Beefcake, gay subtexts, and queer representation in mass media from the 1950s to the present
Aug 4, 2012
Shia LaBeouf's female fans
Shia LaBeouf is not well-known as gay-friendly, but his shirtless and nude shots have gained him a number of male followers. Or not. According to Contact Music, his "female" fans enjoy seeing him nude. Certainly not his male fans, since no gay men exist
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I know this was meant more as a dig at 'Contact Music', but I just thought I'd chime in to say Shia Lebouf is definitely gay friendly. I remember an appearance he made on 'Regis and Kelly' back when he was promoting the film 'The Greatest Game Ever Played' and Regis asked some question about the film. In response, Shia began to describe some of the antisemitism addressed in the film and, out of the blue, without any prompting, he compared the discrimination Jews faced at the time to the gay rights struggle today. From tracing the date the film was released (2005) and his date of birth (1986), Shia would have been only 19 years old at the time, and I remember thinking he probably had a close family member and/or friend who was gay, since I don't know of any teenage boys who would go out of their way to bring up the issue of gay rights on national television, unless they were gay (or questioning) themselves.
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