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Contents:
- 'SPECIAL' CREATOR ON SHOW'S GAY, DISABLED SEX: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE SEXUAL BEGS'
- RYAN O'CONNELL IS GAY, DISABLED, AND NOT YOUR 'INSPIRATN PORN'
- NETFLIX SHOW 'SPECIAL' WILL INTRODUCE TV'S FIRST GAY, DISABLED MALE CHARACTER
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
'SPECIAL' CREATOR ON SHOW'S GAY, DISABLED SEX: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE SEXUAL BEGS'
Netflix show 'Special,' wrten by and starrg gay, disabled man Ryan O'Connell, follows a gay lead character livg wh cerebral palsy. * gay disabled netflix *
" Like many people the LGBTQ muny, the "Special" creator/star was disappoted the 2017 Osr-nomated drama, specifilly s pictn of gay sex between El (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer).
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RYAN O'CONNELL IS GAY, DISABLED, AND NOT YOUR 'INSPIRATN PORN'
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And ’s directed by a gay man (Lu Guadagno)! "O'Connell, 32, plays a loose versn of himself "Special, " which is based on his 2015 memoir about his experience as a twentysomethg gay man wh d cerebral palsy.
NETFLIX SHOW 'SPECIAL' WILL INTRODUCE TV'S FIRST GAY, DISABLED MALE CHARACTER
Not only do O'Connell hope to stigmatize sex work wh the graphic scene, but also normalize gay sex for mastream dienc who aren't ed to seeg Hollywood movi or popular TV shows. "It really is a difference of makg gay ntent for straight people like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody, ’ or makg gay ntent for yourself and (other) gay people that's accurate how you experience thgs, " O'Connell says. The 34-year-old is the star and creator of Netflix’s Special, which chronicl the gs out of a twentysomethg gay wrer wh cerebral palsy.
Like his lead character, he’s also gay and has cerebral palsy. Though he had a storybook experience when g out as gay at 17 (He immediately entered a relatnship), O’Connell hid his disabily as his wrg reer soared.
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I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
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