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She began her professional dance career with the American Ballet Theatre in Recent York City at age six; wrote her first guide, She Was Friendly to Mice at age 12; and starred in the monumentally popular films,; The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s Blaze and WarGames as a young adult.
Brat Pack original Alexandra Elizabeth “Ally” Sheedy may not be a lesbian (sorry, ladies), but her investment in the LGBTQI community goes unmatched—both her mother, civil-rights activist Charlotte Sheedy, and daughter, Rebecca, are same-sex attracted. Her passion to serve and sparkle a light on the community she calls home is unflappable.
When I reached out to Ally for an interview about LGBTQI homeless youth and her work surrounding The Ali Forney Center, she responded immediately. Her kind demeanor, generosity and loyalty to the identical rights fight in the United States was evident and I was humbled and honored to engage in a very candid, personal chat with her.
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Film Daze
By Nia Tucker
Queer-coded characters exist in our favorite movies across all genres of film. Queerness is not inherently able to be defined succinctly and broadly, but when you know, you know. If they aren’t the villains, read: Jafar from Aladdin, Maleficent or even the Babadook, queer-coded characters are instantly recognized by queer audiences. It’s either a messy shag of hair, baggy, loose-fitting clothes, all-black attire and lesbian-esque black platform boots, or maybe it’s the sarcasm and the innate sexuality that they possess. These characters are never explicitly given queer backstories. It’s all a guessing game, but in some instances, there are deliberate instances of “straight-washing” these characters to make a indicate about queerness existence an aberration.
Allison Reynolds, played by Ally Sheedy in the classic John Hughes film The Breakfast Club, is an unquestionable non-binary womxn loving womxn restricted by a cis/straight plotline. Tumblr days were inundated with images and profile pictures of her and her iconic mane and dark eyeliner. I have always believed that she is queer. Even more so after seeing how bent Hughes was in washing away her queerness
Breakfast Club star Ally Sheedy, 59, says she 'learned a lot' from the journey her child, 27, made from Rebecca to Beckett: 'He doesn't mask anything'
Ally Sheedy says it has been educational watching her child's trans journey.
And the 59-year-old movie celebrity added things could not be going better with Beckett Lansbury, 27, whom she shares with her ex-husband, 60-year-old actor David Lansbury, who is the nephew of Angela Lansbury.
'I've learned a lot,' the 1980s icon told People this week. 'Beck doesn't obscure anything.'
The St Elmo's Passion star also said: 'And I feel very pleasant talking to anyone whose kid is just start the process of transition. Parents need to instruct themselves.'
Ally Sheedy says it has been educational watching her son's trans journey. And the movie luminary added things could not be going better with Beckett Lansbury, 27; seen in a press image for her new exhibit Single Drunk Female
Learning: On the left Ally is with son Beckett. And on the right, her child as Rebecca in 2008
The New York native says she feels for parents who are at first worried when their child wants to transition.
'It's natural to have fears about your kids, no mat
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I’ve spent my whole life thinking I was older than my age. Having older crushes, older friends. Latching onto mentors with a frantic desperation. An arrogance or a loneliness telling me I’m better than others at my stage in life. That I should skip a grade, skip an age, be today where I could be tomorrow.
When I moved to Los Angeles two years ago, I was 25. Objectively an adult. When my parents were 25 they were married. Every time I checked Facebook I saw peers doing the equal. Some had children. We were adults. I was an adult.
Before I moved to LA, I lived in a one bedroom apartment with my girlfriend who was four years older than me. We were artists in New York with no plans to have kids, but we shared a domesticity all the same. I’d started putting wealth aside each month to acquire a dog. Adulthood.
But when I moved to LA, I’d only been out of the closet for two years. When I broke up with my girlfriend, I had never dated as a woman or a gay person. And yet as I began to seek community, to pursue my career with