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Contents:
- HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE
- GAY CLUB!
- GAY & LBIAN CONSUMER INX STUDY
- GAY AND LBIAN TOURISM STUDY
HOW ‘GREEN BOOK’ GIV SHORT SHRIFT TO A GAY LIFE
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The scene as a shock: Shirley has been largely solo most of the film, and there is no ditn until then that he is eher gay (ed, there is mentn of a past marriage to a woman) or bisexual. Tony dit he’s acceptg of gay people om his time workg New York nightclubs.
A few weeks ago Jsie Smollett, a star of the Fox show “Empire” and a sger-songwrer, was hospalized after he was attacked Chigo by two men shoutg racial and homophobic slurs at him, acrdg to a police statement.
GAY CLUB!
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(Ined other lbian, gay and trans people of lor face siar threats.
GAY & LBIAN CONSUMER INX STUDY
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And by not explorg Shirley’s lived experience, the film allows to move past the threat that he, Smollett and others aren’t many black and gay characters popular films and shows today.
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GAY AND LBIAN TOURISM STUDY
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