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Oz, Carnegie, and Fire Island: The myth and meaning of Judy Garland’s gay icon status
Who’s your best Judy? For us, it’s still the Wizard of Oz star who inspired the 20th-century queer slang in question. Ahead of Wicked: For Good, we celebrate the legacy of a community godmother... and find, on balance, she wasn’t perfect! (Spoiler alert: but we love her anyway)
