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- THE BOLD TYPE'S STEPHEN CONRAD MOORE IS NOBODY'S 'GAY SIKICK'
- AISHA DEE SAYS 'THE BOLD TYPE' HAS A SER DIVERSY PROBLEMTHE ACTRS, WHO PLAYS KAT ON THE FREEFORM SERI, IS LLG FOR THE SHOW TO DO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY CO ROMACKJULY 16, 2020/12:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2000PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}TAYLOR HILL/GETTY IMAGBY CO ROMACKJULY 16, 2020 / 12:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AISHA DEE SAYS 'THE BOLD TYPE' HAS A SER DIVERSY PROBLEM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-07-16T16:21:21.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-07-16T16:21:21.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"CO ROMACK","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT WOULD KAT DO?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHAT THE ACTRS AISHA DEE, WHO PLAYS SRLET MAGAZE'S SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR KAT EDISON ON THE BOLD TYPE, RECENTLY ASKED HERSELF WHEN, ON WEDNDAY (JULY 15), SHE TOOK TO INSTAGRAM TO POT OUT THE FREEFORM SHOW'S FAILURE TO REFLECT THE DIVERSY SEEN ON-SCREEN BEHD THE MERA. "I’M READY TO TAKE A CUE OM MY GIRL KAT," SHE WROTE A HEARTFELT OPEN LETTER. "SHE WOULD TAKE A STAND AND ADVOTE FOR HERSELF AND ALL OTHER MARGALIZED VOIC TO FLUENCE CHANGE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOLD TYPE, WH THE FALE TO S FOURTH SEASON AIRG TONIGHT (JULY 16), FOLLOWS A TR OF YOUNG WOMEN WHO WORK AT A COSMOPOLAN-LIKE PUBLITN (COSMO’S FORMER EDOR CHIEF, JOANNA COL, IS EVEN AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR LIV AND REERS NEW YORK CY. AS KAT, DEE PLAYS A QUEER BLACK WOMAN WHOM THE ACTRS SCRIB AS "UNAPOLOGETIC, OUTSPOKEN, BRAVE, THE WOMAN I ALWAYS WISHED I ULD BE." BUT KAT SAID THAT THIS DIVERSY IS NOT PRENT BEHD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT TOOK TWO SEASONS TO GET A SGLE BIPOC THE WRERS’ ROOM FOR THE BOLD TYPE. AND EVEN THEN, THE RPONSIBILY TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BLACK EXPERIENCE NNOT AND SHOULD NOT FALL ON ONE PERSON," DEE WROTE. "IN FOUR SEASONS (48 EPISOS) WE’VE HAD ONE BLACK WOMAN DIRECT TWO EPISOS.” SHE NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO LGBTQ+ BLACK OR MLIM WRERS BEHD THE SCEN WHEN AN ARC WAS CREATED FOR HER AND A LBIAN MLIM WOMAN, ANA (NIKOHL BOOSHERI). DEE ALSO EXPRSED TRATN WH A RECENT STORYLE WHICH HER CHARACTER ENTERS A RELATNSHIP WH A WOMAN NAMED AVA (ALEX PAXTON-BELEY), WHOSE FATHER OPERATED A GAY NVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CISN TO HAVE KAT ENTER TO A RELATNSHIP WH A PRIVILEGED NSERVATIVE WOMAN FELT NFG AND OUT OF CHARACTER,” DEE SAID. “DPE MY PERSONAL FEELGS ABOUT THE CHOICE, I TRIED MY BT TO TELL THE STORY WH HONTY, EVEN THOUGH THE KAT I KNOW AND LOVE WOULD NEVER MAKE THE CHOIC. IT WAS HEARTBREAKG TO WATCH KAT’S STORY TURN TO A REMPTN STORY FOR SOMEONE ELSE, SOMEONE WHO IS PLIC THE OPPRSN OF SO MANY. SOMEONE WHOSE POLICS ARE ACTIVELY HARMFUL TO HER MUNI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEE WAS ADAMANT THAT HER LETTER WAS NOT A JUDGMENT BUT A PLEA FOR FREEFORM TO DO BETTER. "I’M WRG THIS THE HOP THAT THE PEOPLE WHO E NEXT DON’T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE THGS I HAVE," SHE WROTE. AND PER A STATEMENT ISSUED TO VARIETY, THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW, AS WELL AS FREEFORM AND UNIVERSAL TELEVISN, HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO DEE'S CRIQU, EVEN SHOWG THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE APPLD AISHA FOR RAISG HER HAND AND STARTG NVERSATNS AROUND THE IMPORTANT ISSU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO NTUG THAT DIALOGUE AND ENACTG POSIVE CHANGE," THEY SAID. "OUR GOAL ON THE BOLD TYPE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TELL ENTERTAG, THENTIC STORI THAT ARE REPRENTATIVE OF THE WORLD THAT KAT, JANE AND SUTTON LIVE — WE N ONLY DO THAT IF WE LISTEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
THE BOLD TYPE'S STEPHEN CONRAD MOORE IS NOBODY'S 'GAY SIKICK'
Wh the world weary w of a gay man who's seen all, the character Oliver Grayson mands the fashn partment at the fictnal Srlet magaze on Freeform's tersectnal seri The Bold Type about young women traversg life, love, and their reers. "Oliver is not the first gay male fashn maven to be picted onscreen (Stanley Tucci's Nigel The Devil Wears Prada is a standard bearer). Prevly he enjoyed a n portrayg a married gay man the San Stroman-helmed 2016 off-Broadway play that transn, Moore says, "I realized jt how much more of myself I n brg to the game.
Their characters are given the chance to stggle and fight for their new romance, somethg which isn't jt hand to them for the sake of havg a "gay storyle".
AISHA DEE SAYS 'THE BOLD TYPE' HAS A SER DIVERSY PROBLEMTHE ACTRS, WHO PLAYS KAT ON THE FREEFORM SERI, IS LLG FOR THE SHOW TO DO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY CO ROMACKJULY 16, 2020/12:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2000PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}TAYLOR HILL/GETTY IMAGBY CO ROMACKJULY 16, 2020 / 12:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"AISHA DEE SAYS 'THE BOLD TYPE' HAS A SER DIVERSY PROBLEM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-07-16T16:21:21.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-07-16T16:21:21.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"CO ROMACK","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT WOULD KAT DO?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHAT THE ACTRS AISHA DEE, WHO PLAYS SRLET MAGAZE'S SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR KAT EDISON ON THE BOLD TYPE, RECENTLY ASKED HERSELF WHEN, ON WEDNDAY (JULY 15), SHE TOOK TO INSTAGRAM TO POT OUT THE FREEFORM SHOW'S FAILURE TO REFLECT THE DIVERSY SEEN ON-SCREEN BEHD THE MERA. "I’M READY TO TAKE A CUE OM MY GIRL KAT," SHE WROTE A HEARTFELT OPEN LETTER. "SHE WOULD TAKE A STAND AND ADVOTE FOR HERSELF AND ALL OTHER MARGALIZED VOIC TO FLUENCE CHANGE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BOLD TYPE, WH THE FALE TO S FOURTH SEASON AIRG TONIGHT (JULY 16), FOLLOWS A TR OF YOUNG WOMEN WHO WORK AT A COSMOPOLAN-LIKE PUBLITN (COSMO’S FORMER EDOR CHIEF, JOANNA COL, IS EVEN AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER) AS THEY NAVIGATE THEIR LIV AND REERS NEW YORK CY. AS KAT, DEE PLAYS A QUEER BLACK WOMAN WHOM THE ACTRS SCRIB AS "UNAPOLOGETIC, OUTSPOKEN, BRAVE, THE WOMAN I ALWAYS WISHED I ULD BE." BUT KAT SAID THAT THIS DIVERSY IS NOT PRENT BEHD THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT TOOK TWO SEASONS TO GET A SGLE BIPOC THE WRERS’ ROOM FOR THE BOLD TYPE. AND EVEN THEN, THE RPONSIBILY TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE BLACK EXPERIENCE NNOT AND SHOULD NOT FALL ON ONE PERSON," DEE WROTE. "IN FOUR SEASONS (48 EPISOS) WE’VE HAD ONE BLACK WOMAN DIRECT TWO EPISOS.” SHE NOTED THAT THERE WERE NO LGBTQ+ BLACK OR MLIM WRERS BEHD THE SCEN WHEN AN ARC WAS CREATED FOR HER AND A LBIAN MLIM WOMAN, ANA (NIKOHL BOOSHERI). DEE ALSO EXPRSED TRATN WH A RECENT STORYLE WHICH HER CHARACTER ENTERS A RELATNSHIP WH A WOMAN NAMED AVA (ALEX PAXTON-BELEY), WHOSE FATHER OPERATED A GAY NVERSN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CISN TO HAVE KAT ENTER TO A RELATNSHIP WH A PRIVILEGED NSERVATIVE WOMAN FELT NFG AND OUT OF CHARACTER,” DEE SAID. “DPE MY PERSONAL FEELGS ABOUT THE CHOICE, I TRIED MY BT TO TELL THE STORY WH HONTY, EVEN THOUGH THE KAT I KNOW AND LOVE WOULD NEVER MAKE THE CHOIC. IT WAS HEARTBREAKG TO WATCH KAT’S STORY TURN TO A REMPTN STORY FOR SOMEONE ELSE, SOMEONE WHO IS PLIC THE OPPRSN OF SO MANY. SOMEONE WHOSE POLICS ARE ACTIVELY HARMFUL TO HER MUNI.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEE WAS ADAMANT THAT HER LETTER WAS NOT A JUDGMENT BUT A PLEA FOR FREEFORM TO DO BETTER. "I’M WRG THIS THE HOP THAT THE PEOPLE WHO E NEXT DON’T HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE THGS I HAVE," SHE WROTE. AND PER A STATEMENT ISSUED TO VARIETY, THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW, AS WELL AS FREEFORM AND UNIVERSAL TELEVISN, HAVE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO DEE'S CRIQU, EVEN SHOWG THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE APPLD AISHA FOR RAISG HER HAND AND STARTG NVERSATNS AROUND THE IMPORTANT ISSU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO NTUG THAT DIALOGUE AND ENACTG POSIVE CHANGE," THEY SAID. "OUR GOAL ON THE BOLD TYPE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO TELL ENTERTAG, THENTIC STORI THAT ARE REPRENTATIVE OF THE WORLD THAT KAT, JANE AND SUTTON LIVE — WE N ONLY DO THAT IF WE LISTEN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Not too long before, the pair had learned that a high schooler named Travis, who Ana photographed durg a prott agast Alabama’s “No Promo Homo” sex tn laws, had killed himself after beg sent to one. Dee also exprsed tratn wh a recent storyle which her character enters a relatnship wh a woman named Ava (Alex Paxton-Beley), whose father operated a gay nversn mp. Note: The followg article ntas discsn of gay nversn therapy, which some rears may fd Bold Type is currently airg s fifth and fal season on Freeform.
Speakg exclively to Digal Spy, Nikohl explaed how felt to explore Ana's backstory, specifilly when viewers found out that Ana's father once forced her to go through gay nversn ImagRelated: The Bold Type star reacts to backlash around Kat's "challengg" Republin storyle"I thk that storyle ught even me off-guard.