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Movi like <em>Boy Erased</em> and <em>Love, Simon</em> show gay teens unrgog r of passag that upend the classic <em>Breakfast Club </em>script.

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SEQU A BLUE ROOM REVIEW – ILLIC THRILLS GAY G-OF-AGE STORY

Related: 15 Gay Romantic Films That Will Make You Believe Happily Ever After(Imag urty of their rpective studs). This 2018 romantic edy-drama follows Simon, a 17-year-old who has not yet e out to his iends or fay and fds himself nversatg onle wh an anonymo gay stunt who go by the name "Blue.

Based loosely on Shakpeare's Henry IV, Part 1 & 2, and Henry V plays, this movie shows the journey of gay htlers Mike and Stt, and their search for Mike's mother. UFO enthiast Brian reprs the memory and nvc himself he was a victim an alien abductn, whereas Neil mov to New York to seek fulfillment as a gay sex worker. A queer cult classic, the film centers on a gay teen growg up ral England the 1990s.

Somewhat based on Dolan's life, the film follows the plited, sometim tense relatnship between a young gay man and his mother. A edy pokg fun at the "gay bt iend" stereotype, the film explor g out high school and navigatg iendships and school when that happens. The film, based on the 1971 novel of the same name, featur a gay love story set Edwardian England.

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