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Contents:

• FAKE AND GAY
• FAKE AND GAY MEME GENERATOR
• FAKE AND GAY
• THIS PARTY IS EXTREMELY FAKE AND GAY
• “POLILLY CORRECT” SNOW WHE PHOTOS SPARK BACKLASHPHOTOS POSTED BY THE DAILY MAIL STIRRED UP IRE ONLE FRIDAY.BY SAVANNAH WALSHJULY 14, 2023AXELLE/BER-GRIFFSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEONCE UPON A TIME, A DISNEY LIVE-ACTN REMAKE SPARKED BACKLASH. NO, THIS WASN’T THE RACIST DISURSE AROUND THE LTLE MERMAID, OR BATE OVER POTENTIALLY QUEER BETY AND THE BEAST CHARACTERS, BUT NEWFOUND OUTRAGE ABOUT THE UPG REIMAGG OF SNOW WHE STARRG RACHEL ZEGLER.IT ALL STARTED WH A RECENT DAILY MAIL ARTICLE FEATURG WHAT THE PUBLITN SAID WERE SET PHOTOS OM THE FILM PUBLISHED UNR THE HEADLE, “EXCLUSIVE: SNOW WHE AND THE SEVEN... POLILLY-CORRECT COMPANNS? FIRST PICTUR OF NEW LIVE-ACTN REMAKE OF DISNEY CLASSIC SHOWS STAND- PRCS WALKG WH DIVERSE BAND OF MERRY MEN AND WOMEN AFTER ROW OVER G DWARF ACTORS.”THE OUTLET PUBLISHED SHOTS PURPORTEDLY PTURED ON THURSDAY OM THE MOVIE’S UK SET. THEY SHOW MULTIPLE ACTORS, SEEMGLY SNOW WHE’S WHIMSILLY NAMED NFIDANTS, AS DIFFERENT “GENRS, ETHNICI, AND HEIGHTS,” WHICH UPSET CERTA RNERS OF THE TER. THE SNOW WHE THE PHOTOS IS NOTABLY NOT ZEGLER OF WT SI STORY AND THE UPG HUNGER GAM PREQUEL, WHO ANNOUNCED, PER COLLIR, THAT SHE HAD PLETED FILMG ON THE PROJECT JULY 2022.A DISNEY SOURCE TOLD VF THAT WHILE THE ARE NOT OFFICIAL PHOTOS, THEY ARE OM THE PRODUCTN, WH STAND-S FOR SOME ST MEMBERS. THE DAILY MAIL TOLD VF STANDS BY S STORY.THE SNOW WHE REMAKE IS DIRECTED BY MARC WEBB, AND STARS GAL GADOT AS THE EVIL QUEEN AND TONY WNER ANDREW BURNAP. IT WILL REPORTEDLY CLU SONGS OM THE ORIGAL 1937 FILM, AS WELL AS NEW ON PENNED BY BENJ PASEK AND JT PL, BT KNOWN FOR THE MILS DEAR EVAN HANSEN, AND THE GREATT SHOWMAN.SCE PRODUCTN ON THE PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED, HAS WEATHERED NTROVERSY. PETER DKLAGE PREVLY LLED THE STORY “FUCKG BACKWARD” FOR S POTENTIAL PICTN OF DWARFISM. IN A STATEMENT TO DEADLE, A DISNEY SPOKPERSON REPLIED WH THE FOLLOWG: “TO AVOID RERCG STEREOTYP OM THE ORIGAL ANIMATED FILM, WE ARE TAKG A DIFFERENT APPROACH WH THE SEVEN CHARACTERS AND HAVE BEEN NSULTG WH MEMBERS OF THE DWARFISM MUNY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARG MORE AS THE FILM HEADS TO PRODUCTN AFTER A LENGTHY VELOPMENT PERD.”ZEGLER HERSELF TOLD VANY FAIR LAST OCTOBER: “PEOPLE ARE MAKG THE JOK ABOUT OURS BEG THE PC SNOW WHE, WHERE ’S LIKE, YEAH, IS—BEE NEED THAT. IT’S AN 85-YEAR-OLD RTOON, AND OUR VERSN IS A REHG STORY ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS A FUNCTN BEYOND ‘SOMEDAY MY PRCE WILL COME.’”THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSAVANNAH WALSH
• EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY‎BELOWGROUNDTRACK 12 ON RANDOM (SOUNDCLOUD) PRODUCED BY‎BELOWGROUNDSEP. 6, 20201 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTOREVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY LYRICSI'M MY ROOMWATCHG THE NEWSEVERYTHG IS FAKEEVERYTHG IS GAYTHEN I GO FOR A RII SEE PEOPLE WHO SEBUT THEY'RE CRYG AND DUMBAND DYG SIEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYI'M MY ROOMWATCHG THE NEWSEVERYTHG IS FAKEEVERYTHG IS GAYTHEN I GO FOR A RII SEE PEOPLE WHO SEBUT THEY'RE CRYG AND DUMBAND DYG SIEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY” BY ‎BELOWGROUND?WHEN DID ‎BELOWGROUND RELEASE “EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY”?WHO WROTE “EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY” BY ‎BELOWGROUND?RANDOM (SOUNDCLOUD) (2020)‎BELOWGROUND1. YOU’RE A PEDOPHILE (MISSG LYRICS)2. I FEEL LIKE I’M ALREADY DEAD3. FREAKG OUT4. LOVE X SONG 25. LAME (MISSG LYRICS)6. GLOWNIGGER7. LATER8. ETERNAL RT (MISSG LYRICS)9. GAY10. PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE (MISSG LYRICS)11. S.P.A.S - 1212. EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY13. NO COMMI NO LIBERALS, LET’S JO THE NRA (MISSG LYRICS)14. CUMBUCKETEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BY‎BELOWGROUNDWRTEN BY‎BELOWGROUNDRELEASE DATESEPTEMBER 6, 2020TAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• THE POWER OF FAKE GAY (AND BLACK) FRIENDS
• FAKE AND GAY PIXEL ART
• FUTURE ‘SCIENTIST’ PROCLAIMS SPACE IS ‘TOTALLY FAKE AND GAY’

FAKE AND GAY

To ll the vio gay is not a leral sense of the word gay. In this suatn, gay is beg ed to ll somethg stupid. When bed together, "fake and gay" is not only llg the vio stupid but also sayg is clearly fake to be 1: Woah!

FAKE AND GAY MEME GENERATOR

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FAKE AND GAY

"fake and gay" is the batn of the two most mon sults the limed vobulary of the stereotypil YouTube troll.

They were mashed together as a parody by popular webshow host RayWilliamJohnson (or RWJ) his onle seri, "=3" then, fantards of the show who are pable of origal w e "fake and gay" as a sort of battle cry, spammg the ments sectn of any vio Ray lks them to- much to the bemement of whoever ma the vid or anyone else who watch . Contrary to popular belief/nial, "fake and gay" was never funny. Variatns clu "false and homosexual", while, although slightly funnier, is equally as unorigal.

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THIS PARTY IS EXTREMELY FAKE AND GAY

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"fake and gay" is somethg subscribers of the youtube channel =3 like to lter all over the ment sectns of youtube vios regardls of whether the vio qutn is actually "fake" and "gay" or not bee the RWJ dron are too stupid to thk of anythg origal or relevant to say and they have this unfortunate misnceptn that repeatg somethg ad neam is actually ol and funny. All they managed to do is to make themselv look like a bunch of mdls robotic the fake and gay mug.

Fake and gay is a meme that origated om the ment sectn of MentalDiarrhea April of 2016. Drawg on work wh a Malawian LGBTI-rights nonernmental anizatn (NGO), this article’s entry pot is the “fake gay, ” a person who, acrdg to state polil disurse and news media, allegedly fak a margalized sexual inty to ga accs to foreign rourc channeled through NGOs. For LGBTI-intified persons the NGO’s orb, meanwhile, fake gays—filtratg thentic gays—breed fear and rentment amid circus of srce rource distributn and homophobia.

“POLILLY CORRECT” SNOW WHE PHOTOS SPARK BACKLASHPHOTOS POSTED BY THE DAILY MAIL STIRRED UP IRE ONLE FRIDAY.BY SAVANNAH WALSHJULY 14, 2023AXELLE/BER-GRIFFSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEONCE UPON A TIME, A DISNEY LIVE-ACTN REMAKE SPARKED BACKLASH. NO, THIS WASN’T THE RACIST DISURSE AROUND THE LTLE MERMAID, OR BATE OVER POTENTIALLY QUEER BETY AND THE BEAST CHARACTERS, BUT NEWFOUND OUTRAGE ABOUT THE UPG REIMAGG OF SNOW WHE STARRG RACHEL ZEGLER.IT ALL STARTED WH A RECENT DAILY MAIL ARTICLE FEATURG WHAT THE PUBLITN SAID WERE SET PHOTOS OM THE FILM PUBLISHED UNR THE HEADLE, “EXCLUSIVE: SNOW WHE AND THE SEVEN... POLILLY-CORRECT COMPANNS? FIRST PICTUR OF NEW LIVE-ACTN REMAKE OF DISNEY CLASSIC SHOWS STAND- PRCS WALKG WH DIVERSE BAND OF MERRY MEN AND WOMEN AFTER ROW OVER G DWARF ACTORS.”THE OUTLET PUBLISHED SHOTS PURPORTEDLY PTURED ON THURSDAY OM THE MOVIE’S UK SET. THEY SHOW MULTIPLE ACTORS, SEEMGLY SNOW WHE’S WHIMSILLY NAMED NFIDANTS, AS DIFFERENT “GENRS, ETHNICI, AND HEIGHTS,” WHICH UPSET CERTA RNERS OF THE TER. THE SNOW WHE THE PHOTOS IS NOTABLY NOT ZEGLER OF WT SI STORY AND THE UPG HUNGER GAM PREQUEL, WHO ANNOUNCED, PER COLLIR, THAT SHE HAD PLETED FILMG ON THE PROJECT JULY 2022.A DISNEY SOURCE TOLD VF THAT WHILE THE ARE NOT OFFICIAL PHOTOS, THEY ARE OM THE PRODUCTN, WH STAND-S FOR SOME ST MEMBERS. THE DAILY MAIL TOLD VF STANDS BY S STORY.THE SNOW WHE REMAKE IS DIRECTED BY MARC WEBB, AND STARS GAL GADOT AS THE EVIL QUEEN AND TONY WNER ANDREW BURNAP. IT WILL REPORTEDLY CLU SONGS OM THE ORIGAL 1937 FILM, AS WELL AS NEW ON PENNED BY BENJ PASEK AND JT PL, BT KNOWN FOR THE MILS DEAR EVAN HANSEN, AND THE GREATT SHOWMAN.SCE PRODUCTN ON THE PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED, HAS WEATHERED NTROVERSY. PETER DKLAGE PREVLY LLED THE STORY “FUCKG BACKWARD” FOR S POTENTIAL PICTN OF DWARFISM. IN A STATEMENT TO DEADLE, A DISNEY SPOKPERSON REPLIED WH THE FOLLOWG: “TO AVOID RERCG STEREOTYP OM THE ORIGAL ANIMATED FILM, WE ARE TAKG A DIFFERENT APPROACH WH THE SEVEN CHARACTERS AND HAVE BEEN NSULTG WH MEMBERS OF THE DWARFISM MUNY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARG MORE AS THE FILM HEADS TO PRODUCTN AFTER A LENGTHY VELOPMENT PERD.”ZEGLER HERSELF TOLD VANY FAIR LAST OCTOBER: “PEOPLE ARE MAKG THE JOK ABOUT OURS BEG THE PC SNOW WHE, WHERE ’S LIKE, YEAH, IS—BEE NEED THAT. IT’S AN 85-YEAR-OLD RTOON, AND OUR VERSN IS A REHG STORY ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS A FUNCTN BEYOND ‘SOMEDAY MY PRCE WILL COME.’”THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR“IT’S RAG TEENS” AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?THE BT TV SHOWS OF 2023, SO FARSEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM, AND THE ORIG OF BARBIETHAT SOUND YOU HEAR IS DONALD TMP SCREAMG, CRYG, AND THROWG UP A MAR-A-LAGO BATHROOMIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI THE ACTORS STRIKE PRS APOLYPSE: “THE CELEBRY FACTORY HAS SHUT DOWN”IS ALL THIS AMATR THERAPY-SPEAK JT MAKG US LONELIER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISSAVANNAH WALSH

This mythologized figure, rooted racialized arbratns of fake or real, scere or cunng, reveals NGOs, dismissed cril scholarship as “unqueer”—for spreadg homonatnalism, sappg radil agendas by stutnalizg liberal human rights ameworks, and smugglg Euro-Amerin logics of sexual morny—to be unlikely s of queer plexy. In addn to proposg the fake gay as a mo of theory that draws attentn to (queer) world-makg practic wh postlonial aid geographi, this article broans unrstandgs of the (queer) ctomary beyond narrowly fed cultural practic such as ctoms, ruals, and tradns.

EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY‎BELOWGROUNDTRACK 12 ON RANDOM (SOUNDCLOUD) PRODUCED BY‎BELOWGROUNDSEP. 6, 20201 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTOREVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY LYRICSI'M MY ROOMWATCHG THE NEWSEVERYTHG IS FAKEEVERYTHG IS GAYTHEN I GO FOR A RII SEE PEOPLE WHO SEBUT THEY'RE CRYG AND DUMBAND DYG SIEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYI'M MY ROOMWATCHG THE NEWSEVERYTHG IS FAKEEVERYTHG IS GAYTHEN I GO FOR A RII SEE PEOPLE WHO SEBUT THEY'RE CRYG AND DUMBAND DYG SIEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYEVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY” BY ‎BELOWGROUND?WHEN DID ‎BELOWGROUND RELEASE “EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY”?WHO WROTE “EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY” BY ‎BELOWGROUND?RANDOM (SOUNDCLOUD) (2020)‎BELOWGROUND1. YOU’RE A PEDOPHILE (MISSG LYRICS)2. I FEEL LIKE I’M ALREADY DEAD3. FREAKG OUT4. LOVE X SONG 25. LAME (MISSG LYRICS)6. GLOWNIGGER7. LATER8. ETERNAL RT (MISSG LYRICS)9. GAY10. PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE (MISSG LYRICS)11. S.P.A.S - 1212. EVERYTHG IS FAKE AND GAY13. NO COMMI NO LIBERALS, LET’S JO THE NRA (MISSG LYRICS)14. CUMBUCKETEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BY‎BELOWGROUNDWRTEN BY‎BELOWGROUNDRELEASE DATESEPTEMBER 6, 2020TAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

That's exactly what San Francis-based DJ extraordaire Adam Kraft and drag star Sarah Slay have done for FAKE and GAY. FAKE and GAY started out as a party boostg the hyper-pop and experimental pop scen at The Stud San Francis every third Saturday of the month.

Dpe startg as a lolly-based monthly party, FAKE and GAY took on a life of s own and began poppg up ci natnwi. The party attracts legendary guts, like Quay Dash, um, and Dorian Electra, and recently hosted a DJ set om not officially endorsed or produced by PC Mic, spe vg s star players, FAKE and GAY reprents an entire mographic of people, young and old, who are fascated by the force and weight of the hyper-pop genre.

THE POWER OF FAKE GAY (AND BLACK) FRIENDS

Adam Kraft will be attendance, and NYC guts will clu Momo Sha, Zenobia, Serena Tea, Dip, and ught up Adam Kraft about the party's origs and favore FAKE and GAY moments. FAKE and GAY, as any club night I've started, began as a reactn to the club scene around me. The name FAKE and GAY stems om an old ter meme as a reactn to the thenticy of somethg posted onle.

Like, if people saw somethg dub or looked photoshopped, they'd reply "FAKE and GAY.

" In this se works perfectly bee queerns has also bee trendy and buzz worthy, and I've noticed a lot of anizatns or events claimg to be "queer" and "all clive" wh no real reprentatn outsi of one particular image — most monly cis male gay I wanted to do the oppose.

FAKE AND GAY PIXEL ART

I don't really thk of FAKE and GAY as a gay party, I thk of more as takg certa elements you might expect to see at a typil gay party, but heighteng and amplifyg them, or parodyg them, and also givg more space to femme prence, whatever that may look like.

Are all of the Fake and Gay events 18+, like the event at Brooklyn's Sunnyvale on April 26? "I thk of [FAKE and GAY] more as takg elements you might expect to see at a typil gay party, but heighteng and amplifyg them.

Photography: Mchell Harrison (Courty of FAKE & GAY)From Your Se ArticlCharli XCX Interviews Brazilian Pop Star Pabllo Vtar - PAPER ›Unrground Pop Prcs LIZ Wears the Crown - PAPER ›Charli XCX Is Pop's Cult Lear - PAPER ›SOPHIE's Whole New World - PAPER ›Charli XCX Is Pop's Cult Lear ›Charli XCX Interviews Brazilian Pop Star Pabllo Vtar ›SOPHIE's Whole New World ›Unrground Pop Prcs LIZ Wears the Crown ›. I'm my roomWatchg the newsEverythg is fakeEverythg is gayThen I go for a riI see people who seBut they're cryg and dumbAnd dyg siEverythg is fake and gayEverythg is fake and gayEverythg is fake and gayEverythg is fake and gayI'm my roomWatchg the newsEverythg is fakeEverythg is gayThen I go for a riI see people who seBut they're cryg and dumbAnd dyg siEverythg is fake and gayEverythg is fake and gayEverythg is fake and gayEverythg is fake and gayHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [? The offendg msage read, “Ou and F–K PRIDE MONTH, I faked beg gay b—h ty for the $.

FUTURE ‘SCIENTIST’ PROCLAIMS SPACE IS ‘TOTALLY FAKE AND GAY’

I am now no longer gay! On the May 6th episo of Meet the Prs, Joe Bin surprised viewers not only by endorsg gay marriage himself, but by attributg historic chang Amerin views of homosexualy to the s- Will and Grace. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report had a field day, wh John Stewart breakg to a show tune about “fict gays” and wh Colbert workg the statement to a montage of Bin gaff—alongsi the vice-print’s claims that ‘jobs’ is a three letter world and that only people wh Indian accents n shop at 7-11.

But Bin was actually exprsg the gist of a leadg social scientific explanatn for Ameri’s recent gay-iendly lurch.

Rearch shows that regular ntact wh homosexual iends or fay members is a better predictor of gay-iendly attus than genr, level of tn, age, and even polil or relig affiliatn. When straight viewers watch likeable gay characters on shows like Will and Grace, Morn Fay, Glee, and Six Feet Unr they e to root for them, to empathize wh them--and this seems to shape their attus toward homosexualy the real-world. Studi dite that watchg televisn wh gay iendly them lsens viewer prejudice, wh stronger effects for more prejudiced viewers.