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Contents:
- YELLOWJACKETS IS GAY AS HELL. WHY THAT’S JT WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW
- MELANIE LYNSKEY NFIRMS THAT GAYS HAVE BETTER TASTE: ‘HETEROSEXUALS ARE NOT ALWAYS SO DISCERNG’
- JASM SAVOY BROWN AND LIV HEWSON BRG THE GAY AGENDA TO YELLOWJACKETS
- NETFLIX LNCH ‘THE GAY AGENDA,’ PODST CELEBRATG LGBTQ+ COMMUNY (EXCLUSIVE)
- IS STEVEN KEGER GAY REAL LIFE? RELATNSHIPS OF YELLOWJACKETS STAR EXPLAED
YELLOWJACKETS IS GAY AS HELL. WHY THAT’S JT WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW
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"Yellowjackets" star Kev Alv: season 2 fale sets up a huge season 3OffEnglishWell before the premiere episo aired, and well before all the reps, theory posts, and Twter fandom, the spir of my newly gay ’90s teen self stirred wh me and whispered a ll unto the zegeist: “This show is gonna be gay as hell.
MELANIE LYNSKEY NFIRMS THAT GAYS HAVE BETTER TASTE: ‘HETEROSEXUALS ARE NOT ALWAYS SO DISCERNG’
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As someone who went to high school between the years 1991 and 1995, and first realized I was gay when I had a dream at 14 about kissg Wona Ryr, a show like this uld not be more perfect. It’s peak ’90s gay before even gets to the gay parts. ”A key to Yellowjackets’ populary is the show’s abily to offer up ntent that appeals to a wi range of viewers, while also posssg a certa tangible gayns.
Whout beg marketed directly as a such, Yellowjackets is a very gay show bee anythg n be seen as gay if you jt try hard enough, and that’s half the fun of beg gay. But, ’s also very much about adult Natalie (Juliette Lewis) applyg dramatic eyeler a hand-mirror while listeng to Mazzy Star, Shna (Melanie Lynskey) shovg her hband Jeff (Warren Kole) to a piece of furnure wh unniable femme-top energy, Jackie (Ella Purnell) wh her hard femme wilrns hair and lgerg “bt iend” glanc, and Taissa’s (Tawny Cyprs) letter opener batn of unrlyg gay listed above, and overtly gay reali like assistant ach Ben’s (Steven Keger) fger snaps rponse to the girls dog a dance route the b, teenage Taissa (Jasm Savoy Brown) and Van (Liv Hewson) gog full mhroom munch the woods, and adult Taissa’s terrifyg home life wh her wife Simone (Riya Bernard) give a lot to work wh, and all feels very welg for a piece of media that is teasgly steerg towards teen nnibalism. Alyson Hannigan’s character Willow Rosenberg openg up about her gayns season four of Buffy dropped jaws left and right.
Gay life—queer life—was a fun ltle secret that we ma space for ourselv privately, or wh the acceptg grac of a chosen few.
JASM SAVOY BROWN AND LIV HEWSON BRG THE GAY AGENDA TO YELLOWJACKETS
Quickly approachg the end of my 44th year on this earth, I watch Yellowjackets and thk about how fun was to be gay the ’90s.
We smoked our Marlboro Reds, listened to our PJ Harvey, and was jt a gay, gay, gay ’ol time. And jt this week, along wh fellow "Yellowjackets" star Liv Hewson, Brown lnched Netflix's first LGBTQ-foced podst, The Gay Agenda. In all of the movi and shows, the gay people die or 's sad about how they me out and their parents abandoned them.
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NETFLIX LNCH ‘THE GAY AGENDA,’ PODST CELEBRATG LGBTQ+ COMMUNY (EXCLUSIVE)
"I was like, 'Well she has to wear a watch bee gays love a watch, ' you know? Through makg The Gay Agenda podst, which will follow the liv of the world's top LGBTQ creativ through a il lens, Brown also aims to brg upliftg queer ntent to Netflix.
IS STEVEN KEGER GAY REAL LIFE? RELATNSHIPS OF YELLOWJACKETS STAR EXPLAED
"The special, which premiered on the streamg service October, was rebed for cludg transphobic and homophobic ntent, promptg worker protts and rignatns at the streamg said the Chappelle ntroversy was "tratg" bee "there is a place for jok that make people unfortable bee mak them thk" but not "bee they're mean. When asked to weigh on the simmerg bate about whether straight and cisgenr actors should play gay or transgenr characters film and on televisn, Brown said she has mixed feelgs.
While the fact that Ben is gay is clearly not the only reason that he is not terted Misty’s advanc, the prence of him as a character is ccial.