Hilary Duff Reacts To Theory That Cadet Kelly Is A Low Key Queer Love Story
perezhilton.comHilary Duff had no idea one of her old Disney Channel Original Movies was so important to the queer community!
In an interview with Cosmopolitan this week, the How I Met Your Father star was asked if she’d ever considered the film Cadet Kelly as “being queer-coded.” The 34-year-old admitted she never saw the 2002 military flick in that light — that is, until one of her new co-stars explained to her just how the LGBTQ+ community felt about it all these years. Related: Hilary Under Fire For Video Of Her 3-Year-Old Riding Without Car Seat She explained: It wouldn’t be the only time Duff helped out the queer community!
Back in 2008, the Lizzie Maguire alum filmed a PSA (watch it here) for the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) campaign to eradicate the phrase “that’s so gay” from casual conversation.
Ever since, she’s been considered nothing short of a hero to LGBTQ+ millennials everywhere. Whether or not Cadet Kelly was, in fact, queer-coded is up for interpretation.
