Between troducg one of the first out gay characters to mass dienc and offerg up scen of unfettable mp, the 1980s prime-time soap, whose early episos were filmed at Filoli, achieved inic stat, pecially among LGBTQ+ dienc.
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- ‘I’M GAY’: GORDON THOMSON, DYNASTY’S ADAM CARRGTON, COM OUT—AND TRASH CW’S REBOOT
- 'DYNASTY' STAR GORDON THOMSON COM OUT AS GAY
- PRI MONTH 2020 STEVEN CARRGTON DYNASTY FIRST GAY CHARACTER TV ABC 1981 SHOW THE CW REBOOT 2017
- DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY"THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL,” SAYS ACTOR GORDON {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;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017/7:59 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DYNASTY/ABCBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 7:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}GORDON THOMSON, WHO PLAYED TWISTED ADAM CARRGTON, ON THE ORIGAL DYNASTY, HAS NO LOVE FOR THE UPG CW REBOOT, LLG “TOTAL SH, AN ABOMATN” A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE DAILY {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;}“WHY LL DYNASTY? IT’S NOTHG TO DO WH DYNASTY AT ALL. IT’S SULTG." THE 72-YEAR-OLD ACTOR SAYS. "IF THE AFTERLIFE EXISTS— DON’T, BUT IF DID—AARON [SPELLG] WOULD BE HAVG MAJOR FS HIS GRAVE. AND THE DIENCE THE CW IS AIMG FOR IS GOG TO THK ’S SH BEE IS SUCH SH THAT A CRETO 6-YEAR-OLD WOULD NOT BE TERTED. IT’S ABOMABLE.”PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){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;}IN THE DB PROFILE THOMSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. BORN OTTAWA 1945, THOMSON ADMS HE ALT WH A LOT OF HOMOPHOBIA HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, SOME OF {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;}"IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS NEARLY 30 THAT [HOMOSEXUALY] STOPPED BEG CLASSIFIED AS A MENTAL ILLNS THE U.S. SO YOU’RE ALG WH THAT. AND THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL.”RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGEACTOR GEOFEY STT, ACTRS JOAN COLLS AND ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTEND THE 40TH ANNUAL GOLN GLOBE AWARDS ON JANUARY 29, 1983 AT BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE){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;}AFTER DYNASTY, THOMSON STARRED ON SANTA BARBARA, AND NTU TO ACT TODAY. BUT HE WAS PART OF THE GENERATN OF GAY ENTERTAERS WHO KEPT THEIR SEXUALY A CLOSELY GUARD SECRET. AND HE STILL SEEMS UNSETTLED BY THE NEW OPENNS HOLLYWOOD, SUGGTG S NOT AVAILABLE TO {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;}LEADG-MAN TYP, HE SAYS, ARE "A SOURCE OF FANTASY."DYNASTY/{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;}"IAN MCKELLEN AND DEREK JABI ARE WONRFUL PEOPLE, BUT PARDON ME, HOW MANY DIENCE MEMBERS FANTASIZE ABOUT FUCKG EHER ONE OF THEM? REALLY. IT HAD A LOT TO DO WH WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE, I’M AAID."{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;}HE'S ALSO NDID ABOUT NOT LIKG HOW THE '80S SOAP HANDLED STEVEN CARRGTON, HIS ON-SCREEN BROTHER AND THE SHOW'S RINT GAY. (STEVEN IS FORTABLY OUT THE REBOOT, AND SAMMIE JO IS A MAN.)DYNASTY/{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 WAS BULLSH,” THOMSON SAYS. “AT THE TIME, THE AIDS CRISIS HAD A LOT TO DO WH PRSURE ON THE WORK. I KNOW THAT AL CORLEY QU BEE HE FELT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWG HIM TO PLAY THE PART HONTLY. AND THEY WEREN’T."{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;}STEVEN FLIP-FLOPPED BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND GAY OVER THE SHOW'S NE SEASONS, AND BARELY HAD MORE THAN A FIRM HANDSHAKE WH ANOTHER {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;}“IT WAS APPALLGLY HANDLED," SAYS THOMSON. "THEY OPENED A N OF WORMS AND WEREN’T TE TO , AND THEY ULD HAVE BEEN. THEY HAD GOOD ACTORS PLAYG THE PARTS. IT WAS A BIG SHAME. I’M VERY SORRY.”{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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‘I’M GAY’: GORDON THOMSON, DYNASTY’S ADAM CARRGTON, COM OUT—AND TRASH CW’S REBOOT
Origal Dynasty Star Jack Coleman on playg the first gay character a primetime drama, a new stage show honorg the TV soap, and much more. * gay guy on dynasty *
In the origal Dynasty seri, Steven Carrgton ma history as the first openly gay ma character on a prime time drama TV show. In the reboot, his sexualy was mataed, and to add some spice to ti, Sammy Jo who was a woman the origal seri was ma a male gay man the reboot so as to be Steven's lover. Dallas was the first primetime soap and Dynasty took to another level, makg viable to change the landspe bee was more of a female-driven show, and appealed more to women and gay people.
“I thk there were a lot of Dynasty imatns, both daytime and nighttime, that tried to pture that bchy backstabbg, ” Coleman noted of the seri, which tackled storyl such as rape, mental illns, fertily, bisexualy, gay relatnships, and more.
'DYNASTY' STAR GORDON THOMSON COM OUT AS GAY
After season three aired on The CW, fans have been wonrg where Steven Carrgton is. Hailg him as the first gay character, viewers want him back * gay guy on dynasty *
Asi om Billy Crystal, who played a gay character on h edy Soap the 1970s, televisn dramas more than 40 years ago didn’t feature LGBTQ characters ma primetime rol. But Steven was the first gay character primetime — Billy Crystal had done [on Soap], but that was edy. If you're black or brown or Asian, or you're gay, lbian or trans, and you never see yourself reprented, you’re beg told that you’re visible; that you don't exist.
But to be clear, there were many stumbl durg those early years, as gay TV characters were quietly weaved to stori and met wh cidly mixed rults. It was 49 years ago this month that the first recurrg gay character on Amerin televisn ma his but — set signer Peter Panama on the ltle-known ABC s The Corner Bar. Played by Vcent Schiavelli (Fast Tim at Ridgemont High, Ghost), Peter was met wh risn by, among others, the Gay Activists Alliance, which took issue wh the character’s flamboyance.
S to feature an openly gay lead character, though Billy Crystal’s Jodie Dallas drew siar cricism. Few characters on Fox’s mil dramedy were as well-veloped and fully realized as Santana, who evolved om a qutsential mean girl to a plex, beloved gay character durg the show’s six-season n. Santana’s arc h so many beats that were important and fluential for LGBTQ viewers: Her relatnship wh Brtany was among TV’s sweett, most scere portrayals of young love (regardls of sexualy); like many gay teenagers, she was nonted wh tolerance om her clost fay after g out; and even as Santana’s sexualy remaed a re facet of her character, she wasn’t pigeonholed to exclively Very Special Storyl.
PRI MONTH 2020 STEVEN CARRGTON DYNASTY FIRST GAY CHARACTER TV ABC 1981 SHOW THE CW REBOOT 2017
Offerg scen of unfettable mp and troducg one of the first out gay characters to mass dienc, the primetime TV seri Dynasty achieved inic stat, pecially among LGBTQ+ dienc. * gay guy on dynasty *
Before NBC’s bawdy h s buted 1998, the terr liv of gay characters were seldom explored, if bshed up agast at all.
Pl, Will wasn’t a stereotype; his rtraed (or “borg, ” as Jack might put ) meanor proved that gay characters didn’t need to be outrageo to get the spotlight. Will & Grace s heyday ma great stris for gay reprentatn, and Will Tman — his small, subtle way — helped nudge that progrs forward, makg safe for gay men to play the “straight man, ” as were.
DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY"THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL,” SAYS ACTOR GORDON {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;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017/7:59 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}DYNASTY/ABCBY DAN AVERYSEPTEMBER 25, 2017 / 7:59 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DYNASTY'S ORIGAL ADAM CARRGTON COM OUT AS GAY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-09-25T11:59:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}GORDON THOMSON, WHO PLAYED TWISTED ADAM CARRGTON, ON THE ORIGAL DYNASTY, HAS NO LOVE FOR THE UPG CW REBOOT, LLG “TOTAL SH, AN ABOMATN” A RECENT TERVIEW WH THE DAILY {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;}“WHY LL DYNASTY? IT’S NOTHG TO DO WH DYNASTY AT ALL. IT’S SULTG." THE 72-YEAR-OLD ACTOR SAYS. "IF THE AFTERLIFE EXISTS— DON’T, BUT IF DID—AARON [SPELLG] WOULD BE HAVG MAJOR FS HIS GRAVE. AND THE DIENCE THE CW IS AIMG FOR IS GOG TO THK ’S SH BEE IS SUCH SH THAT A CRETO 6-YEAR-OLD WOULD NOT BE TERTED. IT’S ABOMABLE.”PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGICLOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 16: ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTENDS THE PREMIERE OF "WTERTHORNE" AT THE RENBERG THEATRE ON AUGT 16, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY PL ARCHULETA/FILMMAGIC){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;}IN THE DB PROFILE THOMSON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. BORN OTTAWA 1945, THOMSON ADMS HE ALT WH A LOT OF HOMOPHOBIA HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, SOME OF {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;}"IT WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS NEARLY 30 THAT [HOMOSEXUALY] STOPPED BEG CLASSIFIED AS A MENTAL ILLNS THE U.S. SO YOU’RE ALG WH THAT. AND THE SHAME, THE BREATHTAKG LACK OF SELF-TEEM, HAS ONLY JT BEGUN TO SEEP OUT OF MY SOUL.”RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGEACTOR GEOFEY STT, ACTRS JOAN COLLS AND ACTOR GORDON THOMSON ATTEND THE 40TH ANNUAL GOLN GLOBE AWARDS ON JANUARY 29, 1983 AT BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE){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;}AFTER DYNASTY, THOMSON STARRED ON SANTA BARBARA, AND NTU TO ACT TODAY. BUT HE WAS PART OF THE GENERATN OF GAY ENTERTAERS WHO KEPT THEIR SEXUALY A CLOSELY GUARD SECRET. AND HE STILL SEEMS UNSETTLED BY THE NEW OPENNS HOLLYWOOD, SUGGTG S NOT AVAILABLE TO {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;}LEADG-MAN TYP, HE SAYS, ARE "A SOURCE OF FANTASY."DYNASTY/{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;}"IAN MCKELLEN AND DEREK JABI ARE WONRFUL PEOPLE, BUT PARDON ME, HOW MANY DIENCE MEMBERS FANTASIZE ABOUT FUCKG EHER ONE OF THEM? REALLY. IT HAD A LOT TO DO WH WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE, I’M AAID."{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;}HE'S ALSO NDID ABOUT NOT LIKG HOW THE '80S SOAP HANDLED STEVEN CARRGTON, HIS ON-SCREEN BROTHER AND THE SHOW'S RINT GAY. (STEVEN IS FORTABLY OUT THE REBOOT, AND SAMMIE JO IS A MAN.)DYNASTY/{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 WAS BULLSH,” THOMSON SAYS. “AT THE TIME, THE AIDS CRISIS HAD A LOT TO DO WH PRSURE ON THE WORK. I KNOW THAT AL CORLEY QU BEE HE FELT THEY WERE NOT ALLOWG HIM TO PLAY THE PART HONTLY. AND THEY WEREN’T."{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;}STEVEN FLIP-FLOPPED BETWEEN STRAIGHT AND GAY OVER THE SHOW'S NE SEASONS, AND BARELY HAD MORE THAN A FIRM HANDSHAKE WH ANOTHER {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;}“IT WAS APPALLGLY HANDLED," SAYS THOMSON. "THEY OPENED A N OF WORMS AND WEREN’T TE TO , AND THEY ULD HAVE BEEN. THEY HAD GOOD ACTORS PLAYG THE PARTS. IT WAS A BIG SHAME. I’M VERY SORRY.”{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
Dynasty's reboot seri has changed Sammy Jo om a woman to a gay man, among other chang. Here are all the new characters. * gay guy on dynasty *
As one of the first openly gay ma characters on an Amerin TV show, Jodie (played by Billy Crystal) drew fire om all sis. Relig groups took umbrage wh the ABC s’s cln of (among other topics) a gay character, while LGBTQ anizatns were ncerned about the portrayal beg stereotypil and/or nflated wh transsexualism, based on the scripts for early episos. From vatng on a gay cise to servg as the print of the Malibu Stacy Fan Club, Smhers has never been anythg other than himself — and he’s got the growg list of ex-boyiends to prove .
Rickie provid an unapologetilly lorful and rg prence as his perplexed pal Angela navigated her high school’s social circl, but Cz’s portrayal went even eper, wh storyl about homophobia and abe wh Rickie’s own fay. In addn, Cz ma history as the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay character on work televisn. Bt of all, Mchell and Cam fied stereotyp and normalized gay parentg and marriage memorable and touchg ways.
DYNASTY’S JOURNEY OM GAY PANIC TO GAY PRI
* gay guy on dynasty *
The Fox sudser may have done Doug Savant’s character dirty wh that off-screen ath the fal season, but Matt will still be remembered fondly as one of the first openly gay ma characters on a work TV drama. When Ellen Man me out the April 30, 1997 episo of ABC’s Ellen (pictured above), she beme the first-ever gay lead character a primetime s. Though Blake’s send-olst child was touted as the first openly gay ma character a primetime drama, the handlg of Steven’s sexualy — largely amed as a stggle, and a tra he often had to nceal — was joyls and imperfect to a pot that origal portrayer Al Corley vated the role.
'DYNASTY' SEASON 3 EPISO 7: SAM AND FLETCHER SHARE A PASSNATE KISS AND FANS N'T HELP BUT SHIP THE NEW GAY UPLE
Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach, is the first male ach a major U.S. men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay guy on dynasty *
(Dynasty -creator Esther Shapiro, her fense, sisted to Esquire that Steven “was, is, and always will be gay.
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In the 1971 episo, -penned by Lear and Burt Styler, ragg bigot Archie was forced to reckon wh his prenceived notns about homosexualy (not only was Steve a former lebacker, but, like Archie, he was a stnch nservative! ” and “get on my high horse” and termate the ll, or—the unspoken alternative—would he fally say what he has not felt able to say all the years: that y, he is gay. Thomson’s experience sh an illumatg light on what life the closet for a celebry is actually like: the lculatns ma, benefs acced and sts Thomson is 72, his life has moved on, and he wants to talk about his life and out of the closet, and the “shame” of which he only now feels he is managg to rid will talk not jt about beg gay but Dynasty self (the origal show is beg released on Oct.
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Steven Carrgton (Al Corley, later Jack Coleman) may have been gay, but the heterosexual Adam was queer the tt sense of the word. ‘The shame, the breathtakg lack of self-teem, has only jt begun to seep out of my soul’Before we talked about his sexualy, I had asked Thomson what he ma of Steven’s ne years of gay-one-mute, straight-the-next oscillatg sexualy.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
”Prumg Thomson might be gay, I ask if, as a gay actor performg Dynasty ( another twist, Adam was homophobic), Thomson ever wanted to say to the wrers and producers of Steven’s bizarre trajectory: “This is not what beg gay is. I tell him how extremely sexy I and a lot of other people found him Dynasty; he should at least know that gay men lted after him.
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