Benedict Cumberbatch opens up about straight actors playg gay characters

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• "LOST" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, {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;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008/2:20 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"LOST\" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, ANYWAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+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":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}****IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, SPOILERS FOLLOW...****{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;}Y, AFTER FOUR SEASONS AND UNTLS PLOT TWISTS (CLUDG ONE PK HERRG) WAS REVEALED LAST NIGHT THAT ONE OF THE SHOW'S 4,397 CHARACTERS IS A GAY {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;}{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;}LAST NIGHT'S EPISO WAS MOSTLY ABOUT MICHAEL, AND HOW HE WAS ALG WH THE GUILT OM DOG ABC'S DIRTY WORK FOR THEM CULLG A FEW OF THE ST'S DWIS. BUT AMIDST THAT TRIGUE, WE ALSO LEARNED THAT TOM FRIENDLY, ONE OF THE ... ER, IENDLIER ... OTHERS, IS AN OUT GAY MAN. THERE HAD BEEN HTS TO TOM'S GAYNS PREVLY (HE HAD MENTNED THAT KATE "WASN'T HIS TYPE" ONCE BEFORE) BUT THIS IS THE FIRST NCRETE {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 ALSO LEARN THAT MR. FRIENDLY (PLAYED BY M.C. GAEY) MAK OFF THE ISLAND AND TRACKS DOWN MICHAEL MANHATTAN, AND HAS AT LEAST FOUND TIME TO CLEAN UP AND PICK UP A DAPPER BOYTOY NAMED ARTURO. HE GIV A SUICIDAL MICHAEL A BEAT-DOWN AND THEN BREAKS THE NEWS TO HIM THAT THE ISLAND WON'T LET HIM KILL HIMSELF. MICHAEL LEARNS THAT THE WRECKAGE OF THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND AND GO TO TOM'S HOTEL ROOM, WHERE TOM ASKS ARTURO TO EXCE THEM. THEY SHARE A QUICK RNER-MOUTH-PECK AND TOM GIV MICHAEL A LOOK THAT SAYS, "ONE WORD AND I'LL KICK YOUR ASS AGA." HE TELLS MICHAEL THAT HE DON'T MAKE TO THE MALAND TOO OFTEN AND WHEN HE DO HE LIK TO DULGE {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;}TOM GIV MICHAEL A CHANCE TO REEM HIMSELF BY GOG UNRVER ON A EIGHTER THAT HAS FOUND THE ORDAT TO THE ISLAND AND KILLG EVERYONE ONBOARD. SOUNDS LIKE OLD TTAMENT REMPTN TO ME!{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;}SO WHAT'D FOLKS THK? DID EVERYONE ASSUME THAT TOM WAS ALREADY AD, AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE HIM POP UP AS A WEALTHY GAY MAN PULLG THE STRGS?{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY CHARACTERS ON LOST
• WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

"LOST" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, {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;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008/2:20 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"LOST\" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, ANYWAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+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":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}****IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, SPOILERS FOLLOW...****{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;}Y, AFTER FOUR SEASONS AND UNTLS PLOT TWISTS (CLUDG ONE PK HERRG) WAS REVEALED LAST NIGHT THAT ONE OF THE SHOW'S 4,397 CHARACTERS IS A GAY {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;}{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;}LAST NIGHT'S EPISO WAS MOSTLY ABOUT MICHAEL, AND HOW HE WAS ALG WH THE GUILT OM DOG ABC'S DIRTY WORK FOR THEM CULLG A FEW OF THE ST'S DWIS. BUT AMIDST THAT TRIGUE, WE ALSO LEARNED THAT TOM FRIENDLY, ONE OF THE ... ER, IENDLIER ... OTHERS, IS AN OUT GAY MAN. THERE HAD BEEN HTS TO TOM'S GAYNS PREVLY (HE HAD MENTNED THAT KATE "WASN'T HIS TYPE" ONCE BEFORE) BUT THIS IS THE FIRST NCRETE {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 ALSO LEARN THAT MR. FRIENDLY (PLAYED BY M.C. GAEY) MAK OFF THE ISLAND AND TRACKS DOWN MICHAEL MANHATTAN, AND HAS AT LEAST FOUND TIME TO CLEAN UP AND PICK UP A DAPPER BOYTOY NAMED ARTURO. HE GIV A SUICIDAL MICHAEL A BEAT-DOWN AND THEN BREAKS THE NEWS TO HIM THAT THE ISLAND WON'T LET HIM KILL HIMSELF. MICHAEL LEARNS THAT THE WRECKAGE OF THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND AND GO TO TOM'S HOTEL ROOM, WHERE TOM ASKS ARTURO TO EXCE THEM. THEY SHARE A QUICK RNER-MOUTH-PECK AND TOM GIV MICHAEL A LOOK THAT SAYS, "ONE WORD AND I'LL KICK YOUR ASS AGA." HE TELLS MICHAEL THAT HE DON'T MAKE TO THE MALAND TOO OFTEN AND WHEN HE DO HE LIK TO DULGE {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;}TOM GIV MICHAEL A CHANCE TO REEM HIMSELF BY GOG UNRVER ON A EIGHTER THAT HAS FOUND THE ORDAT TO THE ISLAND AND KILLG EVERYONE ONBOARD. SOUNDS LIKE OLD TTAMENT REMPTN TO ME!{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;}SO WHAT'D FOLKS THK? DID EVERYONE ASSUME THAT TOM WAS ALREADY AD, AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE HIM POP UP AS A WEALTHY GAY MAN PULLG THE STRGS?{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

****Y, after four seasons and untls plot twists (cludg one pk herrg) was revealed last night that one of the show's 4, 397 characters is a gay night's episo was mostly about Michael, and how he was alg wh the guilt om dog ABC's dirty work for them cullg a few of the st's DWIs. There had been hts to Tom's gayns prevly (he had mentned that Kate "wasn't his type" once before) but this is the first ncrete also learn that Mr. Once the women fd out that sperm will kill them, you'd thk that the boys and the girls would spl up to two mps that never talk and there would be no choice the matter that homosexualy is preferable to masturbatn (eventually.

To celebrate this tone queer visibily, we looked back over the past three s and round up the 30 most inic LGBTQ characters TV history, om loveable gay uple Mchell and Cameron to trans trailblazers like Sophia Burset.

Even though Jack McFarland’s character has received a mixed receptn for perpetuatg gay stereotyp, he’s one of the longt nng and most inic queer characters on televisn, appearg ten seasons and 188 episos of Will & Grace to date. Mark Inlito has gone on rerd to say that he received a lot of fan mail for his portrayal, wh young gay kids ‘thankg’ him bee they’d never seen themselv reprented on televisn before.

GAY CHARACTERS ON LOST

Seth MacFarlane origally outled an episo which the fan-favoure character me out, but he scrapped , but later admted that Stewie is “almost certaly gay”. Tara’s ath the show’s sixth cycle led to wispread backlash among fans, who acced creator Joss Whedon of beg homophobic (so stupid). The first homosexual romance the anchise occurred by accint when the Japane dub of Beast Wars rewrote the character of Airazor to be male.

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WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS

But one newly released gay fairytale, that n be traced back to at least the 19th century has been disvered by Pete Jordi Wood, the Cornish wrer and illtrator. His rearch suggts that not only did gay fairytale “The Dog And The Sailor” exist but that a “whole chunk of LGBTQ folklore” was “leted” by one homophobic man, as recently as the 1950s. MORE FROM FORBESTalkg About Your Pronouns Is One Easy Way To Be A Transgenr AllyBy Jamie WarehamGay fairytal have always existed, but some have been eded out of history.

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH OPENS UP ABOUT STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

“In the acpanyg Motif Inx of Folklore he piled the 1920s, and revised the 1950s, he lists ‘Homosexualy’ and ‘Lbianism’ a sectn lled “Unnatural Perversns” wh btialy and ct. One guy got to choose what stori did or didn’t make the cut what is now the re rource and system for documentg folklore an orr still ed gay folklore was lost when Sh Thompson and other prolific folklore amics imposed their... [+] a posive queer story that was passed om generatn to generatn over 200 years agoPete Jordi Wood – The Dog And The SailorMORE FROM FORBESOpenly Gay Indian Prce Jos Calls To Ban LGBT Conversn TherapyBy Jamie WarehamThe Dog And The Sailor is the gay fairytale where the male sailor, gets to kiss Prce Charmg.

So after translatg variatns of the story om Danish, German, Frisian, and others; and checkg Thompson’s synopsis was rrect, ntag the same elements or motifs – Pete found an “unbelievably and fabuloly gay” plot. “Ultimately ’s an ancient tale wh a posive portrayal, of a guy who n be read as gay or asexual, but certaly queer, who is the only person who n feat the evil bee he n rist her bety.

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