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Cohn, a closeted gay man who would ultimately die of AIDS, takes the young Trump under his wing, instilling in him three rules for success: Attack, attack, attack; admit nothing, deny everything; and always claim victory—never acknowledge defeat.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Amid another crisis in Lebanon, a closeted, young man must embody masculinity to be casting a film.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
Evans will play Brigadier ‘Mad’ Mike Calvert, the closeted homosexual and highly controversial British commander in charge of the elite ‘Malayan Scouts’ leading the military response against the CTs.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
Cohn, the mastermind of the Lavender Scare, which ousted gay and lesbian employees from federal jobs in the ’50s, and himself a closeted homosexual, was Trump's mentor.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Amid another crisis in Lebanon, a closeted, young man must embody masculinity to be casting a film.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
Evans will play Brigadier ‘Mad’ Mike Calvert, the closeted homosexual and highly controversial British commander in charge of the elite ‘Malayan Scouts’ leading the military response against the CTs.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
Cohn, the mastermind of the Lavender Scare, which ousted gay and lesbian employees from federal jobs in the ’50s, and himself a closeted homosexual, was Trump's mentor.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Closeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closeted. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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