Director of queer classic 'But I'm a Cheerlear' wanted to 'make a gay "Cluels"'

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Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

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DIRECTOR OF QUEER CLASSIC 'BUT I'M A CHEERLEAR' WANTED TO 'MAKE A GAY "CLUELS"'

It's an amg look at attemptg to 'rehab" homosexuals wh therapy and "fdg their roots". I thought was a great tongue--cheek way of sayg "okay, this is stupid, we need to let them be" for the gay you're the mood for a lot of lghg, and RuPl out-of-drag to boot, rent this one.

THE 2 OUT GAY CHEERLEARS ARE MAKG HISTORY WH THE PANTHERS

” The movie centers on a lbian high school cheerlear (played by Natasha Lyonne), whose parents send her to a nversn therapy mp to cure her homosexualy. And I thk the muny was so vastated by AIDS that there wasn’t a lot of edi gog on gay cema. I wanted to skewer not only my muny, but also jt the absurdy of gay nversn.

It’s ridiculo to say that jt bee you bee more feme means you’re gog to be ls gay. I loved “Cluels, ” and I wanted to make a gay “Cluels.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

For sure — and sexism and homophobia. I read that your first choice for the lead role turned down for relig reasons, and other st members were utned by their agents agast playg gay characters.

Are gay actors still beg dissuad om playg gay characters?

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

I thk ’s better, but there’s a lot of homophobia the actg realm and that agents would still advise some of their clients not to take gay rol, pecially if their clients is gay and the closet. As someone who mak a lot of queer ntent, I still see a lot of closeted actors who don’t want to play gay rol bee they feel like they won’t pass or somethg. Beyond the thorny topic of “Transparent, ” Prime do have a good track rerd of releasg shows wh LGBTQ characters and centerg their narrativ on queer them; particular, many of their shows foc on queer woman, rehgly avoidg the centerg of gay men that fed queer TV for s.

‘BUT I’M A CHEERLEAR’ DIRECTOR JAMIE BABB ON THE QUEER CLASSIC 20 YEARS LATER: ‘I WANTED TO MAKE A GAY ‘CLUELS”

In October last year, the pany’s Amazon Freevee ee streamg divisn dropped “High School”: a tenr and lovely g-of-age show spired by the liv of gay mic ins Tegan and Sara.

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'Passag' director nounc 'dangero' NC-17 ratg on a film pictg a gay love story.

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