Bette Midler: ‘Hoc Poc 2’ Don’t Affect Her ‘Gay In’ Stat – Billboard

Contents:

• DISNEY IS GIVG THE GAYS WHAT WE WANT WH HOC POC 2 AND NEW PRI SERI
• ‘HOC POC 2’ OFFICIALLY STARTS FILMG
• WHY THE SANRSON SISTERS OF 'HOC POC' ENDURE AS GAY INS
• KATHY NAJIMY KNOWS SHE’S A GAY IN
• NO, BETTE MIDLER DON’T THK SHE NEEDS ‘HOC POC 2’ TO RENEW HER GAY IN STAT: ‘THIS IS GLOBAL, GIRL’

DISNEY IS GIVG THE GAYS WHAT WE WANT WH HOC POC 2 AND NEW PRI SERI

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‘HOC POC 2’ OFFICIALLY STARTS FILMG

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WHY THE SANRSON SISTERS OF 'HOC POC' ENDURE AS GAY INS

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KATHY NAJIMY KNOWS SHE’S A GAY IN

We see a gay uple watchg the origal Hoc Poc on TV. It also serv as an important b of queer cema — important many ways bee of the young dience Hoc Poc isn't particularly gay, wh no LGBT characters, s queerns is prent nearly every element.

The stg alone is imprsive, wh Midler, Najimy and Parker each enjoyg a sizable gay fanbase. Hoc Poc 2 is more diverse a way that's not credibly obv, other than a tokenized gay uple who got a sgle send of cuddlg on the uch. It’s the bewchg rnn that gays fans have been wag for sce the origal Hoc Poc was released 1993.

Hoc Poc 2: A Gay Movie? Gay bloggers have been llg for Hoc Poc 2 for years, dubbg the 1993 movie as “Bt Gay Halloween Movie” and a “queer inography.

NO, BETTE MIDLER DON’T THK SHE NEEDS ‘HOC POC 2’ TO RENEW HER GAY IN STAT: ‘THIS IS GLOBAL, GIRL’

” There is also a full le of merchandise around “Hoc Poc Ma Me Gay. While Hoc Poc isn’t particularly gay, wh no LGBT characters, s queerns is prent nearly every element. “The actual story of Hoc Poc als wh male sexualy a fascatg way, ” wrote gay journalist Kev O’Keeffe 2015.

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