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8 90s movies grid: Top Row is Foxfire, Sister Act 2, Now and Then and Empire Records. Second row: Fried green Tomatoes, League of their own, Girl Interrupted, Set It Off

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Quiz: Which 90s Movie Made You Gay?

Riese —

Apr 17, 2022

The 1990s were an incredible time for homoeroticism in films with mostly-female casts, and if you’re anything like me, you saw every single one of them and now you’re gay! But which of them are most responsible for the wildly gay person you are now, today? It’s time to find out!

Which 90s Movie Made You Gay?

In the 90s, homoerotic cinema for women thrived like never before — or since. You’re gay now, and probably one of these films is to blame, sorry

1. Pick a job:*
- Restauranteur
- Holistic Healer
- Writer
- WNBA Player
- Teacher
- Activist
- Trophy Wife / Philanthropist
- Performer
- Record Store Owner
- Fashion Designer
2. Take a time machine to the '90s and pick a page from the Delia*s catalog:*
3. Pick a nice place to raise a family:*
- A charming Midwestern college town close to your family
- A sprawling city in the Pacific Northwest
- A small southern town where you know your neighbors
- The suburbs of a cool city in California
- A liberal city in the Southwest
- The suburbs of a nice city in New England
- A quirky hipster town on the east coast
- On a beautiful farm out west
- New York City
- In a mansion with a pool in Beverly Hills
4. Pick an act of adolescent disobedience*
- Pranking the a**hole boys at your school who get away with being terrible people
- Breaking into the cemetery to do a seance
- Putting hexes on your bullies
- Smoking cigarettes
- Low-key manipulating your teachers into giving you good grades instead of simply doing the work
- Freeing the vending machine from its capitalist shackles to make free snacks available to all your friends
- Goofing off during class with your friends instead of taking it seriously in a way that would suggest that you do in fact actually care a great deal about the class
- Getting thrown out of a game for arguing with the ref
- Shaving your head
- Getting into a fight with the terrible boyfriend of the girl you have a crush on
5. Pick a sleepover game*
- Truth or Dare
- Mad Libs
- Pillow Fight
- I’ve Never
- Light as a Feather Stiff as a Board
- Makeovers!
- Sleeping Bag Sack Race
- Karaoke
- Flashlight Tag
- Dance Off
6. Pick an Angelina Jolie*
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7. Pick a high school crush:*
- The spooky and intriguing goth
- The mysterious biker chick with short hair and a leather jacket
- Your best friend
- The stylish queen who always had the sharpest looks and the strongest opinions and was genuinely too cool for school
- The effortlessly cool, handsome, bare-faced, muscled badass in baggy jeans
- The casually hot lunatic who will fuck with your mind and get you in trouble
- The brawny athlete who made varsity as a freshman
- The beautiful babe with the singing voice of an angel
- The scrappy tomboy who can fix anything
- The scratchy-voiced indie rocker who’s always in trouble
8. Pick an 80s/90s Young Adult Novel:*
9. Pick a 2000s movie:*
- Jennifer’s Body
- Igby Goes Down
- Thirteen
- Legally Blonde
- Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- Chicago
- Step It Up
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Almost Famous
- Bend it Like Beckham
10. Who are you at the high school party?*
- The one who wasn’t invited
- The one who is techinically at the party communicating with other people but in reality is entirely in their head overanalyzing all of it
- The one telling a guy to back off from a girl who clearly isn’t interested
- The one who is trying too hard to fit in
- The one who is everybody’s best friend but never the center of attention
- The one who is over it
- The one killing it on the dance floor
- The one making sure everybody is having a nice time and has enough to eat
- The one who thinks the music could be better
- The one who couldn’t make it cause they had a travel game out of town
11. Pick a song from the 1960s – 1990s:*
- “Seether” by Veruca Salt
- “Paper Bag” by Fiona Apple
- “Into Dust” by Mazzy Star
- “Knock Three Times” by Tony Orlando and Dawn
- “Supermodel” by Jill Sobule
- “Don’t Let Go” by En Vogue
- “This Used to be My Playground” by Madonna
- “Dancing in the Streets” by Martha & The Vandellas
- “Jolene” by Dolly Parton
- “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles
12. Pick a Britney Spears instagram caption*
- “I don’t want to be loved … I want to be feared !!! Being loved and being nice got me taken advantage of …… so take your pity and go fuck yourselves 🖕🏻🤷🏼‍♀️😂 !!!!”
- “black long jacket … vampire vibes 🧛🏻‍♀️ ??? Who dat ???? Should I come out of my coffin again🤔💭😹 ?”
- “My intention is to merely exist in hopes that if others see me write … dance 💃🏼 … cry 😢 … laugh 😂 … sing 🎤 … or just speak 🗣 … they know I exist to be a good person …. period !!!!”
- “I know I’m reposting for the 3rd time but I looked waaay too dark in the other pics … I was going to leave it alone 🧐 but this shirt is absolutely adorable 😍 !!! It honestly deserves to be seen in the right light 😬🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😂🌹🌹!!! “
- “really after church I always played ball 🏀 with the boys in the neighborhood until it got dark out 🌙 !!!
- “Leroy found a turtle 🐢 in the drawer and the fucking car 🚙 went into flames 🔥 because the tire busted on the highway so the police 🚔 saved my aunt who always SERVES PIE 🥧 !!!”
- “Look who came to visit … these 2 bad bitches are up to no good 💕🌹🌹 …”
- “in this beautiful nation it would only be fair for me to dedicate my life to skits to the wonderful therapist 🙄😂🙊 !!!! I genuinely thank you dear sweet hearts for your efforts 😜 !!!”
- “My exquisite Italian garden I’m not showing at the moment … when I walk to it I smell the flowers 🌸 from 20 feet away !!! It smells like pure honeysuckles … it smells so good I want to put my tongue 👅 on it 😂 !!! “
- “I made a smoothie, went into my yard, turned on some Prince and laid out … and then I put my hair up in a ponytail 👱🏼‍♀️ which made me look like Pebbles from The Flintstones and did some laundry 🧺🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️!!! “
13. Congratulations! You've been cast on the competition reality show "Survivor," set to film its first season in 2000! What do you think will be your greatest asset in the game?*
- I’ve got strength and speed to help my team and me win the challenges
- I’d kill it at the non-physical challenges ’cause I’m great at teamwork, puzzles and putting things together
- I’m really good at reading everybody’s vibes and would know who to avoid, who to align with, and who to destroy
- I’d develop a strategic long-game that’d enable me to get to the prize without getting voted off
- I’m great at starting fires and making the most of makeshift shelters
- I could provide food for everyone ’cause I’m good at fishing, tracking, identifying edible plants and cooking
- I’ll be the one keeping everybody laughing
- I’m a team player capable of adapting to environments outside of my comfort zone
- I’m very cute and charming so it’s possible nobody will notice that I haven’t really “contributed”
- Honestly this is not the game for me
14. Pick a Core Value:*
- Fairness
- Friendships
- Boldness
- Loyalty
- Beauty
- Justice
- Community
- Authenticity
- Creativity
- Brilliance
15. You've been asked to wear a school uniform: a plaid skirt, a white button-up shirt, a tie and a navy blue cardigan. How will you adapt it?*
- I’ll wear the damn uniform but I’m wearing sneakers with it
- I’m sure it’s fine as is! Fashion is not my thing!
- Black tights, black boots and lots of jewelery
- I’d wear the boy’s uniform
- Swap the blazer for a leather jacket and accessorize with motorcycle boots
- I’d tailor the blazer to be more in line with current trends and add some white knee socks, Prada loafers and a Tiffany’s bracelet
- Let’s just wait and see which part of the uniform I accidentally ruin and go from there
- I’d make it a little sexier — maybe tie the button-up into a midriff-bearing knot or hike up the skirt?
- Ditch the shirt for a white men’s tank top
- Put on a red tank under the shirt, leave shirt unbuttoned, add gold hoops and a necklace, top off with black chunky shoes and red socks
16. Pick a dog or cat:*
17. Which of these 90s movies do you THINK made you gay? (This question is optional and won't override your other answers, but it could be a tie-breaker.)
- A League of Their Own
- Now and Then
- The Craft
- Set It Off
- Foxfire
- Clueless
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Empire Records
- Girl Interrupted
- Sister Act 2

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Riese

Riese is the co-founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker and LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York, and now lives in Los Angeles. Follow her on twitter and instagram.

Riese has written 3303 articles for us.

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