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Contents:
- PETER BILLGSLEY FROM ELF IS ALMOST MARRIED & GAY - THE OTHER KD THAT IS
- GAY NIGHT ELF MARRIAGE IS NOW PART OF LORE SPOILERS
- BT GAY ELV, GODS, DEY & WIZARDS
- THREAD: DO YOU THK BLOOD ELF MAL LOOK GAY?
- 'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
PETER BILLGSLEY FROM ELF IS ALMOST MARRIED & GAY - THE OTHER KD THAT IS
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GAY NIGHT ELF MARRIAGE IS NOW PART OF LORE SPOILERS
Wh the tyrannil homophobia of the sports world, that any man would e out as gay (let alone a black man) is not only an LGBT triumph but also a triumph for pranksters everywhere who thrilled to the ia that what should be nsired jt another ntral fact that is nobody's bs was stead a shock heard around the world, one that add another jolt of transparency to an creasgly transparent pla. But the subsequent fawng over Colls simply statg he is gay still seemed to me, as another gay man, like a new kd of victimizatn. The reign of The Gay Man as Magil Elf, who whenever he out appears before as some kd of satly E.
BT GAY ELV, GODS, DEY & WIZARDS
Whose sole purpose is to be put the posn of remdg only about Tolerance and Our Own Prejudic and To Feel Good About Ourselv and to be a symbol stead of jt beg a gay du, is--lamentably--still media play.
The Gay Man as Magil Elf has been such a tricky part of gay self-patronizatn the media that you would by now expectthe chill members of the LGBT muny to rpond wh ol difference. The Sweet and Sexually Unthreateng and Super-Succsful Gay is supposed to be sted to transform The Hets to noble gay-lovg protectors--as long as the gay qutn isn't msy or sexual or difficult.
The straight and gay sanctimonns that says everyone gay needs to be nonized when g out still mak some of who are already out feel like we're on the sil. I'm all for g out on one's own terms, but heraldg as the most important news story of the week feels to me, as a gay man, well, kd of alienatg. God help the gay man who out and don't want to reprent, who don't want to teach, who don't feel like part of the homogenized gay culture and rejects .
THREAD: DO YOU THK BLOOD ELF MAL LOOK GAY?
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'PARANORMAN’S' MCH: THE FIRST FAY-FRIENDLY GAY ANIMATED CHARACTER
) It's dumbly obv to state, but ever sce I realized I was gay I have always supported gay rights--as a gay person jt be part of your DNA.
I have not, however, supported the way gay people have been portrayed the media, and that's where the Twter ranr exprs self.
But sce I know so many gay men who feel like I do--that they are reprented some kd of unendg gay mstrel show movi and on TV often created by gay wrers and producers, or jt nveniently ignored (not a sgle Bt Picture nomee last year had a gay character )--I assumed that the muny I was supposedly a part of was as clive as I was harmlsly cril--'s a Twter acunt, gays, move on.