The Brian Gay-Ian Poulter Decisn — Geoff Shackelford

Contents:

• CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
• IS IAN GALLAGHER GAY? WHAT IS THE SEXUALY OF “SHAMELS” FAMO CHARACTER?
• THE BT-WRTEN GAY COUPLE ON TELEVISN IS HIDG ON A GUILTY-PLEASURE SHOWBY JOANNA ROBSONMARCH 31, 2014CLIFF LIPSON/SHOWTIMESAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVESHAMELS OFTEN GETS LOST SOMEWHERE THE GLUT OF PRTIGE SUNDAY-NIGHT TELEVISN. IT LACKS THE POLISH OF MAD MEN AND THE OUT-AND-OUT SANY OF GAME OF THRON. SHAMELS OFTEN GETS WRTEN OFF AS A GUILTY PLEASURE—GLANCE OVER AT THE TELEVISN WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHG AND YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE A BCH OF SOME KD OR ANOTHER. SEX, VLENCE, ADDICTN, AND PRAVY ARE THE SHOW’S RALLYG CRY. BUT SOMEWHERE THE CRACKS, SHAMELS HAS BUILT A ST OF BELIEVABLE, SYMPATHETIC, DIRT-POOR CHARACTERS STGGLG TO PE CIRCUMSTANCE, GEICS, AND SELF-STCTIVE BEHAVR.ARMED WH A STEADILY GROWG FAN BASE, SHAMELS IS NOW WRAPPG UP S FOURTH AND STRONGT SEASON. WH SPOTLIGHT STEALERS LIKE PATRIARCH FRANK GALLAGHER (WILLIAM H. MACY) LARGELY OUT OF MISSN, AND FNA GALLAGHER (EMMY ROSSUM) HTG ROCK BOTTOM, THE SHOW HAS REALLY ALLOWED SOME OF THE RT OF THE GALLAGHER CLAN TO SHE. EARLIER THE SEASON, LIP GALLAGHER (JEREMY ALLEN WHE), THE FAY GENI, PULLED FOC WH HIS HEART-WRENCHG STGGL TO MAKE THROUGH LLEGE. BUT THE LAST FEW EPISOS, IAN GALLAGHER (CAMERON MONAGHAN) AND HIS ON-AGA, OFF-AGA BOYIEND, MICKEY MILKOVICH (NOEL FISHER), HAVE BEEN THROWG THE HEAVYWEIGHT ACTG PUNCH. STARTG WH MICKEY’S RCUE OF A DG-ADDLED IAN AND CULMATG WH LAST NIGHT’S BRAWL-DUCG G-OUT SCENE, THE TWO ARE FALLY MAKG GOOD ON FOUR SEASONS OF SIMMERG BACKSTORY.FROM THE START, MONAGHAN’S IAN GALLAGHER WAS TOUTED AS A “UNIQUE” GAY CHARACTER ON TELEVISN. THE ANTI-KURT HUMMEL. AND WHILE ’S TE THAT IAN IS A B MORE ROUGH AND TUMBLE THAN YOUR UAL GAY STEREOTYPE, HE’S STILL A FAIRLY SENSIVE BOY. BUT THERE’S NOTHG SENSIVE ABOUT THE MICKEY CHARACTER, A HORRIFYGLY VLENT YOUNG THUG WHO WAS AS LIKELY TO PUNCH IAN AS HE WAS TO KISS HIM. JT LAST SEASON, MICKEY LIVERED THIS HEART-BREAKG BEAT DOWN.THE ARE SRED, OPPRSED BOYS WHO OFTEN KISS THROUGH BROKEN FAC. BUT THE PAST FEW EPISOS, MICKEY HAS STARTED TO THAW. PART OF THIS IS DUE TO THE PA OF LOSG IAN TO A SHORT-LIVED (AND ILLEGAL) STT THE ARMY. ANOTHER PART IS IAN’S VOLVEMENT THE GAY-CLUB AND PROSTUTN SCENE. WE’RE NOT NECSARILY SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS AS A HEALTHY CISN FOR IAN. BUT THE EEDOM AND RELIEF MICKEY FEELS KISSG IAN PUBLIC WHOUT REPRISAL, OR BEG TOLD HE’S “LUCKY” TO HAVE IAN AT AN AFFLUENT GAY MIXER, IS EYE-OPENG AND EMBOLNG FOR THE POOR KID. IT WAS ALL LEADG UP TO LAST NIGHT’S G-OUT MOMENT.WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PRSG AND DISTURBG SCENE OF A FATHER BEATG THE LIFE OUT OF HIS SON WAS, ULTIMATELY, UPLIFTG. THE BOYS AGA KISSG THROUGH BROKEN FAC.MOST POPULARSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNIN(VIA)BUT THIS TIME WH GRS.(VIA)TO PRAISE THE BLOODY, GHT RELATNSHIP OF MICKEY AND IAN IS NOT TO DIMISH OTHER, LS DRAMATIC PICTNS. THERE ARE A LN WAYS TO BE GAY AMERI AND NONE OF THEM ARE WRONG. MICKEY’S THUGGISH, STREET TOUGH IS A NATURAL PROGRSN OM CHARACTERS LIKE OMAR ON THE WIRE, AND LIKE EVERY CHARACTER ON SHAMELS, HE AND IAN ARE ALLOWED TO BE BETIFUL DISASTERS WHO ARE BOTH HARD TO LOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RIST. THIS IS DUE, NO SMALL PART, TO THE AMAZG PERFORMANC OM NOEL FISHER AND CAMERON MONAGHAN WHO HAVE GROWN BETIFULLY TO THEIR ROL.AND, LIKE HAS WH MANY OTHER STGGL, SHAMELS HAS FOUND A UNIVERSAL TTH THIS EXTREME. BEG GAY N BE HARD EVERYWHERE AND IS CERTALY HARR ON THE WRONG SIS OF THE CHIGO TRACKS. EVERY PUNCH MICKEY THREW AT IAN WAS REALLY A BLOW AIMED WARD. THAT’S NOT TO EXCE THE ABE (AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IAN N GIVE AS GOOD AS HE GETS). BUT SOMEHOW, AGAST ALL ODDS, MICKEY AND IAN ME OUT THE OTHER SI CLEAN. IT DON’T MEAN HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR THEM. IT RARELY DO ON THIS SHOW. BUT DO MEAN THAT AT LEAST NOW, WH ALL THE OTHER MONS VANQUISHED, THEY’RE ONLY THEIR OWN WORST ENEMI. AND ISN’T THAT THE VERY LEAST WE ALL SERVE?(VIA)JOANNA ROBSON
•  PRI MONTH 2020 IAN GALLAGHER GAY J MARRY MICKY KOVICH SAVED LGBTQ TEENS ARRTED R FIRE
• [103] : IAN GALLAGHER - GAY
• SHAMELS’S INIC GAY CHARACTER IAN GALLAGHER TO EX THE SHOW IN THE NEXT EPISO
• THE BRIAN GAY-IAN POULTER DECISN
• ‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

Cameron Monaghan Plays an Openly Gay Man on 'Shamels, ' but Is He IRL? Is Ian om 'Shamels' gay real life?

On the show, he plays Ian, the third olst Gallagher siblg whose stggl to e out as gay was ptured on Season 1. Article ntu below advertisementOn 'Shamels, ' Cameron Monaghan plays Ian, a character who me out as gay Season the past seasons, we've watched how Cameron's on-screen character, Ian, and his partner, Mickey, have tried to bat reprsn and societal stigma to build a better relatnship. The actor might be playg a gay character on the show, but he maly dated women the past.

IS IAN GALLAGHER GAY? WHAT IS THE SEXUALY OF “SHAMELS” FAMO CHARACTER?

He never do anythg that's stereotypilly perceived as 'gay.

' He's tough, he's street smart, and he's pretty much unlike any gay teenager on televisn right now, " Cameron told Vany Fair. Article ntu below advertisement"I'm not gay myself, but 's a role I'm very happy to play.

THE BT-WRTEN GAY COUPLE ON TELEVISN IS HIDG ON A GUILTY-PLEASURE SHOWBY JOANNA ROBSONMARCH 31, 2014CLIFF LIPSON/SHOWTIMESAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVESHAMELS OFTEN GETS LOST SOMEWHERE THE GLUT OF PRTIGE SUNDAY-NIGHT TELEVISN. IT LACKS THE POLISH OF MAD MEN AND THE OUT-AND-OUT SANY OF GAME OF THRON. SHAMELS OFTEN GETS WRTEN OFF AS A GUILTY PLEASURE—GLANCE OVER AT THE TELEVISN WHILE SOMEONE ELSE IS WATCHG AND YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE A BCH OF SOME KD OR ANOTHER. SEX, VLENCE, ADDICTN, AND PRAVY ARE THE SHOW’S RALLYG CRY. BUT SOMEWHERE THE CRACKS, SHAMELS HAS BUILT A ST OF BELIEVABLE, SYMPATHETIC, DIRT-POOR CHARACTERS STGGLG TO PE CIRCUMSTANCE, GEICS, AND SELF-STCTIVE BEHAVR.ARMED WH A STEADILY GROWG FAN BASE, SHAMELS IS NOW WRAPPG UP S FOURTH AND STRONGT SEASON. WH SPOTLIGHT STEALERS LIKE PATRIARCH FRANK GALLAGHER (WILLIAM H. MACY) LARGELY OUT OF MISSN, AND FNA GALLAGHER (EMMY ROSSUM) HTG ROCK BOTTOM, THE SHOW HAS REALLY ALLOWED SOME OF THE RT OF THE GALLAGHER CLAN TO SHE. EARLIER THE SEASON, LIP GALLAGHER (JEREMY ALLEN WHE), THE FAY GENI, PULLED FOC WH HIS HEART-WRENCHG STGGL TO MAKE THROUGH LLEGE. BUT THE LAST FEW EPISOS, IAN GALLAGHER (CAMERON MONAGHAN) AND HIS ON-AGA, OFF-AGA BOYIEND, MICKEY MILKOVICH (NOEL FISHER), HAVE BEEN THROWG THE HEAVYWEIGHT ACTG PUNCH. STARTG WH MICKEY’S RCUE OF A DG-ADDLED IAN AND CULMATG WH LAST NIGHT’S BRAWL-DUCG G-OUT SCENE, THE TWO ARE FALLY MAKG GOOD ON FOUR SEASONS OF SIMMERG BACKSTORY.FROM THE START, MONAGHAN’S IAN GALLAGHER WAS TOUTED AS A “UNIQUE” GAY CHARACTER ON TELEVISN. THE ANTI-KURT HUMMEL. AND WHILE ’S TE THAT IAN IS A B MORE ROUGH AND TUMBLE THAN YOUR UAL GAY STEREOTYPE, HE’S STILL A FAIRLY SENSIVE BOY. BUT THERE’S NOTHG SENSIVE ABOUT THE MICKEY CHARACTER, A HORRIFYGLY VLENT YOUNG THUG WHO WAS AS LIKELY TO PUNCH IAN AS HE WAS TO KISS HIM. JT LAST SEASON, MICKEY LIVERED THIS HEART-BREAKG BEAT DOWN.THE ARE SRED, OPPRSED BOYS WHO OFTEN KISS THROUGH BROKEN FAC. BUT THE PAST FEW EPISOS, MICKEY HAS STARTED TO THAW. PART OF THIS IS DUE TO THE PA OF LOSG IAN TO A SHORT-LIVED (AND ILLEGAL) STT THE ARMY. ANOTHER PART IS IAN’S VOLVEMENT THE GAY-CLUB AND PROSTUTN SCENE. WE’RE NOT NECSARILY SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS AS A HEALTHY CISN FOR IAN. BUT THE EEDOM AND RELIEF MICKEY FEELS KISSG IAN PUBLIC WHOUT REPRISAL, OR BEG TOLD HE’S “LUCKY” TO HAVE IAN AT AN AFFLUENT GAY MIXER, IS EYE-OPENG AND EMBOLNG FOR THE POOR KID. IT WAS ALL LEADG UP TO LAST NIGHT’S G-OUT MOMENT.WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PRSG AND DISTURBG SCENE OF A FATHER BEATG THE LIFE OUT OF HIS SON WAS, ULTIMATELY, UPLIFTG. THE BOYS AGA KISSG THROUGH BROKEN FAC.MOST POPULARSOUND OF FREEDOM: THE WILD TE STORY BEHD 2023’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL FILMBY EVE BATEYTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISRUTH HANDLER: SEX TOYS, FANCIAL CRIM AND THE ORIG OF BARBIEBY ANTHONY BREZNIN(VIA)BUT THIS TIME WH GRS.(VIA)TO PRAISE THE BLOODY, GHT RELATNSHIP OF MICKEY AND IAN IS NOT TO DIMISH OTHER, LS DRAMATIC PICTNS. THERE ARE A LN WAYS TO BE GAY AMERI AND NONE OF THEM ARE WRONG. MICKEY’S THUGGISH, STREET TOUGH IS A NATURAL PROGRSN OM CHARACTERS LIKE OMAR ON THE WIRE, AND LIKE EVERY CHARACTER ON SHAMELS, HE AND IAN ARE ALLOWED TO BE BETIFUL DISASTERS WHO ARE BOTH HARD TO LOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO RIST. THIS IS DUE, NO SMALL PART, TO THE AMAZG PERFORMANC OM NOEL FISHER AND CAMERON MONAGHAN WHO HAVE GROWN BETIFULLY TO THEIR ROL.AND, LIKE HAS WH MANY OTHER STGGL, SHAMELS HAS FOUND A UNIVERSAL TTH THIS EXTREME. BEG GAY N BE HARD EVERYWHERE AND IS CERTALY HARR ON THE WRONG SIS OF THE CHIGO TRACKS. EVERY PUNCH MICKEY THREW AT IAN WAS REALLY A BLOW AIMED WARD. THAT’S NOT TO EXCE THE ABE (AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, IAN N GIVE AS GOOD AS HE GETS). BUT SOMEHOW, AGAST ALL ODDS, MICKEY AND IAN ME OUT THE OTHER SI CLEAN. IT DON’T MEAN HAPPILY EVER AFTER FOR THEM. IT RARELY DO ON THIS SHOW. BUT DO MEAN THAT AT LEAST NOW, WH ALL THE OTHER MONS VANQUISHED, THEY’RE ONLY THEIR OWN WORST ENEMI. AND ISN’T THAT THE VERY LEAST WE ALL SERVE?(VIA)JOANNA ROBSON

I'm always happy to support the gay muny. And I thk a lot of teens — and a lot of gay teens, pecially — will really relate to the role, " Cameron add. Jt like everyone else the seri, Ian als wh his daily life problems livg the Southsi of Chigo, while beg volved a lot of tertg storyl; rangg om simple relatnship problems to beg Gay J.

 PRI MONTH 2020 IAN GALLAGHER GAY J MARRY MICKY KOVICH SAVED LGBTQ TEENS ARRTED R FIRE

The Gay J storyle was really very good bee showed the lear Ian. Moreover, Ian, over the years, has stolen a baby and he beme Gay J before fdg himself prison.

Ian's return to the show has meant that there have been some wonrful moments, like his betiful weddg wh Mickey Milkovich, but there have been some dicey moments for the ary naway turned Gay J turned ex-nvict. Before long, he jt pletely fot about his ex and foced solely on beg Gay J. While Ian was by beg Gay J, he stopped takg his bipolar meditn as he said held back his creative potential.

Dpe statg he hat him, Ian was worried when Mickey plotted to kill Frank for disverg he was gay.

[103] : IAN GALLAGHER - GAY

Ian is gay and has had several troubled relatnships over the urse of the seri. Dpe the turbulence at their weddg plans and the reactns of Mickey’s father, Ian was ultimately able to marry Mickey wh the help of his fay, iends and even his old Gay J followers.

Ian is troduced as the third elst of the Gallagher Fay, he is revealed to be gay and closeted.

SHAMELS’S INIC GAY CHARACTER IAN GALLAGHER TO EX THE SHOW IN THE NEXT EPISO

When his olr brother Lip disvers a che of gay pornography the room they share, he first nonts Ian wh and then sets him up to receive oral sex om Karen Jackson, a neighbor whom Lip tutors.

THE BRIAN GAY-IAN POULTER DECISN

She tak him to his first gay bar.

‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

The night before Thanksgivg Ian returns to the gay bar he has vised wh his mother.

Mickey repli by publicly announcg that he is gay. Afterwards, Mickey is released by a sympathetic gay p and both are happy that they n try to be a uple.

At the funeral is a church group who is holdg an anti-gay prott.