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WHY IS JUDY GARLAND THE ULTIMATE GAY IN?

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I had the chance to chat wh Jerrod Carmichael at the Emmys, where he opened up about beg a role mol for LGBTQ youth after he me out as gay April his HBO Max special “Rothaniel.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; WHY OZ IS A STATE OF MD IN GAY LIFE AND DRAG SHOWS

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

The film broke new ground as a queer drama that was accepted by a mastream dience, though some have blamed private homophobia on behalf of Amy members for blockg what was expected to be a Bt Picture shoe- at the (2014) dir.

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

Matthew WarchThe very Brish (and very Welsh and very gay and very lefty) te story of a group of gay Londoners, based around the real life (and still there) book shop Gay’s The Word, who ci to raise money for a Welsh town h by the 1984 mers’ strike. Call Me By Your Name’s tale of teenage lt and awakeng sexualy has a sweet and reee vibe, and is that rare thg – a high profile gay story which no-one di horribly. Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn is on a journey through the multiverse that isn’t jt about savg a billn worlds, ’s about, ultimately, tly acceptg her gay dghter, Stephanie Hsu’s Joy.

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The Oz-Gay Connectn - "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz" by Author Dee Michel .

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