Cluels star Alicia Silverstone reflected on the movie 25 years on, notg that her "favoure part" of s legacy is "what means to gay boys".
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CLUELS STAR ALICIA SILVERSTONE SAYS SHE’S MOST PROUD OF HOW MUCH THE FILM ‘MEANS TO GAY BOYS’ 25 YEARS AFTER S RELEASE
”Clearly, there is still room to grow, but we have e a long way om the cliche socially isolated gay characters. (And fact, for most of the 20th century, homosexualy and genr dysmorphia were nsired ndns to be listed the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs.
Cluels: First Steps to LGBTQ+ AwarensOne of the first and most inic films to portray a gay character a posive light was Cluels. Cluels chronicl the misadventur of a teenage self-proclaimed matchmaker, Cher, who liv Beverly Hills wh her daddy wh all the luxuri anyone uld wish film is known for many of s popular tchphras and lnchg leadg actrs Alicia Silverstone to full-fledged stardom; also troduced the gay character of Christian, portrayed by Jt Walker. Cluels did have a few of the ual clich; Cher and her bt iend Dnne (Stacey Dash) assume Christian is gay bee “he knows how to drs.
Unfortunately, wasn’t all sunshe and rabows after this Girls: “Too Gay to Functn”The early 2000s wnsed a plethora of teenage films and shows which negatively portrayed queer characters clu the csantly-quoted Mean Girls. The film, directed by Mark Waters and wrten by Ta Fey, revolv around Cady (Ldsay Lohan), who has been home-schooled her entire life Ai; her fay mov to a town Illois and Cady fally attends public school and receiv a crash urse the btal, unspoken laws of populary om her new iends Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and Damian (Daniel Franze) is the only openly gay character the film and is a plete stereotype who prefers to pass his time shoppg, idoliz brands and even one scene attempts to blend wh a group of girls.