The gays have been holding space for ‘Defying Gravity’ ever since it was a closeted frat bro romance

Image Credit: ‘Defying Gravity,’ Wolfe Releasing

As Wicked continues to cast its spell on movie-goers around the world, queer fans are once again holding space for “Defying Gravity”—the show-stopping musical number to end all show-stopping musical numbers—and embracing it as a self-empowerment anthem.

But a few years before Idina Menzel first belted out that iconic “OhhhAHahAhhhhhhhh!” on stage, there was another super-gay Defying Gravity, and it’s one you may have forgotten about!

Way back in the summer of 1997, a little indie drama by the name of Defying Gravity premiered at the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, described as “a daring new movie about coming out on campus.”

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