Skip is the grandson of Jack McFarland and the son of Ellt. Like his grandfather, he is gay. He was sent to nversn therapy by his parents, but Jack was able to talk them out of and they now prumably accept him beg gay.
Contents:
- WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
- MOURNG THE LOSS OF TV'S EFFEMATE GAY MEN
- IS SEAN HAY GAY, WHO IS THE HBAND, HOW MUCH IS HE WORTH?
- GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
- SO SEAN HAY IS GAY: JACK MCFARLAND’S 10 BT MOMENTS
- BTED: 5 GAY TV CHARACTERS THAT DEFIED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ALEX ZEILAUGT 27, 2014/9:10 AMBY ALEX ZEILAUGT 27, 2014 / 9:10 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BTED: 5 GAY TV CHARACTERS THAT DEFIED STEREOTYP","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-08-27T13:10:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-08-27T13:10:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEX ZEIL","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT HASN’T BEEN TOO LONG SCE THE DAYS WHEN THE ONLY GAY CHARACTERS PORTRAYED ON TV NEED TO POSSS JACK MCFARLAND LEVELS OF SWISH. THE IA OF TWO MEN DATG WHO WEREN’T ALSO LIVG DOUBLE LIV AS CHER IMPERSONATORS MT HAVE SEEMED FARFETCHED THE MDS OF WORK EXECS. LUCKILY, THE PAST OR SO HAS SEEN A DIVERSIFITN GAY TV CHARACTERS. HERE ARE FIVE LANDMARK ROL THAT BTED STEREOTYP AND SHOWED TV DIENC THAT GAY MEN N BE MORE THAN JT SASSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAX OM HAPPY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAX, PLAYED BY ADAM PALLY, ON HAPPY ENDGS IS FELY NOT JACK MCFARLAND. MAX WATCH FOOTBALL AND EATS TOO MUCH PIZZA AND IS GENERALLY A MS OF A HUMAN BEG. THIS MAY SOUND UNTER-TUIVE, BUT ’S GOOD FOR AMERI THAT THEY HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A GAY MAN WHO ISN’T AS WELL-MATAED AND BUFFED AS, SAY, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS. MAX FELY ISN’T A CHARACTER “WHO JT HAPPENS TO BE GAY” EHER. THROUGHOUT HAPPY ENDGS’ THREE SEASONS, MAX GETS TO DATE, FLIRT, AND HOOK UP AS MUCH AS HIS STRAIGHT -STARS. (AND WE'RE JEALO BEE HIS LOVE TERTS CLUD MAX GREENFIELD AND JAM WOLK.) HAPPY ENDGS EVEN DID AN EPISO WHICH MAX EXPLORED HIS PLACE AMONG THE BEAR/CUB/OTTER TAXONOMY -- AND EVENTUALLY CID HE WAS AN 'OPTIMISTIC RED VELVET WALS". OUR MAX IS MSY, SCFFY, RIDICULOLY SELF-VOLVED, AND ABLE TO BE SEEN ON LOGO STARTG AUGT 30TH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAPTA RAY HOLT OM BROOKLYN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN 2014, THE IA THAT A MAJOR WORK WOULD FEATURE AN OPENLY GAY AIN AMERIN MAN AS A POLICE PTA A WORKPLACE S IS A B REVOLUTNARY. BROOKLYN NE-NE’S CAPTA RAY HOLT IS A ROBOTIC, EFFICIENT, TIMIDATG BOSS WHO’S ONLY REAL GAY TELL IS HIS HBAND -- AND HIS OBSSN WH CANDY CSH KNOCK-OFF, KWAZY KUPK. ANDRE BRGHER HAS RECEIVED ATTENTN (AND AN EMMY NOMATN) FOR HIS ADPAN, “STRAIGHT” TAKE ON HOLT, BUT GO RE-WATCH THE PAST SEASON ON B99 AND TELL ME THERE’S NOT THE FATT HT OF ANDREW LEON TALLEY ANDRE BRGHER’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR LTLE WAS THE WIRE’S BLACK SHEEP -- AND PRINT OBAMA’S FAVORE TV CHARACTER OF ALL TIME. AS A GAY MAN GROWG UP ON THE STREETS OF MARYLAND, OMAR GOT A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE HOMOPHOBIA RAMPANT THE WORLD OF BALTIMORE DG ALERS. BUT STEAD OF HIDG HIS SEXUALY (WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER FOR HIM THAN MOST) AND ASSIATG TO A WORLD OF CRIME, OMAR CHOSE TO FLNT HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE SPOKE WH ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS BACK 2008, JT AFTER THE CHARACTER WAS OFFED ON THE SHOW. WE ASKED HIM HOW HIS GROUNDBREAKG CHARACTER SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE END OF THE DAY, TEN, TWENTY YEARS OM NOW, WHEN YOU THK BACK AND LOOK AT THE WIRE AND THK OF OMAR, THE LAST THG YOU’RE GOG TO REMEMBER HIM FOR IS WHO HE SLEPT WH. THAT’S THE WAY SHOULD BE REAL LIFE. YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS SUCH A SMALL PART OF YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. IT DON’T MAKE UP WHO YOU ARE AS A HUMAN BEG, AS AN DIVIDUAL, OR WHAT YOUR LEGACY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR, OR WHAT THEY WRE ON YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'HERE LI OMAR LTLE, AN OPENLY GAY HOMOTHUG.' THAT’S NOT GONNA READ ON HIS TOMB OR ANYBODY’S FOR THAT MATTER. "{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY OM TEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY IS A BTWEET SELECTN FOR THIS ROUND-UP --- MOSTLY BEE HE APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH THE DAYS-- OR AT LEAST BANISHED OM BEAN HILLS FOR THE FIFTH SEASON OF TEEN WOLF. THAT'S TOO BAD, BEE WHEN HE WAS TRODUCED 2011 HE WAS A TE RARY-- AN ATHLETIC, WELL-ADJTED GAY KID, NO QUTNS ASKED, NO G OUT STORY. SEEMGLY UNAWARE OF THE SUPERNATURAL SHENANIGANS GOG ON AROUND HIM, DANNY SPENT THE FIRST TWO SEASONS OF TEEN WOLF KICKG AROUND AS JOCK EYE-NDY UNTIL THE TRODUCTN OF ETHAN (CHARLIE CARVER), HIS ALPHA-WOLF BOYIEND. THE SHIPPG FOR “DETHAN” LAST SEASON WAS SO LOUD ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ENURAGED ME TO FALLY CHECK OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, MAYBE KEAHU KAHUANUI’S ABS ALSO HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZERO OM H THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H THE FLOOR IS A VH1 SHOW ABOUT CHEERLEARS AND BASKETBALL WH A HT OF GAY TRIGUE, BUT, TO BE HONT, WHO R ABOUT CHEERLEARS AND BASKETBALL? THE MA REASON TO WATCH IS FOR ADAM SENN’S PERFORMANCE AS MANIPULATIVE, CLOSETED BASKETBALL PLAYER ZERO. (IT HELPS THAT THE GUY BEARS A STRONG REMBLANCE TO DAVID BECKHAM.) TOWARD THE END OF SEASON ONE, ZERO BEGAN HOOKG UP WH HIS AGENT, JU (EQUALLY SEXY BRENT ANTONELLO), AND 10% OF THE POPULATN GOT A NEW REASON TO CHECK OUT THE SHOW. UNLIKE THE OTHER CHARACTERS ON THIS LIST, ZERO IS STILL HIDG HIS SEXUALY, BUT ’S CLEAR WHERE H THE FLOOR IS HEAD. HERE’S HOPG THIS SHOW DCH THE DRAMA-PLAGUED CHEERLEARS AND JT SHOWS ZERO AND JU GOG AT -- OR EVEN JT ZERO TAKG HIS K OFF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- MOURNG THE LOSS OF TV'S EFFEMATE GAY MEN
WILL AND GRACE STAR CONFIRMS HE’S GAY
"I never have had a problem sayg who I am," the actor says his first terview wh gay magaze The Advote * jack mcfarland gay *
The ensemble edy seri featured two gay characters—lawyer Will Tman (Eric McCormack) and aspirg actor Jack McFarland (Sean Hay)—and their bt iends, terr signer Grace Adler (Debra Msg) and eccentric sociale Karen Walker (Megan Mullally), whose fun-filled antics were enjoyed by lns of viewers for eight seasons on NBC. Kohan was a mutual iend who watched their relatnship change and mature over the only relatnship NBC executive Warren Ltlefield was terted , however, was the one wh the gay man livg wh the straight woman.
When Mutchnick and Kohan wrote the pilot, they jt foced on the Will and Grace two creators named the show Will & Grace based on a ncept the Jewish philosophy book I and Thou by Mart Buber, which he says that one needs the "will" to go after the prence of the Eternal and the "grace" to receive wag to hear about the fate of their show after submtg their pilot script, the two men sent Warren Ltlefield fax listg the box office numbers of The Birdge and My Bt Friend’s Weddg, two h movi featurg gay Hay was at the Sundance Film Ftival Park Cy, Utah when a work stg executive faxed him the pilot script for Will & Grace after seeg him Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss.
'" The next day, she agreed to take the Barrowman, who is gay, said he was told by Will & Grace producers that he was ‘too straight’ to play Will. ” In 2014, The Smhsonian Instute add ems om Will & Grace as part of their llectn documentg the history of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr dividuals. Yup, he's gay real life, too.
MOURNG THE LOSS OF TV'S EFFEMATE GAY MEN
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The rolutely private actor recently gave his first terview to gay newsmagaze The Advote after many nied requts. You're gonna shoot the gay guy down? The star of the popular, Emmy-wng gay s adds, "I feel like I've ntributed monumentally to the succs of the gay movement Ameri, and if anyone wants to argue that, I’m open to .
IS SEAN HAY GAY, WHO IS THE HBAND, HOW MUCH IS HE WORTH?
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Although LGBTQ+ reprentatn the days is much more prevalent among viewers, let's take a look at the 13 characters who reprented the muny durg a time when the topic of beg gay was still a ltle taboo. His ma storyle was his stggle as a gay man a nservative society.
GAY STEREOTYP: ARE THEY TE?
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Will & Grace’s succsful eight-season n proved pays off to give screen time to gay characters.
Will & Grace’s Jack McFarland loved himself, and he loved beg gay.
SO SEAN HAY IS GAY: JACK MCFARLAND’S 10 BT MOMENTS
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When we’re first troduced to Enrique “Rickie” Vasquez on My So-Called Life, he intifi as bi, but later out to iends Angela and Rayanne as gay.
Jack McPhee on Dawson’s Creek gave voice to the difficulty of g out as a teen a fay that’s already dysfunctnal and has a whole lot of homophobia to work through. Remember alternate realy Willow om "The Wish" and "Doppelgangland" who Buffyverse realy Willow thought might be “a ltle gay”? Jack mentns that he was born via Caarean sectn thereby nsirs himself "platum gay" or a gay man who has never been ntact wh a vaga.
BTED: 5 GAY TV CHARACTERS THAT DEFIED {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ALEX ZEILAUGT 27, 2014/9:10 AMBY ALEX ZEILAUGT 27, 2014 / 9:10 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BTED: 5 GAY TV CHARACTERS THAT DEFIED STEREOTYP","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-08-27T13:10:54.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-08-27T13:10:54.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ALEX ZEIL","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT HASN’T BEEN TOO LONG SCE THE DAYS WHEN THE ONLY GAY CHARACTERS PORTRAYED ON TV NEED TO POSSS JACK MCFARLAND LEVELS OF SWISH. THE IA OF TWO MEN DATG WHO WEREN’T ALSO LIVG DOUBLE LIV AS CHER IMPERSONATORS MT HAVE SEEMED FARFETCHED THE MDS OF WORK EXECS. LUCKILY, THE PAST OR SO HAS SEEN A DIVERSIFITN GAY TV CHARACTERS. HERE ARE FIVE LANDMARK ROL THAT BTED STEREOTYP AND SHOWED TV DIENC THAT GAY MEN N BE MORE THAN JT SASSY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAX OM HAPPY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAX, PLAYED BY ADAM PALLY, ON HAPPY ENDGS IS FELY NOT JACK MCFARLAND. MAX WATCH FOOTBALL AND EATS TOO MUCH PIZZA AND IS GENERALLY A MS OF A HUMAN BEG. THIS MAY SOUND UNTER-TUIVE, BUT ’S GOOD FOR AMERI THAT THEY HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A GAY MAN WHO ISN’T AS WELL-MATAED AND BUFFED AS, SAY, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS. MAX FELY ISN’T A CHARACTER “WHO JT HAPPENS TO BE GAY” EHER. THROUGHOUT HAPPY ENDGS’ THREE SEASONS, MAX GETS TO DATE, FLIRT, AND HOOK UP AS MUCH AS HIS STRAIGHT -STARS. (AND WE'RE JEALO BEE HIS LOVE TERTS CLUD MAX GREENFIELD AND JAM WOLK.) HAPPY ENDGS EVEN DID AN EPISO WHICH MAX EXPLORED HIS PLACE AMONG THE BEAR/CUB/OTTER TAXONOMY -- AND EVENTUALLY CID HE WAS AN 'OPTIMISTIC RED VELVET WALS". OUR MAX IS MSY, SCFFY, RIDICULOLY SELF-VOLVED, AND ABLE TO BE SEEN ON LOGO STARTG AUGT 30TH!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAPTA RAY HOLT OM BROOKLYN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN 2014, THE IA THAT A MAJOR WORK WOULD FEATURE AN OPENLY GAY AIN AMERIN MAN AS A POLICE PTA A WORKPLACE S IS A B REVOLUTNARY. BROOKLYN NE-NE’S CAPTA RAY HOLT IS A ROBOTIC, EFFICIENT, TIMIDATG BOSS WHO’S ONLY REAL GAY TELL IS HIS HBAND -- AND HIS OBSSN WH CANDY CSH KNOCK-OFF, KWAZY KUPK. ANDRE BRGHER HAS RECEIVED ATTENTN (AND AN EMMY NOMATN) FOR HIS ADPAN, “STRAIGHT” TAKE ON HOLT, BUT GO RE-WATCH THE PAST SEASON ON B99 AND TELL ME THERE’S NOT THE FATT HT OF ANDREW LEON TALLEY ANDRE BRGHER’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR LTLE WAS THE WIRE’S BLACK SHEEP -- AND PRINT OBAMA’S FAVORE TV CHARACTER OF ALL TIME. AS A GAY MAN GROWG UP ON THE STREETS OF MARYLAND, OMAR GOT A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE HOMOPHOBIA RAMPANT THE WORLD OF BALTIMORE DG ALERS. BUT STEAD OF HIDG HIS SEXUALY (WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER FOR HIM THAN MOST) AND ASSIATG TO A WORLD OF CRIME, OMAR CHOSE TO FLNT HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE SPOKE WH ACTOR MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS BACK 2008, JT AFTER THE CHARACTER WAS OFFED ON THE SHOW. WE ASKED HIM HOW HIS GROUNDBREAKG CHARACTER SHOULD BE REMEMBERED AND HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE END OF THE DAY, TEN, TWENTY YEARS OM NOW, WHEN YOU THK BACK AND LOOK AT THE WIRE AND THK OF OMAR, THE LAST THG YOU’RE GOG TO REMEMBER HIM FOR IS WHO HE SLEPT WH. THAT’S THE WAY SHOULD BE REAL LIFE. YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS SUCH A SMALL PART OF YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. IT DON’T MAKE UP WHO YOU ARE AS A HUMAN BEG, AS AN DIVIDUAL, OR WHAT YOUR LEGACY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR, OR WHAT THEY WRE ON YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}'HERE LI OMAR LTLE, AN OPENLY GAY HOMOTHUG.' THAT’S NOT GONNA READ ON HIS TOMB OR ANYBODY’S FOR THAT MATTER. "{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY OM TEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY IS A BTWEET SELECTN FOR THIS ROUND-UP --- MOSTLY BEE HE APPEARS TO HAVE FALLEN OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH THE DAYS-- OR AT LEAST BANISHED OM BEAN HILLS FOR THE FIFTH SEASON OF TEEN WOLF. THAT'S TOO BAD, BEE WHEN HE WAS TRODUCED 2011 HE WAS A TE RARY-- AN ATHLETIC, WELL-ADJTED GAY KID, NO QUTNS ASKED, NO G OUT STORY. SEEMGLY UNAWARE OF THE SUPERNATURAL SHENANIGANS GOG ON AROUND HIM, DANNY SPENT THE FIRST TWO SEASONS OF TEEN WOLF KICKG AROUND AS JOCK EYE-NDY UNTIL THE TRODUCTN OF ETHAN (CHARLIE CARVER), HIS ALPHA-WOLF BOYIEND. THE SHIPPG FOR “DETHAN” LAST SEASON WAS SO LOUD ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ENURAGED ME TO FALLY CHECK OUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, MAYBE KEAHU KAHUANUI’S ABS ALSO HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZERO OM H THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H THE FLOOR IS A VH1 SHOW ABOUT CHEERLEARS AND BASKETBALL WH A HT OF GAY TRIGUE, BUT, TO BE HONT, WHO R ABOUT CHEERLEARS AND BASKETBALL? THE MA REASON TO WATCH IS FOR ADAM SENN’S PERFORMANCE AS MANIPULATIVE, CLOSETED BASKETBALL PLAYER ZERO. (IT HELPS THAT THE GUY BEARS A STRONG REMBLANCE TO DAVID BECKHAM.) TOWARD THE END OF SEASON ONE, ZERO BEGAN HOOKG UP WH HIS AGENT, JU (EQUALLY SEXY BRENT ANTONELLO), AND 10% OF THE POPULATN GOT A NEW REASON TO CHECK OUT THE SHOW. UNLIKE THE OTHER CHARACTERS ON THIS LIST, ZERO IS STILL HIDG HIS SEXUALY, BUT ’S CLEAR WHERE H THE FLOOR IS HEAD. HERE’S HOPG THIS SHOW DCH THE DRAMA-PLAGUED CHEERLEARS AND JT SHOWS ZERO AND JU GOG AT -- OR EVEN JT ZERO TAKG HIS K OFF A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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Jack rells that his father Daniel was disuragg and cel to him growg up gay. Although openly gay to his iends, Jack never actually me out to his mother, fearg she will not be able to handle havg a gay son and "fall apart" if she fds out, even tellg her that he and Grace were once a uple. He has bee a baret sger[14][15][16], ge dancer[17], ter-waer[18][19], backup dancer to Jennifer Lopez[20] and then to Ja Jackson[11], assistant to Grace[21], a ndidate for the Manhattan Gay Men's Chos[22], a sal clerk at Banana Republic[23] and Barney's New York[24], a stunt nurse[25], a surfer[25], a playwright[26], a novelist[27], a mercial[28] and theater actor[29], an actg teacher[30], a magician[31], a junr executive[32] and a talk show host[33] at OutTV, before ultimately beg st as the lead the crime drama The Badge as Chuck Rafferty, a straight hard-boiled tective[34].
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Portrayed as a nfint gay man, Jack has always had a passn for actg and the theater, although his iends equently exprs doubt his abili. Strangely, Jack believ gay rights but seemgly disdas heterosexual as well as lbian relatnships, [41] sayg that "if God had tend man and woman to be together, he would've given them both penis".
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[42] Acrdg to Will he has the bt gaydar the tristate area. Jack is also implied to be an animal lover, beg the owner of Guapo even before the begng of the seri, Kls Von Puppy sce the first season, and the fourth season, he and Karen bought Lamar, a horse who turned out to be gay.
[45] In the eighth season, Jack donated enough money to the zoo so two gay pengus will not be separated. Jack unashamedly ador all gay ins particularly Cher, of whom he has a rare doll[47]. They ially exprsed that they didn't have anythg mon until they disvered they both love figure skatg, Antiqu Road Show[55], and gay porn[56] and they beg to bond.