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Contents:
- 15 MOVI KNOWN FOR THEIR GAY NTEXT (AND IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW, NOW YOU DO)
- FILMS WH GAY SUBTEXT: A COMPILATN
15 MOVI KNOWN FOR THEIR GAY NTEXT (AND IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW, NOW YOU DO)
Disney, wh s famo reticence toward pictg openly gay characters almost certaly didn’t tend to produce an overtly gay narrative Mulan.
FILMS WH GAY SUBTEXT: A COMPILATN
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