Move over, Willow (and Andrew) — there’s a new gay character the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, and he’s breakg genr boundari, too. Out reports that the Buffy ics, which picked up where the TV seri left off and are now the midst…
Contents:
- IS ANDREW GAY?
- TOM LENK, AKA ANDREW FROM "BUFFY," IS OFFICIALLY OUT!THE GEEK IN ME OUT "THE ADVOTE."{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 MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2008/11:55 {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;}BUFFY/WBBY MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2008 / 11:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOM LENK, AKA ANDREW FROM \"BUFFY,\" IS OFFICIALLY OUT!","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-10-28T15:55:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-10-28T15:55:15.000+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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}THE LATT ISSUE OF THE ADVOTE FEATUR IN HARVEY MILK ON THE VER, BUT A MOR IN OF GEEKDOM, TOM LENK (WHO PLAYED ANDREW ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), ALSO MAK NEWS BY OFFICIALLY G OUT 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;}IT PROBABLY DON'T E AS THAT BIG OF A SHOCK TO FANS OF BUFFY THAT TOM IS GAY, WHICH PROBABLY ISN'T FAIR, AS NO DOUBT LENK IS PABLE OF PLAYG A WI-RANGE OF CHARACTERS. NOHELS, LENK PGED QUE A FEW GAYDARS CLUDG BUFFY CREATOR JOSS WHEDON, WHO TOLD THE ADVOTE THAT ANDREW HADN'T BEEN PLANNED AS GAY, BUT WHEN LENK DNED THEY CID TO TAKE THE CHARACTER THAT WAY SCE "TOM HAS A B OF A FEY THG GOG ON HIS PERSONA THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU N'T REALLY NY."{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;}TECHNILLY, ANDREW WAS NEVER GAY, BUT WHEN WE CLUD HIM ON OUR LIST OF THE "TEN BT GAY AND BISEXUAL SCIENCE FICTN CHARACTERS," WHEDON HIMSELF WOUND UP WEIGHG ON 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;}LENK SAYS HIS G OUT NOW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TIMED TO CI WH HIS FIRST TELEVISN SAME-SEX KISS. THE BUFFY ALUM HAD BEEN ST AS THE BOYIEND OF JSE TYLER FERGON'S CHARACTER ON FOX'S DO NOT DISTURB. ALAS FOR LENK, DNR DIDN'T MAKE PAST S SEND EPISO BEFORE FOX SHOWED MERCY ON ALL AND NCELED 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;}LENK ALSO DISCS HIS LS-THAN-PLEASANT CHILDHOOD GROWG UP CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA, A TOWN NORTH OF LOS ANGEL, WHERE HE WAS "NSTANTLY TORMENTED," HOW THEATER WAS HIS PE, AND HOW, POST-BUFFY, HE LEARNED HIS OWN MANAGEMENT PANY WAS MOCKG HIM BEHD HIS BACK FOR BEG LS THAN {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;}DPE THE SETBACKS, LENK STAYS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIS FUTURE. AND AS WHEDON SAYS ABOUT LENK, "HE'S VERY, VERY F**KG TALENTED." HERE'S HOPG LENK FDS THE RIGHT VEHICLE TO EXPRS 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;}IN THE MEANTIME, ENJOY THIS WENDY'S MERCIAL THAT LENK DID WHICH IS MUCH MORE AMG NOW THAT HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN. HOLD THE IRONY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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
- ‘BUFFY’ UNIVERSE INTRODUC FIRST GAY MALE SLAYER
- TOM LENK IS GAY
IS ANDREW GAY?
My qutn is simple. Do you personally thk that Andrew is gay? If you thk he is, what was the scene or moment that got you nvced? If not, then... * is andrew gay in buffy *
However, when Andrew drank the potn, the potn gave him a superhero body and the urage to e out as gay. Before Andrew's g out, there were enough heteronormative behavrs to st doubt on his havg a gay orientatn.
TOM LENK, AKA ANDREW FROM "BUFFY," IS OFFICIALLY OUT!THE GEEK IN ME OUT "THE ADVOTE."{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 MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2008/11:55 {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;}BUFFY/WBBY MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2008 / 11:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOM LENK, AKA ANDREW FROM \"BUFFY,\" IS OFFICIALLY OUT!","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-10-28T15:55:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-10-28T15:55:15.000+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":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","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;}THE LATT ISSUE OF THE ADVOTE FEATUR IN HARVEY MILK ON THE VER, BUT A MOR IN OF GEEKDOM, TOM LENK (WHO PLAYED ANDREW ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER), ALSO MAK NEWS BY OFFICIALLY G OUT 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;}IT PROBABLY DON'T E AS THAT BIG OF A SHOCK TO FANS OF BUFFY THAT TOM IS GAY, WHICH PROBABLY ISN'T FAIR, AS NO DOUBT LENK IS PABLE OF PLAYG A WI-RANGE OF CHARACTERS. NOHELS, LENK PGED QUE A FEW GAYDARS CLUDG BUFFY CREATOR JOSS WHEDON, WHO TOLD THE ADVOTE THAT ANDREW HADN'T BEEN PLANNED AS GAY, BUT WHEN LENK DNED THEY CID TO TAKE THE CHARACTER THAT WAY SCE "TOM HAS A B OF A FEY THG GOG ON HIS PERSONA THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU N'T REALLY NY."{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;}TECHNILLY, ANDREW WAS NEVER GAY, BUT WHEN WE CLUD HIM ON OUR LIST OF THE "TEN BT GAY AND BISEXUAL SCIENCE FICTN CHARACTERS," WHEDON HIMSELF WOUND UP WEIGHG ON 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;}LENK SAYS HIS G OUT NOW WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TIMED TO CI WH HIS FIRST TELEVISN SAME-SEX KISS. THE BUFFY ALUM HAD BEEN ST AS THE BOYIEND OF JSE TYLER FERGON'S CHARACTER ON FOX'S DO NOT DISTURB. ALAS FOR LENK, DNR DIDN'T MAKE PAST S SEND EPISO BEFORE FOX SHOWED MERCY ON ALL AND NCELED 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;}LENK ALSO DISCS HIS LS-THAN-PLEASANT CHILDHOOD GROWG UP CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA, A TOWN NORTH OF LOS ANGEL, WHERE HE WAS "NSTANTLY TORMENTED," HOW THEATER WAS HIS PE, AND HOW, POST-BUFFY, HE LEARNED HIS OWN MANAGEMENT PANY WAS MOCKG HIM BEHD HIS BACK FOR BEG LS THAN {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;}DPE THE SETBACKS, LENK STAYS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIS FUTURE. AND AS WHEDON SAYS ABOUT LENK, "HE'S VERY, VERY F**KG TALENTED." HERE'S HOPG LENK FDS THE RIGHT VEHICLE TO EXPRS 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;}IN THE MEANTIME, ENJOY THIS WENDY'S MERCIAL THAT LENK DID WHICH IS MUCH MORE AMG NOW THAT HE'S AN OUT GAY MAN. HOLD THE IRONY!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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
Warren then claimed "we know what homophobia really means. After he did kiss Clive, he fally nfsed to beg gay. He exprsed disbelief and ntempt that had taken Andrew so long to realize he was gay, to which Clive told him off for failg to regnize not all gay men experienced the same background Brian had San Francis.
In January 2008, gay men's webse award Andrew the stat as the tenth bt gay or bisexual character morn science fictn, spe mentg upon the textual ambiguy of Andrew's sexual orientatn. In November 2008, Tom Lenk me out as gay The Advote magaze. Joss Whedon was terviewed for the article, and revealed that was cid that the character of Andrew was to be gay when they cid to st Lenk the role.
In an terview wh The Advote magaze, Joss Whedon nfirmed Andrew's hted homosexualy, statg that was spired by actor Tom Lenk: "Tom has a b of a fey thg gog on his persona that, you know, you n't really ny. When I first looked at his dn tape, I said 'OK, he, uh, he seems kda gay.
‘BUFFY’ UNIVERSE INTRODUC FIRST GAY MALE SLAYER
↑ "Ten Bt Gay and Bisexual Science Fictn Characters.
Do you personally thk that Andrew is gay? I'm not tryg to sound ignorant and say this is the way a straight man acts and how a gay man I always had the feelg the character of Andrew was Gay.
TOM LENK IS GAY
I thk he is gay.
I don't thk h gay, he jt don't know how to act around women.
But serly, I thk he is gay. I really wasn't aware there were people who didn't thk he was gay. Jt look at his exprsn when Xanr announc that he was "gog gay.