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How Queer Pro Wrestlers Are Handling America's Anti-LGBTQ+ Heel Turn | Defector (defector.com)

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Great article featuring perspectives from Pollo Del Mar, Anthony Bowens, Sonny Kiss, Nyla Rose, and Kidd Bandit. It really is shameful how our country is persecuting LGBTQ folks. It's getting really scary out there.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

The fact that pro wrestling has come so far from where it was just a decade ago is good news. Obviously, there is still a lot of progress to be made, but a lot of toxic elements of the industry are being challenged. The old guard is dying off or joining the fight. Billy Gunn went from a bad gay joke to being Daddy Ass, surrogate father of Bowens. They mention Steiner, but Poppa Pump hasn't been anything but a shitty meme for 20 years. Here's hoping that the bigots all over either fade into obscurity or look in the mirror and realize they're the problem, not queer folks.