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• GAEL GARCíA BERNAL CHAS STARDOM AS A GAY WRTLER ‘CASSANDRO’ FIRST LOOK
• GAY WRTLG
• GAY WRTLG UNIVERSE
• COLT’S GAY FILMS A PURPOSEFUL DIG
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

GAEL GARCíA BERNAL CHAS STARDOM AS A GAY WRTLER ‘CASSANDRO’ FIRST LOOK

But while some thought his homosexualy would be a hdrance such a machismo-driven dtry, he soon rose to the top of the Mexin wrtlg world by embracg a flamboyantly gay persona known as “Cassandro. The official synopsis for “Cassandro” reads: “Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amatr wrtler om El Paso, ris to ternatnal stardom after he creat the ‘exoti’ character Cassandro, the ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre. Gay Wrtlg - VICE Vio: Documentari, Films, News Vios.

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GAY WRTLG

It is 1984 and a gay high school lad Frank (Layke Anrson) p his rigid parents by movg to Amsterdam where he lands a job as a bar boy a gay dance club, the Hoe of Boys n by a man referred to as Madame (Ugo Kier) who keeps everyone tow as well as performg drag on stage. He wanted to reveal the secrets of pro wrtlg’s hidn homosexualy.

He was also the edor--chief for the gay publitn Dmmer magaze, which, acrdg to the magaze self, explored the world of “leather sex, leatherwear, leather and bber gear, S&M, bondage and disciple, erotic styl and techniqu. He even once thored an article about Hulk Hogan for another gay magaze.

GAY WRTLG UNIVERSE

Frscher ma movi for his pany Palm Drive Vio, which specialized homomascule gay eroti.

Outsi of the rg, Colt and Grob were romantilly volved at a time when homosexualy was even ls accepted than is now. He marched forward, changg his name to “Chris Colt, ” which he took om Colt Studs, a pany that produced gay pornography. “He knew that on set I would unleash him and let him do what he wanted to do precisely to piss off his peers, pecially those pro wrtlers who are gay and closeted, and the worst on, the pro wrtlers who are straight and homophobic, ” Frscher says.

COLT’S GAY FILMS A PURPOSEFUL DIG

Pro wrtlg has two fac when to homosexualy. One face picts the overly effemate villas like Adrian Street who prance to the beat of the crowd’s homophobic slurs. “[Colt] wanted to pull back the wizard’s curta on what he said were pro wrtlg’s two biggt secrets: homosexualy and htlg, ” Frscher says.

“Htlg by pro wrtlers who put on private one-on-one shows posg for gay men hotel rooms is big bs the unrground world of homosexualy, ” Frscher explas.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

“To the gree that TV pro wrtlg is one of the ma entertaments Amerin popular culture, gay vios likewise thrive on pro wrtlg attus, fetish clothg, whips and chas, and alpha-male fightg actn by homomascule men who wrtle gay vios as heels and jobbers, do the mov and the ps which are all done wh an erotic man-to-man sp, ” Frscher explas. Gay magaz of the time that wanted to feature a pro wrtlg theme (popular among such publitns) jumped on too, nng pictur om the films.

“To ‘refed’ gay men love wh received bety, Chris had perverse appeal as the btal man who is so ugly that he is sexy and, therefore, gets laid a lot as long as he stays character. “He was a specialty act and not particularly terted beg a generic gay porno star for other studs, ” the director says. The stggl of the homosexual muny, like those of Colt’s, may be why there is such a gay followg for pro wrtlg.

“Intifyg wh giant wrtlers mak opprsed and tellectual gay men feel empowered, pecially durg an enomic downturn when men whose jobs are shaky turn to their own mcl and to those of other men to prove they are power and ntrol even though unemployment threatens, ” Frscher says.