms of Bra. And Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs, famo fac such as Simon Callow, Lord Waheed, Anna Richardson and Mary Portas champn the buildgs where extraordary moments Bra’s gay history took place. This film reveals how gay men ntued to be persecuted long after the 1967 Act began to crimalise homosexualy.

Far om herg an end to prejudice, 1967 unleashed a backlash of homophobia enforced by the police and the urts, as many aspects of gay life ntued to be illegal. The film tells the stori of some of the 15, 000 men who fell foul of Bra’s homophobic laws durg the past half century - and expos how the jtice ntu today. This landmark film tells the behd-the-scen upliftg story of how an unlikely aln of Tory policians, pneerg doctors and gay men me together to fight a adly disease wh no cure – and how Bra was changed forever by the battle agast AIDS the 1980s.

Together they overme a homophobic prs, the ignorance of the medil tablishment, and the outright hostily of Margaret Thatcher, orr to create a mpaign that would change hearts and mds about AIDS – and gay men. 50 Shas of Gay.

FIFTY SHAS OF GAY

In this documentary, Rupert Everett livers his personal and ank take on the velopments gay life Bra sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy 50 years ago. Huge progrs has been ma - but has somethg of the edge and distctivens of gay inty also been lost?

50 SHAS OF GAY

After homosexualy was legalised 50 years ago, this is the story of how was pop mic that won the battle for hearts and mds, and ma OK to be gay. Put simply: was pop mic that ma OK to be gay. Channel 4 marks this momento anniversary wh the story of the fearls & flamboyant artists– om global ins to hidn hero – who ed pop mic as gay culture’s Trojan Horse, scg all wh a soundtrack to die for.

Channel 4's dited short arts strand Random Acts is partnerg wh Tate on s Queer Brish Art 1861-1967 exhibn, which marks the 50th anniversary sce the crimalisatn of male homosexualy the UK.

Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs. In Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs, prented by Stephen Fry, 7 famo gay fac champn the buildgs that have helped fe Bra’s gay history, revealg the groundbreakg events that happened them and extraordary people who lived and worked them.

GALLERY: IO TILLETT WRIGHT EXAM THE 50+ SHAS OF GAY

The Reverend Richard Cole reviss Heaven Nightclub after many years to reveal s hedonistic past, Mary Portas viss Shibn Hall Yorkshire to disver the secret diari of a Yorkshire heirs, Craig Revel Horwood revels the story of Bra’s drag scene at the Royal Vxhall Tavern, Simon Callow tells the story of Osr Wil’s downfall at the Old Bailey, Rikki Beadle Blair viss the Theatre Royal Haymarket to disver how the Brish public showed their support for Sir John Gielgud after his arrt for ttagg, Liz Carr travels to Bletchley Park to vis the place that fostered one of Bra’s greatt scientists Alan Turg and Lord Waheed Alli tells the story of the Ho of Parliament’s recent battle for gay rights. Marcia Gay Harn... Gay Tw #2.

Gayle Wley... How accurate is your “gaydar”?

50 SHAS OF GAY

A lot of thk we know all about gay men—where they live, how they drs, how they rry themselv—as though beg gay means a uniform way of beg the world. The most visible gay men, those who stand out the most, have tradnally lived ci. And some of end up livg a gay bubble, or what I ll the Gubble.

The timat of how many gay men live the Uned Stat range om anywhere between 1. Whatever the percentage, the tth is that many gay men do not f the narrow profile that media outlets propose, and they may not be easily intified by our “gaydar.

REPRENTG FIFTY SHAS OF GAY THE LGBTQ+ MARKETPLACE

” In fact, many of the gay men who do not meet the popular creria may have at one time or another shown up at a therapist’s office wonrg how to al wh feelg ficient wh the muny. More and more, gay men don’t jt live ci. And as gay acceptance grows, so do the physil boundari of where one feels safe.

The “gay ghetto “ is slowly dimishg many ci. And as gay men are able to marry much of the untry, children are now a part of many gay men’s liv.

Back 1977, the US Natnal Gay Task Force (NGTF) was ved to the Whe Hoe to meet Print Jimmy Carter’s reprentativ—a first for gay and lbian groups. Tth is, I would never have pegged him as gay, but at some pot he mentned havg gone to some of the bars near my office.

FIFTY SHAS OF GAY

They were all gay bars! Of urse, this isn't jt about gay men—'s about everyone.

50 SHAS OF GAY

IO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay. As she reveals today’s bold talk, while marriage was far om her md 2008 when California’s Proposn 8 sparked a natnal bate over gay marriage, the nversatn still stck her like a punch. Tillett Wright had an ia: uld she photographilly troduce people agast the ia of gay marriage to the vast number of people the Uned State who nsir themselv somewhere along the LBGTQ spectm?

50 SHAS OF GAY – 8TH ANNIVERSARY!

Jodi’s fay disowned her when they found out she was gay.

But on his release form he put down “100% GAY”, and we all had to eat our stereotyp.

Brian tght me so much about how stereotyp of gay men as effemate are a bunch of naive hogwash. They pulled me asi and told me how important was that people know you n have a strong relatnship wh God, and still be gay.

GAY HARN BREASTLS SCENE SET TO SHOCK

I thought that took tremendo urage, not only to be openly gay a state like Tennsee, but to take on the relig battle as well.

Chip was the only skateboarr who had ever e to be photographed, which kicked off a really tertg discsn about homophobia wh the macho world of skateboardg, and how we uld all help to rce . Before meetg him, and many like him, I had some prenceived, narrow view of what gay people looked like, (pecially men) — even if was a broad view by most standards. Jam’ ternatnal phenomenon, 50 Shas of Grey, Jeffery Self’s 50 Shas of Gay tells the story of a young celebry blogger, Alex Kirby, who terviews Taylor Grayson, a superstar leadg man Hollywood blockbter films.

Grayson also happens to be a closeted gay man wh a passn for BDSM. At first some might thk jt om the tle that 's jt the gay versn of "Fifty Shas of Grey.

'50 SHAS OF GREY' GAY FLAP

" is a gay "take" on the story, BUT eventually you don't end up gettg EL Jam's novel you get an origal take on the scenar of a rich actor wh all the money the world who falls for the young virgal boy who terviews him for an entertament news show. If anythg, the books embrace a light, bro-y homophobia, which hugs between dus and d jok about gay sex are ed to diffe tensn.

In October, David Ghee, an evangelil Christian and profsor of ethics at Mercer Universy, me out support of homosexualy, sayg he was “tly sorry that took me so long to e to full solidary wh the Church’s own most opprsed group.