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  2. Feb 20, 2024 · And although Hairspray doesn’t have a single LGBTQ character, there is something undeniably queer about it. For two teenagers growing up in the South, it marked a moment for both of us where we...

  3. Jun 8, 2023 · Thirty-five years after it first danced into theaters, John Waters's contemporary classic Hairspray is back on the big screen for a pair of Pride Month screenings organized by Fathom Events.

  4. Sep 14, 2023 · Good morning, Baltimore! In 1988, director John Waters debuted his wacky, irreverent quasi-musical “Hairspray” in theaters. The story of Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake), a young Baltimore teen ...

  5. Jul 3, 2007 · John Travolta says that gay-rights folks who are looking to boycott “Hairspray” don’t know what they’re talking about. The 1988 version of the film is a cult classic in which late drag queen...

  6. Kevin Naff, a managing editor for a Washington, D.C./Baltimore area gay newspaper named the Washington Blade, called for a boycott of the film, alleging that Scientology, in which Travolta is an adherent, was homophobic, and it supported "cure" workshops for homosexuals.

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  7. Oct 18, 2020 · The actress came out as gay in a video posted on TikTok in June 2020, which showed the actress lip-synching to Diana Ross' "I'm Coming Out." Blonsky, who has performed at Pride events, told The...

  8. Jul 17, 2007 · In a blog entry posted in May on the Web site of The Washington Blade (washblade.com), a gay newspaper, Kevin Naff, its editor, called for a boycott of "Hairspray" because of Travolta's...