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GAYS THE MILARY
* gay guys in living color *
It was one of In Livg Color’s most monly occurrg sks, but s pictn of homosexuals ntaed a ep unrcurrent of homophobia to them. The humor found this sk is fely left to a bygone time, and n be embarrassg to see evoked today; take Marlon Wayans’ pictn of a gay Mart Luther Kg Jr. You and Damon Wayans played two flamboyantly gay men.
At the time, as far as I know, there were no out gay or trans/genrfluid st members. There was nothg that edy which I felt was homophobic gay hatred. If Livg Color were on now, I would hope that there would be more than one gay st members the show, and then they uld tackle this humor g their voice.
Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
CHANGG PERCEPTNS OF WHAT IS LIKE TO BE GAY MOSW – ONE TOUR AT A TIME
Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".
Probably the most endurg sketch of the entire seri has to be “Men on…, ” a parody of “Siskel & Ebert” featurg two homosexual hosts, Blae Edwards (Damon Wayans) and Antoe Merriweather (David Alan Grier) criqug everythg om films (ually) to art to even fns and vatn, wh an inic lead- urty of The Weather Girls' 1982 classic “It's Rag Men. ” It's an tertg note Damon Wayans' filmography, nsirg he was let go om “Saturday Night Live” for gog off-script and makg a character flamboyantly gay. “Everythg's unrneath the bullyg umbrella now, so anythg you say about gay people is, you know, 'bullyg.