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Contents:
- THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
- A GAY ADOPTN BE A MIL
- DISNEY RELEAS ITS GAYT KIDS’ MOVIE YET—AT THE CRAZIT TIME
- GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
* musical about a gay kid *
Generatns of gay kids grew up lovg mils whout expectg to ever see characters like themselv one of them.
Lately, that’s been changg: Proto-gay kids feature promently Fun Home and Billy Ellt, and shows about high school now routely clu LGBTQ teens the mix (Mean Girls, Brg It On, Saved) or even the lead (Bare, Zanna, Don’t!, Everybody’s Talkg About Jamie).
The Tony awards have always been a gay affair, plete wh out hosts like Neil Patrick Harris and wners like David Hy Pierce famoly thankg their partners at the podium. The story revolv around a group of gay iends g together for a iend's birthday party Manhattan, and ends wh stori about long-lost lovers, and one character g out to his wife.
A GAY ADOPTN BE A MIL
Created by out playwright John Cameron Mchell, Hedwig spired a feature film and a Broadway revival, wh gay actors like Neil Patrick Harris and Andrew Rannells takg on the Home This crilly-acclaimed Broadway mil was adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeane Tori om Alison Bechl's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The story follows the life of Alison, cludg a g-out that's plited by her father's own secret gay life.
Each act foc on a different time Arnold's life, om his relatnship wh a bisexual man, to adoptg a child wh his partner, to beg a sgle dad raisg a gay son. The storyle was a darg productn for the time -- even though alt wh a lbian romance, was weled by the public and beme a huge Sex Another award-wng play by Harvey Fierste, Safe Sex premiered on Broadway 1987 and took dienc to the life of a gay man rg for his lover as he succumbs to AIDS-related illns. After his partner's ath, the protagonist mt meet his lover's wife and Pri Set both the 1950s and 2008, The Pri, wrten by Alexi Kaye Campbell, parallels two gay love stori two very different eras.
DISNEY RELEAS ITS GAYT KIDS’ MOVIE YET—AT THE CRAZIT TIME
The play foc on gay uple Ge and Alb, and the adventur that ensue when Ge's son brgs home his fiancee's ultra-nservative parents for the first time. As most know, the stage productns were adapted for numero French films and a very famo Amerin remake, starrg Rob Williams and Nathan This 1979 play, wrten by Mart Sherman, revolv around the persecutn of gays Nazi Germany, and tak place durg and after the Night of the Long Kniv, the vlent 1934 uprisg that brought Hilter to power.
Bent was dark and horrifyg, featurg performanc by Ian McKellen and Richard Gere as the gay protagonist. Fun Home n bt be scribed as a “memory play” that s non-lear plot piec together var moments om Alison’s life, particularly focg around her relatnship wh her gay father.
Peter later falls love wh Judy’s dghter, Liza Mnelli, but he later to terms wh his sexualy, embracg the fact that he is gay.
GAY TEENS ON 'HIGH SCHOOL MIL' SERI FALLY GET A LOVE SONG OF THEIR OWN
From the actual mic to the fashn to the gay ins that spire , elements of our stori n be found wh pizzazz and granur. Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody are the bpics of gay rock 'n roll in Elton John and bisexual lead sger of Queen, Freddie Mercury. Cabaret and The Wizard of Oz birthed gay ins: Judy Garland and Liza Melli.
Hairspray and Rocky Horror Picture Show also birthed gay inic characters Tracy Turnblad and Doctor Frank-n-Furter.