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11 ANIMAL SPECI THAT PROVE BEG GAY IS NATURAL
Homosexualy and childhood make for strange but necsary bedfellows. Far right fears of homosexualy are uched pleas to save the children, while “It Gets Better” mpaigns sist on drawg a straight le between hormonal teenagers experimentg wh same-sex sire and well-adjted gay men. He’s quiet but playful, and spends his time sketchg his secret notebook, makg drawgs that are homo-erotic and based on a neighbor boy he longgly star at and eventually attempts to kiss later the film.
“I thk that when Ma fds out that Jonah is gay, is ls of a betrayal of her bee of some ethil, moral iology or somethg; ’s more that she n’t believe he’s been keepg a secret om her bee they have such a strong alliance, ” says Sheila Vand.
”“We the Animals” is never a nmnatn of a young boy’s homosexualy — stead, ’s an exploratn of a fay through the ey of a child who is feelg out the rights and wrongs om wh a world where there are too many nsistenci to be pletely sure. Related | Gallery: Every Image From Our We the Animals Cast ShootTorr, a gay, half-whe, half-Puerto Rin wrer, wrote We the Animals largely based on his own experience. "When I met Jt, " Zagar says, "he was clear that he wanted the story to have a strong queer backbone -- that was a g-out story, thentilly about a young, homosexual boy disverg his sexualy.