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Gaytrouble in Young Americans

TV. What is going to happen with Jake and Hamilton in Young Americans? Are the other boys at Rawley Academy going to find out about their newfound love? Two teenage boys kissing each other is quite daring for a youth oriented American TV-series, but it's not as daring as it seems. Jake, the wimpier one, is really a girl in guy’s clothing. She is masquerading so that she can attend Rawley Academy for Boys. Far-fetched? Maybe. But it is believable because the actress Katherine Moennig does the job of she-male so well.

In yesterday's episode, handsome Hamilton (Ian Somerhalder) got to know that he isn't really gay, because Jake, who he is in love with, is a girl. Too bad he couldn't be in the state of uncertainty longer. But the charade has to go on: they must appear to be two guys who are merely friends so that Jake will be able to continue attending school at Rawley. Of course, they will have to deal with gay rumors! This show is like an Ivy League-version of the Eve of Epiphany.

from: sylvester.se by Henrik Tornberg, 2001
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