He dragged up and spoke for clive fay valu the 1993 film and played a lovg gay partner ‘The Birdge.’ In far more hostile tim, Rob Williams beme an LGBT hero.
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FALLY? A GAY HOLIDAY ROMCOM? R-RATED MRS. DOUBTFIRE? GUN CONTROL? RPECT FOR ARETHA? DC STATEHOOD? JAPAN MARRIAGE EQUALY? SPRG? WH PUPPI: HOTLINKS
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Doubtfire herself giv a speech that emphasiz the var fns of what “fay” n signifince of this is the film’s year of release: 1993 was the whe heat of the culture wars, the year after arch-homophobe Pat Buchanan addrsed the Republin Natnal Conventn to tell the assembled that the agenda that Bill and Hillary Clton “would impose on Ameri—abortn on mand, a lm tt for the Supreme Court, homosexual rights, discrimatn agast relig schools, women bat—that’s change, all right. ”Bill Clton took the oath of office January 1993, and the hop of gay men and women were as high as the anti-fervency of bigots was toxic. In the sprg, the March on Washgton for Lbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights (LGB had yet to acquire a T or any other letters of margalized groups) and Liberatn attracted around a ln participants.
A manifto of mands lled for lbian and gay legal equaly all areas of life. As the equaly movement found a renewed foc and termatn, so s opponents ratcheted up their efforts to scupper culture would play a val role puttg lbians and gay men on the big and small screens, to the hearts and mds of middle Ameri. Surprisg as may sound now—wh gay characters, gay storyl, and even a leage of gay TV seri—lbian and gay reprentatn on film and TV was so srce that mered ment.
Doubtfire was released, so was Philalphia, which Tom Hanks played a gay lawyer (his partner was played by Anton Banras) dyg of polil and cultural climate was shiftg, but ggerly. Gay characters had notably appeared on thirtysomethg and Roseanne, but would be another four years before Ellen DeGener me big screen offered more vistas of reprentatn than TV at that moment. Doubtfire was the first a mi-tranche of films featurg cross-drsg gay and straight men, cludg The Adventur of Priscilla: Queen of the Dert (1994) and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everythg!