"contains anti-homophobic messages" - meaning that it promotes homosexuality by pretending that opponents are motivated by irrational fear or hostility
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*Tony, a homosexual boy (included to challenge the expectation "that Indian men can’t be gay")
*Tony, a homosexual boy (included to challenge the expectation "that Indian men can’t be gay")
*Jules, a (possibly) homosexual girl
*Jules, a (possibly) homosexual girl
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Marcia Ellen Beevre said the movie "contains strong anti-homophobic messages."<ref> [http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art18701.asp Bend It Like Beckham - What Might Have Been]</ref>