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em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p data-no-id="0" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">When Virgia Gardner attend Miami Comic Con a few weeks ago, a fan approached her tears. What would have been unual jt a few months ago is now jt a day the life for the 22-year-old actrs. That's all bee of her starrg role <em><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Marvel's Runaways" data-vars-ga-product-id="98d8010a-b0-42d8-888c-0ad3b3738890" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="lu" data-vars-ga-product-price="$0.00" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="6286c254-bc9d-4a7b-b87d-23a5c20edab3" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="lu" class="body-lk product-lks css-1mt1pvh ebsw2pb0">Marvel's Runaways</a></em>, Hulu's teen superhero drama about affluent teens who disver their parents are all members of a villao society lled PRIDE. To make matters murkier, the teens are slowly velopg their own myster powers or abili—while figurg out which of the others they want to make out wh.</p><style data-emotn="css 1736von">{--data-embed-display:flex;-webk-align-ems:center;-webk-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-ems:center;clear:both;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg-bottom:0.9375rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 20rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{width:100%;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;}} a span{right:1rem;} img{width:to;height:85vh;} a{display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;posn:var(--posn, relative);} img:not(.ewcw41w1){display:block;width:100%;height:to;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;}</style><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="1" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><style data-emotn="css uwraif">{width:100%;display:-webk-le-box;display:-webk-le-flex;display:-ms-le-flexbox;display:le-flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Marvel's Runaways om left to right: Molly Hernanz (Allegra Asta), Gert York (Ariela Barer), Ni Mo (Lyri Okano), Alex Wilr (Rhenzy Feliz), Chase Ste (Gregg Sulk), and Karola Dean (Virgia Gardner)." tle="The Teens of Marvel's Runaways" loadg="lazy" width="740" height="444" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><style data-emotn="css swqnqv">@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 30rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{paddg-left:0rem;}}</style><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><style data-emotn="css 5g1ypq">{width:0;m-width:100%;paddg-top:0.625rem;font-fay:SaolText,SaolText-fallback,Geia,Tim,serif;font-size:1.19063rem;le-height:1.4;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;}</style><div class="css-5g1ypq e1xqj1sx1">Fom left to right: Molly Hernanz (Allegra Asta), Gert York (Ariela Barer), Ni Mo (Lyri Okano), Alex Wilr (Rhenzy Feliz), Chase Ste (Gregg Sulk), and Karola Dean (Virgia Gardner).</div><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1x75tyf e6iqd2">Hulu</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="2" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Gardner plays Karola, the typil girl next levat and glows like a rabow. Then there's Chase (Gregg Sulk), a jock who vents a pair of weaponized glov and n send msag om the future. Gert (Ariela Barer) is a femist wh anxiety and a special relatnship wh a nose-rg wearg dosr ( was her parents' lab). Molly (Allegra Asta) has super-strength, and while Alex (Rhenzy Feliz) don't seem to have any powers yet, he's a tech expert. Ni (Lyri Okano) n ntrol her mother's myster staff—who n do pretty much anythg.</p><p data-no-id="3" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Karola's rabow magic is unniably ol, but 's also a clue; she's the first gay superhero the Marvel Cematic Universe whose sexualy has been nfirmed on screen. It's hard to believe—there have been ne MCU televisn seri and 18 films sce 2008, cludg last weekend's <em>Black Panther</em>—but here we are. In the penultimate episo of the season, all the hts that Karola might be harborg feelgs for Ni are fally sealed wh a kiss.</p><p data-no-id="4" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Which brgs back to that fan at Comic Con. "[The fan] was tellg me how much Karola meant to her and her iends who relate to that character and love her relatnship wh Ni," Gardner tells me at the office. Below, the actrs opens up about the rponsibily of reprentg the LGBTQ muny, which of the Runaways she thks uld be the mole, and reads some fan theori wh the help of Old Lace 2.0. <span></span></p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="5" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Clothg, Fashn mol, Drs, Whe, Day drs, Shoulr, Fashn, Waist, One-piece garment, Neck, " tle="Clothg, Fashn mol, Drs, Whe, Day drs, Shoulr, Fashn, Waist, One-piece garment, Neck, " loadg="lazy" width="1333" height="2000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1x75tyf e6iqd2">Jimmie Armentrout</span></figptn></div></div></div><style data-emotn="css fi8r92">{font-weight:normal;marg-top:0.625rem;marg-bottom:0.625rem;font-fay:NeHaasUni,NeHaasUni-fallback,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;le-height:1;background-lor:#F5F5F5;lor:#000;width:-webk-f-ntent;width:-moz-f-ntent;width:f-ntent;paddg:0.9375rem 1.25rem;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;}</style><h2 data-no-id="6" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Now that the full season is out, what have been fans' reactns?</h2><p data-no-id="7" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I thk the reactn has been really good. Obvly, a lot of people are exced about Karola’s reprentatn and what that character stands for, and so many fans tweeted me sayg they wish they had a character like her when they were 13 and nfed about their sexualy. </p><h2 data-no-id="8" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Did you know gog that Karola was gog to be the first gay MCU character? </h2><p data-no-id="9" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I did know that, and that was really excg for me bee I’ve always looked for rol that are standg for somethg, rol that we need for today, and rol that young girls and young boys n look up to and learn somethg om. Karola has that.</p><h2 data-no-id="10" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Do you feel a certa sense of rponsibily? </h2><p data-no-id="11" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Defely, and that’s why I love . I jt hope there’s more of . I hope that [Marvel and Hollywood] keep gog that directn, bee ’s so important to have characters that people n look up to and learn om, pecially superhero. I thk that’s super special.</p><h2 data-no-id="12" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Some fans' favore aspect of Runaways is the var "ships." Did you know what all of that entailed?</h2><p data-no-id="13" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">No, I did not. </p><h2 data-no-id="14" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">What was that experience like to you to realize people were shippg Karola wh different characters? </h2><p data-no-id="15" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">It was really funny bee at first, people who hadn’t read the ics didn’t know that she was gay. Over time I would see the Twter fights: Someone said they ship me and Chase, and [someone else would] be like, “Oh, you’re such an idt, she’s gay, she lik Ni." I was like, "What do that mean, do they want to send a ship? What are they talkg about?" Fally, Allegra, who’s 15, was like, “No.” She knew exactly what a “ship” was and she knows all the lgo—whenever there’s a qutn about ter lgo, we know to talk to Allegra about , she’s the olt out of all of .</p><div supprsHydratnWarng data-no-id="16" data-embed="pullquote" class="embed css-0 e9hzx6g0"><style data-emotn="css 1eiql25">{text-align:center;marg:0rem;paddg-top:0.9375rem;paddg-bottom:0.9375rem;}</style><blockquote class="css-1eiql25 e1pe3zr91"><style data-emotn="css 1f495pl">{background-repeat:no-repeat;ntent:'';display:block;height:25px;marg:0 to 0.9375rem;width:34px;} {background-image:url(/_assets/sign-tokens/elle/static/imag/);}</style><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-1f495pl eagam8p0"></span><style data-emotn="css 7iymd3">{font-fay:SaolDisplay,SaolDisplay-fallback,Geia,Tim,serif;font-size:1.625rem;font-weight:normal;le-height:1.2;marg:0rem;marg-bottom:0.3125rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:2.125rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{font-size:2.125rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:2.25rem;le-height:1.15;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{font-size:2.4rem;le-height:1.2;}} b, strong{font-fay:her;font-weight:bold;} em, i{font-fay:her;font-style:alic;} i, em{font-style:alic;}</style><blockquote class="css-7iymd3 e1pe3zr90">"It’s so important to have characters that people n look up to and learn om, pecially superhero."</blockquote><span aria-hidn="te" class="css-0 eagam8p1"></span></blockquote></div><h2 data-no-id="17" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Do you have any ships on the show? </h2><p data-no-id="18" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Yeah, I ship Gert and Chase, and Karola and Ni for sure. Alex, hopefully, will get a girl next season, someone else that’s not Ni. Poor Alex. He's lonely.</p><h2 data-no-id="19" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">A big part of season 1 was the straed relatnships between the teens and their parents. Will those evolve even more?</h2><p data-no-id="20" class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Yeah, I thk so! We haven’t started shootg yet, so I have no ia what's gog to happen next season, but I thk we’ll see more of an evolutn, pecially now that we’ve n away. I’m sure at some pot we’ll have another nontatn wh them, which will feel very different now that they know about our powers. I’m also terted to see what’s gog to happen to Karola and Jonah [played by Julian McMahon] bee obvly that was set up a really big way the last episos. I’m terted to see if they’re gog to be hoots, and if not, where that will go.</p><h2 data-no-id="21" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Speakg of beg hoots wh Jonah, do you and the rt of the st talk about who you thk the mole is? </h2><p data-no-id="22" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">We do—we do talk a<em> lot </em> about that. </p><div size="medium" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="23" class="align-center size-medium embed css-1736von e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><div class="css-p7qblm ewcw41w0"><img alt="Hair, Blond, Hairstyle, Bety, Sk, Fashn, Fashn mol, Shoulr, Lip, Long hair, " tle="Hair, Blond, Hairstyle, Bety, Sk, Fashn, Fashn mol, Shoulr, Lip, Long hair, " loadg="lazy" width="3000" height="2000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="//" class="ptert css-1i6sckr e1c1bym14"><img data-dynamic-svg src="/_assets/sign-tokens/e/static/ins/social/" loadg="lazy" alt="ptert in" height="to" width="to" class="css-1l3i1cl ewcw41w1" /></a></div><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-1x75tyf e6iqd2">Jimmie Armentrout</span></figptn></div></div></div><h2 data-no-id="24" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Who do you thk the mole is? </h2><p data-no-id="25" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Okay, I actually thk ’s Ni or Alex. Tthfully, we’ve talked to the shownners and I don’t thk they’ve even cid who the mole is gonna be yet. But we thk ’s gonna be one of them, bee there’s one scene where Alex knows the password to Ni’s mom’s safe, which is actually really weird. Maybe was a cince, but Ni was like, “Well, that’s weird bee I’m the only person that should know that password.” So I wonr if ’s her or Alex—I thk ’s a ltle b fishy what’s gog on wh those two. </p><h2 data-no-id="26" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">You don’t thk ’s Karola? A lot of fans thk 's you. </h2><p data-no-id="27" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I jt don’t want to believe ’s Karola. Somethg the last episo allud to beg Karola and at the table read for the episo, everyone was like, "[<em>Gasp</em>] Gny, ’s you! You’re the mole!" 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Have you guys bee close?</h2><p data-no-id="30" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">We’re all really close. Rhenzy and Gregg are the clost, they have a huge bromance, they hang out all the time and they’re obssed wh each other real life. But the rt of are really close too. I was New York last week and got dner wh Lyri, who plays Ni, and we’re all jt really great iends and we all support each other outsi of work, and go to birthday parti, and go out after work sometim and do , ’s fun.</p><p data-no-id="31" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><span></span></p><h2 data-no-id="32" class="body-h4 css-fi8r92 et3p2gv0">Is there anythg om that the ics that you want to see season 2?</h2><p data-no-id="33" class="body-text css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Xav. I want to see him e for season 2! He’s the shaphifter that shows up to be [Karola's] hband and then I’m like, ".., I’m to chicks." 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LA FORD REVEALS SHE QU THE RUNAWAYS BEE HER BANDMAT 'WERE ALL GAY'
LA FORD QU THE RUNAWAYS WHEN SHE REALIZED HER BANDMAT WERE LBIANS"NOBODY [BACK THEN] ME OUT AND SAID, 'I'M GAY,'"BY DAN AVERYMARCH 1, 2016/9:17 PMBY DAN AVERYMARCH 1, 2016 / 9:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LA FORD QU THE RUNAWAYS WHEN SHE REALIZED HER BANDMAT WERE LBIANS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-02T02:17:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-02T02:17:15.000+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":"DAN AVERY"}{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;}PNEERG ROCKER LA FORD STOPPED BY HUFFPO LIVE TO DISCS HER NEW MEMOIR, WHICH TAILS HER LIFE WH THE SEMAL FEMALE ROCK BAND THE RUNAWAYS AND HER SUCCSFUL SOLO {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;}FORD, 57, REVEALED THAT WHEN SHE REALIZED MOST OF HER BANDMAT WERE LBIANS, SHE WAS SHOCKED AND LEFT 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;}"FIRST I FOUND OUT THAT SANDY, THE ONE I HAD BOND WH THE MOST, WAS A LBIAN," WR FORD LIVG LIKE A RUNAWAY. "THEN I FOUND OUR THAT CHERIE WAS MSG AROUND WH JOAN. I WAS SO EAKED OUT THAT I QU THE BAND."{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;}AS A TEEN THE 1970S, SHE HADN’T REALLY BEEN EXPOSED TO THE LGBT {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;}"I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHG ABOUT [HOMOSEXUALY], AND WAS STILL THE CLOSET. NOBODY [BACK THEN] ME OUT AND SAID, 'I'M GAY,'" FORD EXPLAS THE CLIP BELOW. "WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE GIRLS WERE ALL GAY THE BAND, I WASN'T SURE HOW TO TAKE . I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS."{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;}FORTUNATELY, FORD ME TO HER SENS A FEW WEEKS LATER AND REJOED 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;}"I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, 'S REALLY NO BIG AL, THAT I SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT,'" SHE SAYS. "I HOPED TO GOD THAT THEY'D LL ME BACK AND GET ME BACK THE BAND. I WAS THKG THAT THEY WOULD GO ON TO ACHIEVE SUPERSTAR STAT AND THAT I WOULD JT BE STG AT HOME AND DOG NOTHG.”{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;}"THANK GOD THEY LLED ME BACK,” SHE ADDS. “THEY SAID, 'LA, WE N'T FD ANYBODY THAT ULD PLAY GUAR LIKE YOU. PLEASE E BACK.'"{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;}FORD, WHO WENT ON TO H THE CHARTS WH "CLOSE MY EY FOREVER" AND "GOTTA LET GO," SAYS SHE DON’T THK JETT OR THE OTHER WOMEN KNEW THE REASON SHE {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;}AND WHEN SHE RETURNED, THERE WAS NO DRAMA ABOUT ANYONE’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;}"WE JT RRIED ON, YOU KNOW, BEE WAS NO BIG AL. BUT TO ME WAS, BACK THEN, AND JT REALLY THREW ME FOR A LOOP. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE DO THAT."{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/T: HUFFPO {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
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LA FORD REVEALS SHE QU THE RUNAWAYS BEE HER BANDMAT 'WERE ALL GAY'

"Nobody [back then] me out and said, 'I'm gay,'" * the runaways gay *

When guarist La Ford first joed The Runaways the mid-'70s at the age of jt 16, she knew nothg about homosexualy, she told HuffPost Live last week. "Ford explaed to host Alyona Mkovski that she had never been exposed to bisexualy or homosexualy, so she "wasn't sure how to take .

""I didn't know anythg about [homosexualy], and was still the closet. Nobody [back then] me out and said, 'I'm gay, '" she told HuffPost Live.

"When I found out that the girls were all gay the band, I wasn't sure how to take .

LA FORD QU THE RUNAWAYS WHEN SHE REALIZED HER BANDMAT WERE LBIANS"NOBODY [BACK THEN] ME OUT AND SAID, 'I'M GAY,'"BY DAN AVERYMARCH 1, 2016/9:17 PMBY DAN AVERYMARCH 1, 2016 / 9:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LA FORD QU THE RUNAWAYS WHEN SHE REALIZED HER BANDMAT WERE LBIANS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-03-02T02:17:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-03-02T02:17:15.000+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":"DAN AVERY"}{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;}PNEERG ROCKER LA FORD STOPPED BY HUFFPO LIVE TO DISCS HER NEW MEMOIR, WHICH TAILS HER LIFE WH THE SEMAL FEMALE ROCK BAND THE RUNAWAYS AND HER SUCCSFUL SOLO {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;}FORD, 57, REVEALED THAT WHEN SHE REALIZED MOST OF HER BANDMAT WERE LBIANS, SHE WAS SHOCKED AND LEFT 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;}"FIRST I FOUND OUT THAT SANDY, THE ONE I HAD BOND WH THE MOST, WAS A LBIAN," WR FORD LIVG LIKE A RUNAWAY. "THEN I FOUND OUR THAT CHERIE WAS MSG AROUND WH JOAN. I WAS SO EAKED OUT THAT I QU THE BAND."{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;}AS A TEEN THE 1970S, SHE HADN’T REALLY BEEN EXPOSED TO THE LGBT {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;}"I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHG ABOUT [HOMOSEXUALY], AND WAS STILL THE CLOSET. NOBODY [BACK THEN] ME OUT AND SAID, 'I'M GAY,'" FORD EXPLAS THE CLIP BELOW. "WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE GIRLS WERE ALL GAY THE BAND, I WASN'T SURE HOW TO TAKE . I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS."{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;}FORTUNATELY, FORD ME TO HER SENS A FEW WEEKS LATER AND REJOED 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;}"I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, 'S REALLY NO BIG AL, THAT I SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT,'" SHE SAYS. "I HOPED TO GOD THAT THEY'D LL ME BACK AND GET ME BACK THE BAND. I WAS THKG THAT THEY WOULD GO ON TO ACHIEVE SUPERSTAR STAT AND THAT I WOULD JT BE STG AT HOME AND DOG NOTHG.”{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;}"THANK GOD THEY LLED ME BACK,” SHE ADDS. “THEY SAID, 'LA, WE N'T FD ANYBODY THAT ULD PLAY GUAR LIKE YOU. PLEASE E BACK.'"{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;}FORD, WHO WENT ON TO H THE CHARTS WH "CLOSE MY EY FOREVER" AND "GOTTA LET GO," SAYS SHE DON’T THK JETT OR THE OTHER WOMEN KNEW THE REASON SHE {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;}AND WHEN SHE RETURNED, THERE WAS NO DRAMA ABOUT ANYONE’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;}"WE JT RRIED ON, YOU KNOW, BEE WAS NO BIG AL. BUT TO ME WAS, BACK THEN, AND JT REALLY THREW ME FOR A LOOP. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE DO THAT."{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/T: HUFFPO {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

On Febary 23, Alyona Mkovski of HuffPost Live nducted an terview wh '80s hard rock queen La Ford. You n now watch the chat below. Speakg about her brief ex om THE RUNAWAYS forty years ago after learng that her bandmat were gay, La said: "This was the early '70s, mid-'70s... * the runaways gay *

"I didn't know anythg about [homosexualy], and was still the closet.

THE RUNAWAYS’ VIRGIA GARDNER IS BREAKG SUPERHERO TABOOS AS MARVEL’S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * the runaways gay *

Nobody [back then] me out and said, 'I'm gay, '" Ford explas the clip below. But beneath her sunny exterr, Karola, who is one of the first openly gay Marvel characters, grappl wh her inty—and Gardner unrstands the dissonance between appearanc and realy.

LITA FORD SAYS SHE LEFT THE RUNAWAYS AFTER LEARNG ALL HER BANDMAT WERE GAY

It’s like I uld jt rip out a nunchucks route at a what I know of the ic book, Karola is the first gay Marvel character onscreen? I also n’t totally speak to her sexualy on the show yet bee we want to be a surprise, but the ic books I believe she is one of the first openly gay, let’s see how we n dance around this… I assume that’s not somethg that’s not pletely elimated om her inty the is safe to assume. "All the male rock stars the mid-'70s were up there lookg gay, so I thought lets get some real breasts and vagas stead of men pretendg.

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Speakg about her brief ex om THE RUNAWAYS forty years ago after learng that her bandmat were gay, La said: "This was the early '70s, mid-'70s, so I was not aware of homosexualy; I didn't know anythg about . And was still the closet; nobody me out and said, 'I'm gay' — nobody me out at that time.

And when I found out that the girls were all gay the band, I wasn't sure how to take , and I didn't know what was.

A list of all known Characters om Marvel Comics Runaways book seri or Hulu's web-adapted televisn seri, Runaways, who are eher lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. At one pot, La Ford origally left the band bee she didn’t like beg around “homosexualy.