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De-Gayed By Hollywood: 22 Movies
That “Straightwashed” LGBTQ+ Women Characters

Riese

Jul 15, 2021
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Why Did We Love “Grease”
So Much As Gay Children?

Drew Burnett Gregory

Aug 22, 2019
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The Black
Lesbian Movie Project

A. Tony Jerome

Feb 18, 2019
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20 Movies About Friendship and Misandry For
When You Want to Burn it All Down

Carmen Phillips

Oct 8, 2018

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De-Gayed By Hollywood: 22 Movies
That “Straightwashed” LGBTQ+ Women Characters

Riese

Jul 15, 2021
movie features

Why Did We Love “Grease”
So Much As Gay Children?

Drew Burnett Gregory

Aug 22, 2019
movie lists

The Black
Lesbian Movie Project

A. Tony Jerome

Feb 18, 2019
movie lists

20 Movies About Friendship and Misandry For
When You Want to Burn it All Down

Carmen Phillips

Oct 8, 2018

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De-Gayed By Hollywood: 22 Movies That “Straightwashed” LGBTQ+ Women Characters

Lesbian and bisexual characters have been straightwashed out of existence in many beloved Hollywood films. Here are 22 examples of times queer stories were de-gayed for mainstream consumption.

Riese —

Jul 15, 2021

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Why Did We Love “Grease” So Much As Gay Children?

“I see the dichotomies of Good Sandy v. Bad Sandy as something specifically magnetic for little baby gays, too, even if we were too baby to fully unpack that.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Aug 22, 2019

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The Black Lesbian Movie Project

What if “Coming To America” starred Lena Waithe instead of Eddie Murphy? What if Sanaa Lathan and Gabrielle Union made out with each other at the end of “Love &…

A. Tony Jerome —

Feb 18, 2019

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