If anyone ever tells you that Alien isn’t queer as hell, don’t listen to them.

Universities pay them to do this.

That said, I consider myself an amateur queer theorist.

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Naturally, this was a red region of Virginia.

I stood up in front of my class and explained how Janie Crawford was secretly a big ol lez.

This makes me a queer theorist and thus qualified to explain why the entireAlienfranchise is homosexual.

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Here are seven reasons.

Thats exactly what I, a licensed queer theorist, was going to say!

He is an L.A. gay.

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), Lambert will one day become synonymous with gay.

However, we cant say that the 1986 sequelAliensis queer just because theres a character named Lambert in it!

However, its also known as the queerest of all the original four movies.

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First, theres that whole thing about Ripley being a horny human-alien hybrid with razor-sharp nails and acidic blood.

Um, helloooo, that last thing is what happens to every queer person growing up!

But thats not at all.

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The new Ripley is a tad pansexual.

Look at how lovingly she strokes Winona Ryders face.

Its likeBlue is the Warmest Colorin space.

Here is the actual exchange:

Frost: I sure wouldnt mind getting more of that Arcturian poontang.

Hudson: But the one you had was male.

Frost: Doesnt matter when its Arcturian, baby!

The two men laugh and slap hands, complicit in their acceptance of non-normative sexual behavior.

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The hits inAliensjust keep coming!

I rest my case!

Wait, no, actually theres one more thing.

Its dramatic and unexpected.

One person almost faints.

Its the coming out of every queer persons dreams.

I will happily accept my diploma in Queer Studies now.

Thank you for attending my dissertation.