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• THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
• ‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY
• DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED
• PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY
• ‘PRISON BREAK’ FANS WON’T LET GO: COULD MICHAEL SFIELD BE GAY?
• WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT: 'PRISON BREAK' STAR REVEALS HE'S GAY

THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light. Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol. He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe. “‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy. The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay.

‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn. ” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them. Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope.

In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor.

Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas.

DID YOU KNOW MICHAEL SFIELD OF PRISON BREAK IS GAY? SEE THE MEN HE HAS DATED

”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn.

“And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay... In an Instagram post about homophobic ments he has received, the 48-year-old actor also wrote, "On a related note... Among the gay rol he has played sce then was Leo Snart / Capta Cold, the superhero character he played The Flash and Legends of those rpondg to Miller's new msage was Domic Purcell, who plays his brother Lln Burrows the Fox drama.

PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY

She wrote: "yterday @wentworthler announced he's done playg michael sfield bee as a gay man he wants to foc on playg gay characters. Wentworth Miller who starred as Michael Slfield the popular televisn seri ‘Prison Break’ has revealed to the world that he is gay.

In his letter, the 41-year-old actor thanked the anizers of the film ftival for the vatn, but said the followg his letter, “As a gay man, I mt cle. In his letter, Miller said that he was greatly troubled by the way the Rsian ernment is treatg gay men and women that untry.

He said he found the ernment’s behavr towards the gay muny as one that is totally unacceptable. Miller further stated that he uldn’t brg himself to attend or be part of a celebratory ocsn a untry which discrimated agast gay men and women like himself. Rsia recently passed new laws that banned people om exprsg any form of support for the rights of gay people.

‘PRISON BREAK’ FANS WON’T LET GO: COULD MICHAEL SFIELD BE GAY?

The new anti-gay laws Rsia are what ma Miller to refe to honor the vatn to grace the film ftival the untry.

He cled bee of their anti-LGBTQ legislatn, and then ma his letter public — officially g out as gay for the first time. Michael refed to play his role sce he is gay but the character he had to actor as a straight person. Fd out why the Prison Break star is talkg about his sexualyByAug 21, 2013 9:47 PMTagsMatt Sayl/AP PhotoWentworth Miller has e out as gay.

"However, as a gay man, I mt cle.

WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT: 'PRISON BREAK' STAR REVEALS HE'S GAY

"I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he ntued the letter, posted on GLAAD's webse. Implemented last month, a ntroversial new law has banned "propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns around mors, " cludg the public discsn of gay rights and relatnships anywhere children might hear . The anti-gay propaganda law quickly stirred up ntroversy, wh people llg for a boytt of the 2014 Wter Olympics Rsia to gay bars Los Angel and New York holdg "vodka-dumpg" protts.

Hos/FOXMadonna was unsuccsfully sued by nservative groups Rsia for vlatg the propoganda law St Petersburg after she said durg a ncert there last summer that gay people should be "treated wh digny. Greg Gayne... Wentworth Miller broke the hearts of Prison Break fans everywhere when he revealed he wasn’t terted revivg Michael Sfield bee the character wasn’t gay.

In real life, Wentworth is a happily homosexual man. And, he’s only terted homosexual rol.