To DeSantis, if you are gay, you are not allowed to be a part of the nservative movement.
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- IS "COMMUNY"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...{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;}TVBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010/11:11 AMBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010 / 11:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"COMMUNY\"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+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":"ROB OWEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}{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;}DEAN PELTON PLAYED BY JIM RASH {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;}WHEN GAY ADVOCY GROUPS TALLY THE NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS PRIME TIME, THEY MAY NOT KNOW QUE WHAT TO DO WH CRAIG PELTON, THE BALD, SKNY GREENDALE COMMUNY COLLEGE LEAR ON NBC’S COMMUNY (8 PM THURSDAY).{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 HE SAYS, GAY IS PROBABLY AN OVER-SIMPLIFITN,” SAID SERI CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAN HARMON OF THE RECURRG {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 SHOW’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE SCRIB DEAN PELTON AS BISEXUAL, AND MORE THAN ANYTHG, HE’S PROBABLY A FOOL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER SEXUAL INTY VIEWERS ASCRIBE TO HIM. IN THE SHOW’S HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE EPISO, PELTON GLEEFULLY AGREED THAT HE WAS TOO STUPID TO ORCHTRATE A PLEX {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 YET COMMUNY'S WRERS HAVE LEFT PLENTY OF CLU POTG TO THE CHARACTER’S QUEER SEXUALY, AS WELL AS A FAIR NUMBER THAT SEEM SIGNED TO NFE THE ISSUE. AT TIM, HE SEEMS AS SEXUALLY AMBIGUO AS THE WEIRDLY ANDROGYNO SCHOOL MAST, THE “HUMAN BEG,” WHICH TAK THE FORM OF A SEXLS, FEATURELS, SPANX-ENVELOPED {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 A DEAN PELTON WEBISO AT , AN ATTRACTIVE -ED ONTO THE AN AND HE TRI TO SHOO HER OUT OF HIS OFFICE. BUT DO HE SHOO HER BEE HE’S NOT TERTED, OR IS BEE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF AN ADMISTRATOR-STUNT RELATNSHIP? (THE WEBISOS BEG WH A HAND FLIPPG OVER A SIGN OM “YOUR AN IS OUT” TO “YOUR AN IS .”){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 A VERY MYSTER CHARACTER SEXUALLY,” HARMON SAID. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TEAM HE’S PLAYG FOR, IF ANY. IT’S A CELEBRATN OF THE ENIGMA BEE HE’S HAD A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF PASSG.”{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;}{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;}DAN HARMON, FAR {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;}{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 HARMON’S STATEMENTS, WAS HARD NOT TO THK PELTON WAS PLAYG FOR TEAM GAY WHEN THE OCT. 14 EPISO, “BASIC ROCKET SCIENCE,” ABED (DANNY PUDI) NOT THAT PELTON HAS CIRCLED PUBLIC RTROOMS AND TCK STOPS ON A {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;}“OK, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SI OF THE MAP AND THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT,” PELTON SAYS, QUICKLY TURNG THE MAP {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 DO THEY HAVE STAR RATGS?” ABED {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;}“LET’S GET TO WORK PEOPLE, E ON!” PELTON SAYS, TRYG TO CHANGE 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;}THIS SAME EPISO UNVEILED A NEW, STUNT-SIGNED SCHOOL FLAG (A WALMART-LIKE STARFISH LOGO AND THE SLOGAN “E PLURIB AN”). IN ANOTHER SCENE, JEFF (JOEL MCHALE) THREATENED TO STEP 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;}“AS MUCH AS I MIGHT ENJOY THAT, JEFEY, IF YOU DON’T GET BACK HERE TIME FOR THE LNCH CY COLLEGE WS!” PELTON {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 SHOW’S RECENT BLANKET FORT EPISO PROVID MORE EVINCE FOR PELTON’S QUEER INTY WHEN BRTA (GILLIAN JABS) ASKED, “WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT A BLANKET FORT WH GROWN MEN THEIR UNRROOS?” PELTON PROMPTLY PRANCED TO THE ROOM AND RAISED HIS {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;}BUT THE CLU ALWAYS PROVI THE DEAN WH PLSIBLE NIABILY – WAS HE RAISG HIS HAND BEE HE WANTS TO PLAY WH GUYS UNRROOS OR BEE HE WANTS TO FEEL CLUD? THE SHOWNNERS LEAVE THE GTURE, LIKE PELTON’S SEXUALY, THE ZONE 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;}IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THAT SAME EPISO REVEALED THE AN HAS HIRED A DRAMA PROFSOR TO SHOW UP AT A FAY DNER AND ACCE THE AN OF STEALG HIS GIRLIEND – A POSSIBLE SE TO FLECT FAY SPICNS ABOUT PELTON’S SEXUALY, OR IS HE JT TOO WEIRD TO SRE A GIRLIEND?{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;}DEAN PELTON HAS HAD A PRENCE COMMUNY SCE THE SHOW’S PILOT EPISO, BUT HIS ODR TENNCI BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER AN EARLY FIRST-SEASON EPISO THAT SAW THE CHARACTER FETISHIZG DALMATIANS, AN EPISO THAT’S SPIRED A {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 THK PROBABLY ME OM THE DALMATIAN THG, THE IA HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI BUT HE DON’T SEEM TENT ON HIDG ,” HARMON SAID. “HIS RIVER NS A LTLE EPER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.”{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 “DALMATIAN THG” BEGAN WHEN PELTON WAS SHOWN WATCHG A YOUTUBE VIO – SPIRED BY A REAL ONLE POST – OF A GUY WHO PATED HIMSELF AS A DALMATIAN AND VIOTAPED HIMSELF POSG {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 HOPE THIS DON’T AWAKEN SOMETHG ME,” PELTON {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;}HARMON SAID WORK EXECUTIV HATED THAT SCENE – “COULDN’T YOU JT HAVE HIM PLAYG SOLAIRE ON THE PUTER?” THEY SUGGTED – WHICH ONLY ENURAGED HIM TO ADD DALMATIAN MEMORABILIA THE BACKGROUND OF THE AN’S OFFICE AND TO REVEAL THE FIRST SEASON FALE THAT PELTON IS 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;}“WE JT SHOT ANOTHER EPISO ANOTHER STUME,” SAID RASH AN TERVIEW OM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT THIS WEEK AFTER SHOOTG A MEO THE UPG MTV MOVIE WORST. PROM. EVER. “I THK ’S EVOLVG.”{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;}THIS TIME, PELTON WILL BE DRSED AS A {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;}RASH SAID HE DO NOT THK OF THE CHARACTER AS GAY BEE PELTON HAS NEVER BEEN LABELED AS GAY A SCRIPT OR CHARACTER {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;}“EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CLU ALONG THE WAY, AND HE OBVLY HAS SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVRS, ’S STILL UNFED [THE WRERS’] EY,” RASH SAID. “I LIKE THE IA THAT I DON’T QUE KNOW [THE CHARACTER’S SEXUALY] YET. HE JT SEEMS TO BE POLYAMORO.”{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;}RASH RELLED A SCENE OM A FIRST-SEASON EPISO WHERE PELTON ASKED JEFF AND THE FEMALE PROFSOR JEFF WAS THEN DATG IF THEY WOULD EVER HAVE A THREE-WAY. THE QUTN ME THE GUISE OF AN OFFICIAL QUTNNAIRE BUT VIEWERS ULDN’T HELP WONRG IF PELTON SIMPLY MA UP THE QUTN FOR JEFF AND HIS {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 CLEARLY TERTED JEFF SOME PACY BUT I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE WH HIM OR BE HIM,” RASH SAID. “IT’S PROBABLY A LTLE B OF BOTH. I JT THK [PELTON] IS A VERY SEXUAL PERSON. I THK THERE IS SOMETHG TO HIS HOME LIFE AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE’LL FD OUT WHAT HIS PLACE IS LIKE AND IF HE’S GETTG SOME. I THK HE’S GETTG SOME SOME PACY.”{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;}HARMON CREDED RASH’S PERFORMANCE FOR SPIRG THE SHOW’S WRERS TO PH DEAN PELTON EVEN MORE UNUAL DIRECTNS. EARLY THE FIRST SEASON PELTON BEGAN TOUCHG JEFF. AT FIRST, THE MOMENTS WERE SCRIPTED, BUT THE ACTORS ADD ADDNAL TOUCH AS THE SHOW {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 FELY THE SCRIPT AS FAR AS CHECKG OUT HIS CRISPY HAIR BUT AT THE TIME THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JT THE BALD GUY ADMIRG THE GUY WH HAIR,” RASH SAID. “AND THEN I TOUCHED HIS ABS ONE DAY AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SCRIPT OR NOT.”{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;}TOUCHG JEFF’S ABS BEME THE WAY PELTON WOULD GREET {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 JT PUT MY HAND THERE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REFER TO AND SOMETIM MA TO THE FAL CUT FOR AIR AND SOMETIM DIDN’T,” RASH SAID. ONE OF THE EPISOS PELTON GOT HANDSY VOLVED JEFF PLAYG POOL HIS UNRWEAR AND THEN PLETELY {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;}“THEY ALWAYS WRE JOEL REMOVG HIS CLOTH AND THE POOL ONE, I ME UP TO HIM AND NOT EVEN MAKG A POT OF , TOUCHED HIS ABS,” RASH SAID. THE EPISO ALSO FEATURED PELTON TAKG A RATHER EXPLIC PICTURE OF JEFF DURG THE GAME AFTER HIS UNRWEAR ME OFF..{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;}RASH PLAYED A SEXUALLY NFED CHARACTER THE 2006 ABC TED DANSON THERAPY S HELP ME HELP {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 WAS A CLOSETED GUY WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAVG ISSU THERAPY AND THAT CHARACTER WAS PRIMED TO E OUT EVENTUALLY IF THE SERI HAD NTUED,” RASH SAID. “SO I’VE PLAYED A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN NFLICTED OR TRANSN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF THEMSELV.”{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 SAID WHAT HE LIK ABOUT PELTON IS HIS WILLGNS FOR OTHERS TO SEE HIM, SAY, DRSED AS A BEE, OR LETTG THE OTHER CHARACTERS KNOW HE’S OFF TO A HOTEL WH SOME {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’S LIKE, ‘HEY, ASK ME SOME QUTNS,’” RASH {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 ’S POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE EPISO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WH THE HELP OF JOHN OLIVER’S RECURRG {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 THK THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT VOLVG [PSYCHOLOGY] PROFSOR DUNN TRYG TO FIGURE ME OUT,” RASH SAID. “I THK THAT’S THEIR HEAD. TIME WILL TELL AS WE PLETE THE RT OF THE SEASON. I KNOW THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FETISH THEM. HE’S JT A VERY SEXUAL MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUPPRSED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE BEME UNRKED. IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET TO HIS PSYCHE AND SEE WHAT [THE WRERS] WOULD GO WH.”{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
- I WAS TEAM DESANTIS BEFORE HIS DISGTG ANTI-GAY ADGONE TOO FARTO DESANTIS, IF YOU ARE GAY, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.YVONNE DEAN-BAILEYUPDATED JUL. 05, 2023 12:28PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 01, 2023 11:46PM EDT OPNMICHAEL M SANTIAGO/GETTY IMAGIN THEORY, I AM RON DESANTIS’ PERFECT VOTER. I AM A LIFELONG NSERVATIVE, I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE ANY AND ALL COVID RTRICTNS, AND I AM PASSNATELY ANTI-TMP. WHAT ULD BE A MORE IAL VOTER FOR A NDIDATE LIKE DESANTIS?THERE’S ONE PROBLEM FOR DESANTIS, THOUGH: I AM A GAY WOMAN. AND I N’T STAND BEHD HIS ATTACKS AGAST THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.I WAS UNNIABLY ON TEAM DESANTIS BEFORE HIS MPAIGN SHARED WHAT ULD BE NSIRED THE MOST ANTI-LGBTQ+ AD RECENT HISTORY, BOASTG ABOUT ALL THE MEASUR HE’S SUPPORTED CRACKG DOWN ON THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. NOT ONLY DID DESANTIS SHOW THAT HE IS AS ANTI-LGBTQ+ AS THE MASTREAM MEDIA HAS ALLEGED, HE MA A MOCKERY OF ANY GOP NDIDATE THAT SHOWS AN TERT LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, SETTG THE WHOLE PARTY BACK S. DPE MY NSERVATIVE CRENTIALS, YOU ULDN’T PAY ME TO VOTE FOR THE FLORIDA ERNOR NOW. I AM A LBIAN AND DESANTIS HAS MA ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT HE DON’T WANT ANY LGBTQ+ NSERVATIV ON HIS TEAM BEE OF THEIR INTY. WHEN DESANTIS WAS TOYG WH THE IA OF NNG FOR PRINT, HE SOUND LIKE THE PERFECT NDIDATE: HE WAS TMP WHOUT THE TMPS. LTLE DID I KNOW DESANTIS WAS FARTHER TO THE RIGHT ON ISSU THAT MEANT THE MOST TO ME AND THE MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF AMERINS WHO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS.HE HAS MA CLEAR THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT HE’S MORE TERTED APPEASG TWTER TROLLS WHO ABHOR ANY AMERIN WHO INTIFI AS LGBTQ+. TO DESANTIS, IF YOU ARE GAY, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.A FEW YEARS AGO, I WOULDN’T HAVE BELIEVED THIS, BUT DESANTIS' RECENT ANTI-LGBTQ+ AD HAS PROVED THAT HE IS TO THE RIGHT OF TMP WHEN TO LGBTQ+ ISSU. IF TMP WAS SOMEONE WHO DON’T SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT, DESANTIS IS AN ALL-OUT HATER.MY GAYNS HAS NOTHG TO DO WH THE FACT THAT FLORIDA IS A BOOMG STATE AN OTHERWISE LACKLTER ENOMY. THAT BEG SAID, DESANTIS HAS MA ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT HE DO NOT SUPPORT GAY AMERINS REGARDLS OF WHETHER THEY SUPPORT HIS NSERVATIVE AGENDA.WHEN I FIRST ENUNTERED DESANTIS DURG HIS BOLD STANCE AGAST COVID MANDAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS GENERALLY PLEASED WH THE FLORIDA ERNOR. HE SEEMED JT LIKE WHAT NSERVATIV HAVE BEEN MISSG. BUT WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE SSN BROUGHT ISSU NCERNG LGBTQ+ RIGHTS TO THE FOREONT, MY EXCEMENT QUICKLY TURNED TO DISAPPOTMENT. IT BEME EVINT THAT DESANTIS WAS NOT THE CHAMPN OF DIVIDUAL EEDOMS AND RIGHTS THAT I HAD HOPED FOR.HIS ANTI-GAY RHETORIC AND ACTNS ARE NOT ONLY EPLY HURTFUL TO LGBTQ+ AMERINS LIKE MYSELF BUT ALSO TARNISH THE IMAGE OF THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. AS A LIFELONG NSERVATIVE, I BELIEVE THE PRCIPL OF LIMED ERNMENT, PERSONAL RPONSIBILY, AND DIVIDUAL LIBERTI. YET, DESANTIS’ APPROACH TO LGBTQ+ ISSU GO AGAST THE VERY PRCIPL.BY EXCLUDG LGBTQ+ NSERVATIV AND ATTACKG THEIR RIGHTS, DESANTIS ALIENAT A SIGNIFINT PORTN OF HIS POTENTIAL BASE, EFFECTIVELY DRIVG AWAY VOTERS WHO SHARE MANY OF HIS OTHER NSERVATIVE BELIEFS. IT IS DISHEARTENG TO WNS A NDIDATE WHO ULD HAVE BEEN A UNG FORCE WH THE PARTY STEAD NTRIBUTG TO FURTHER DIVISIVENS.DESANTIS’ STANCE ON LGBTQ+ ISSU NOT ONLY NTRADICTS NSERVATIVE VALU BUT ALSO REFLECTS A SEVERE DISNNECT OM THE MAJORY OF AMERINS WHO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS. ACRDG TO POLLS, OVER 70 PERCENT OF AMERINS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, AND THIS NUMBER NTU TO RISE. BY DISREGARDG SUCH A SIGNIFINT PORTN OF THE POPULATN, DESANTIS REVEALS A NCERNG LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE EVOLVG SOCIETAL NORMS AND VALU.AS A GAY WOMAN, MY SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS JT ONE ASPECT OF MY INTY, AND SHOULD NOT FE MY POLIL BELIEFS OR MY PLACE WH THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, DESANTIS SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT ONE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN TERM THEIR WORTHS TO BE PART OF THE NSERVATIVE E. THIS DIVISIVE MENTALY DO NOT BO WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIN PARTY OR S CHANC OF SUCCS BROAR ELECTNS.THE REPUBLIN PARTY SHOULD STRIVE TO BE A BIG-TENT PARTY, EMBRACG DIVERSE PERSPECTIV AND VOIC. ALIENATG LGBTQ+ DIVIDUALS ONLY WEAKENS THE PARTY’S APPEAL AND RTRICTS S ABILY TO ATTRACT NEW SUPPORTERS. IT IS VAL FOR THE PARTY TO EVOLVE AND ADAPT TO THE CHANGG ATTUS OF THE AMERIN PEOPLE, RATHER THAN CLGG TO OUTDATED AND DISCRIMATORY VIEWS.DESANTIS MT REGNIZE THAT HIS ANTI-GAY RHETORIC IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL TO LGBTQ+ AMERINS BUT ALSO TRIMENTAL TO THE VERY PRCIPL HE CLAIMS TO UPHOLD. IF HE TLY AIMS TO LEAD THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND BRG ABOUT POSIVE CHANGE FOR ALL AMERINS, HE MT ABANDON DIVISIVE TACTICS AND FOC ON POLICI THAT PROMOTE UNY AND CLIVY.SO FAR, HE IS ONLY LOSG EVERYDAY AMERINS, CLUDG MANY NSERVATIV LIKE MYSELF, THROUGH HIS DISGTG ANTI-GAY RHETORIC. HIS ATTACKS AGAST THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND EXCLN OF LGBTQ+ NSERVATIV ARE NOT ONLY MORALLY WRONG BUT POLILLY MISGUID. THE REPUBLIN PARTY MT DISTANCE SELF OM SUCH HARMFUL BEHAVR AND STRIVE TO BE A PARTY THAT WEL ALL AMERINS, REGARDLS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN. ONLY THEN N HOPE TO REPRENT THE TE VALU OF NSERVATISM AND GARNER THE SUPPORT NEED TO SUCCEED FUTURE ELECTNS. YVONNE DEAN-BAILEY
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IS "COMMUNY"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...{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;}TVBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010/11:11 AMBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010 / 11:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"COMMUNY\"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+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":"ROB OWEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}{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;}DEAN PELTON PLAYED BY JIM RASH {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;}WHEN GAY ADVOCY GROUPS TALLY THE NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS PRIME TIME, THEY MAY NOT KNOW QUE WHAT TO DO WH CRAIG PELTON, THE BALD, SKNY GREENDALE COMMUNY COLLEGE LEAR ON NBC’S COMMUNY (8 PM THURSDAY).{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 HE SAYS, GAY IS PROBABLY AN OVER-SIMPLIFITN,” SAID SERI CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAN HARMON OF THE RECURRG {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 SHOW’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE SCRIB DEAN PELTON AS BISEXUAL, AND MORE THAN ANYTHG, HE’S PROBABLY A FOOL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER SEXUAL INTY VIEWERS ASCRIBE TO HIM. IN THE SHOW’S HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE EPISO, PELTON GLEEFULLY AGREED THAT HE WAS TOO STUPID TO ORCHTRATE A PLEX {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 YET COMMUNY'S WRERS HAVE LEFT PLENTY OF CLU POTG TO THE CHARACTER’S QUEER SEXUALY, AS WELL AS A FAIR NUMBER THAT SEEM SIGNED TO NFE THE ISSUE. AT TIM, HE SEEMS AS SEXUALLY AMBIGUO AS THE WEIRDLY ANDROGYNO SCHOOL MAST, THE “HUMAN BEG,” WHICH TAK THE FORM OF A SEXLS, FEATURELS, SPANX-ENVELOPED {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 A DEAN PELTON WEBISO AT , AN ATTRACTIVE -ED ONTO THE AN AND HE TRI TO SHOO HER OUT OF HIS OFFICE. BUT DO HE SHOO HER BEE HE’S NOT TERTED, OR IS BEE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF AN ADMISTRATOR-STUNT RELATNSHIP? (THE WEBISOS BEG WH A HAND FLIPPG OVER A SIGN OM “YOUR AN IS OUT” TO “YOUR AN IS .”){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 A VERY MYSTER CHARACTER SEXUALLY,” HARMON SAID. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TEAM HE’S PLAYG FOR, IF ANY. IT’S A CELEBRATN OF THE ENIGMA BEE HE’S HAD A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF PASSG.”{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;}{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;}DAN HARMON, FAR {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;}{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 HARMON’S STATEMENTS, WAS HARD NOT TO THK PELTON WAS PLAYG FOR TEAM GAY WHEN THE OCT. 14 EPISO, “BASIC ROCKET SCIENCE,” ABED (DANNY PUDI) NOT THAT PELTON HAS CIRCLED PUBLIC RTROOMS AND TCK STOPS ON A {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;}“OK, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SI OF THE MAP AND THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT,” PELTON SAYS, QUICKLY TURNG THE MAP {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 DO THEY HAVE STAR RATGS?” ABED {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;}“LET’S GET TO WORK PEOPLE, E ON!” PELTON SAYS, TRYG TO CHANGE 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;}THIS SAME EPISO UNVEILED A NEW, STUNT-SIGNED SCHOOL FLAG (A WALMART-LIKE STARFISH LOGO AND THE SLOGAN “E PLURIB AN”). IN ANOTHER SCENE, JEFF (JOEL MCHALE) THREATENED TO STEP 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;}“AS MUCH AS I MIGHT ENJOY THAT, JEFEY, IF YOU DON’T GET BACK HERE TIME FOR THE LNCH CY COLLEGE WS!” PELTON {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 SHOW’S RECENT BLANKET FORT EPISO PROVID MORE EVINCE FOR PELTON’S QUEER INTY WHEN BRTA (GILLIAN JABS) ASKED, “WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT A BLANKET FORT WH GROWN MEN THEIR UNRROOS?” PELTON PROMPTLY PRANCED TO THE ROOM AND RAISED HIS {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;}BUT THE CLU ALWAYS PROVI THE DEAN WH PLSIBLE NIABILY – WAS HE RAISG HIS HAND BEE HE WANTS TO PLAY WH GUYS UNRROOS OR BEE HE WANTS TO FEEL CLUD? THE SHOWNNERS LEAVE THE GTURE, LIKE PELTON’S SEXUALY, THE ZONE 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;}IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THAT SAME EPISO REVEALED THE AN HAS HIRED A DRAMA PROFSOR TO SHOW UP AT A FAY DNER AND ACCE THE AN OF STEALG HIS GIRLIEND – A POSSIBLE SE TO FLECT FAY SPICNS ABOUT PELTON’S SEXUALY, OR IS HE JT TOO WEIRD TO SRE A GIRLIEND?{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;}DEAN PELTON HAS HAD A PRENCE COMMUNY SCE THE SHOW’S PILOT EPISO, BUT HIS ODR TENNCI BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER AN EARLY FIRST-SEASON EPISO THAT SAW THE CHARACTER FETISHIZG DALMATIANS, AN EPISO THAT’S SPIRED A {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 THK PROBABLY ME OM THE DALMATIAN THG, THE IA HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI BUT HE DON’T SEEM TENT ON HIDG ,” HARMON SAID. “HIS RIVER NS A LTLE EPER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.”{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 “DALMATIAN THG” BEGAN WHEN PELTON WAS SHOWN WATCHG A YOUTUBE VIO – SPIRED BY A REAL ONLE POST – OF A GUY WHO PATED HIMSELF AS A DALMATIAN AND VIOTAPED HIMSELF POSG {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 HOPE THIS DON’T AWAKEN SOMETHG ME,” PELTON {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;}HARMON SAID WORK EXECUTIV HATED THAT SCENE – “COULDN’T YOU JT HAVE HIM PLAYG SOLAIRE ON THE PUTER?” THEY SUGGTED – WHICH ONLY ENURAGED HIM TO ADD DALMATIAN MEMORABILIA THE BACKGROUND OF THE AN’S OFFICE AND TO REVEAL THE FIRST SEASON FALE THAT PELTON IS 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;}“WE JT SHOT ANOTHER EPISO ANOTHER STUME,” SAID RASH AN TERVIEW OM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT THIS WEEK AFTER SHOOTG A MEO THE UPG MTV MOVIE WORST. PROM. EVER. “I THK ’S EVOLVG.”{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;}THIS TIME, PELTON WILL BE DRSED AS A {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;}RASH SAID HE DO NOT THK OF THE CHARACTER AS GAY BEE PELTON HAS NEVER BEEN LABELED AS GAY A SCRIPT OR CHARACTER {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;}“EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CLU ALONG THE WAY, AND HE OBVLY HAS SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVRS, ’S STILL UNFED [THE WRERS’] EY,” RASH SAID. “I LIKE THE IA THAT I DON’T QUE KNOW [THE CHARACTER’S SEXUALY] YET. HE JT SEEMS TO BE POLYAMORO.”{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;}RASH RELLED A SCENE OM A FIRST-SEASON EPISO WHERE PELTON ASKED JEFF AND THE FEMALE PROFSOR JEFF WAS THEN DATG IF THEY WOULD EVER HAVE A THREE-WAY. THE QUTN ME THE GUISE OF AN OFFICIAL QUTNNAIRE BUT VIEWERS ULDN’T HELP WONRG IF PELTON SIMPLY MA UP THE QUTN FOR JEFF AND HIS {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 CLEARLY TERTED JEFF SOME PACY BUT I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE WH HIM OR BE HIM,” RASH SAID. “IT’S PROBABLY A LTLE B OF BOTH. I JT THK [PELTON] IS A VERY SEXUAL PERSON. I THK THERE IS SOMETHG TO HIS HOME LIFE AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE’LL FD OUT WHAT HIS PLACE IS LIKE AND IF HE’S GETTG SOME. I THK HE’S GETTG SOME SOME PACY.”{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;}HARMON CREDED RASH’S PERFORMANCE FOR SPIRG THE SHOW’S WRERS TO PH DEAN PELTON EVEN MORE UNUAL DIRECTNS. EARLY THE FIRST SEASON PELTON BEGAN TOUCHG JEFF. AT FIRST, THE MOMENTS WERE SCRIPTED, BUT THE ACTORS ADD ADDNAL TOUCH AS THE SHOW {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 FELY THE SCRIPT AS FAR AS CHECKG OUT HIS CRISPY HAIR BUT AT THE TIME THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JT THE BALD GUY ADMIRG THE GUY WH HAIR,” RASH SAID. “AND THEN I TOUCHED HIS ABS ONE DAY AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SCRIPT OR NOT.”{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;}TOUCHG JEFF’S ABS BEME THE WAY PELTON WOULD GREET {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 JT PUT MY HAND THERE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REFER TO AND SOMETIM MA TO THE FAL CUT FOR AIR AND SOMETIM DIDN’T,” RASH SAID. ONE OF THE EPISOS PELTON GOT HANDSY VOLVED JEFF PLAYG POOL HIS UNRWEAR AND THEN PLETELY {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;}“THEY ALWAYS WRE JOEL REMOVG HIS CLOTH AND THE POOL ONE, I ME UP TO HIM AND NOT EVEN MAKG A POT OF , TOUCHED HIS ABS,” RASH SAID. THE EPISO ALSO FEATURED PELTON TAKG A RATHER EXPLIC PICTURE OF JEFF DURG THE GAME AFTER HIS UNRWEAR ME OFF..{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;}RASH PLAYED A SEXUALLY NFED CHARACTER THE 2006 ABC TED DANSON THERAPY S HELP ME HELP {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 WAS A CLOSETED GUY WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAVG ISSU THERAPY AND THAT CHARACTER WAS PRIMED TO E OUT EVENTUALLY IF THE SERI HAD NTUED,” RASH SAID. “SO I’VE PLAYED A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN NFLICTED OR TRANSN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF THEMSELV.”{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 SAID WHAT HE LIK ABOUT PELTON IS HIS WILLGNS FOR OTHERS TO SEE HIM, SAY, DRSED AS A BEE, OR LETTG THE OTHER CHARACTERS KNOW HE’S OFF TO A HOTEL WH SOME {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’S LIKE, ‘HEY, ASK ME SOME QUTNS,’” RASH {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 ’S POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE EPISO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WH THE HELP OF JOHN OLIVER’S RECURRG {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 THK THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT VOLVG [PSYCHOLOGY] PROFSOR DUNN TRYG TO FIGURE ME OUT,” RASH SAID. “I THK THAT’S THEIR HEAD. TIME WILL TELL AS WE PLETE THE RT OF THE SEASON. I KNOW THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FETISH THEM. HE’S JT A VERY SEXUAL MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUPPRSED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE BEME UNRKED. IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET TO HIS PSYCHE AND SEE WHAT [THE WRERS] WOULD GO WH.”{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
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Dean Pelton played by Jim Rash When gay advocy groups tally the number of gay characters prime time, they may not know que what to do wh Craig Pelton, the bald, skny Greendale Communy College lear on NBC’s Communy (8 PM Thursday). “As he says, gay is probably an over-simplifitn, ” said seri creator/executive producer Dan Harmon of the recurrg show’s Wikipedia page scrib Dean Pelton as bisexual, and more than anythg, he’s probably a fool above and beyond whatever sexual inty viewers ascribe to him. ”Dan Harmon, far leftDpe Harmon’s statements, was hard not to thk Pelton was playg for team gay when the Oct.
”This time, Pelton will be drsed as a said he do not thk of the character as gay bee Pelton has never been labeled as gay a script or character breakdown. But retrospect, there's a more ronant aspect to the "Human Beg" mast, who — much like Pelton — rists simplistic viewers and crics have prumed that Dean Pelton is gay. Film and televisn characters who are stead "d" are sometim leveraged for stereotype-driven or homophobic humor, and lgerg cultural disfort wh same-sex romance and sexualy surely keeps many of the d characters the closet.
On ocsn, he n even e off as predatory — a tired misnceptn about gay and bisexual an average episo, Dean Pelton don't seem creepy; he off as iendly — though clgy — and loveable. They're often assumed to be eher gay/lbian or straight, pendg on the person they're datg — an assumptn some viewers will likely make if Communy ever troduc a squeeze of Dean Pelton' last week's "Basic Story, " Annie fds a weddg rg the an's office, and briefly appears that the an has been married throughout the entire seri. Instead of tryg to peg Dean Pelton to a bary gay or straight inty, viewers should e the character to embrace a more nuanced unrstandg of sexualy.
I WAS TEAM DESANTIS BEFORE HIS DISGTG ANTI-GAY ADGONE TOO FARTO DESANTIS, IF YOU ARE GAY, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.YVONNE DEAN-BAILEYUPDATED JUL. 05, 2023 12:28PM EDT / PUBLISHED JUL. 01, 2023 11:46PM EDT OPNMICHAEL M SANTIAGO/GETTY IMAGIN THEORY, I AM RON DESANTIS’ PERFECT VOTER. I AM A LIFELONG NSERVATIVE, I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE ANY AND ALL COVID RTRICTNS, AND I AM PASSNATELY ANTI-TMP. WHAT ULD BE A MORE IAL VOTER FOR A NDIDATE LIKE DESANTIS?THERE’S ONE PROBLEM FOR DESANTIS, THOUGH: I AM A GAY WOMAN. AND I N’T STAND BEHD HIS ATTACKS AGAST THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.I WAS UNNIABLY ON TEAM DESANTIS BEFORE HIS MPAIGN SHARED WHAT ULD BE NSIRED THE MOST ANTI-LGBTQ+ AD RECENT HISTORY, BOASTG ABOUT ALL THE MEASUR HE’S SUPPORTED CRACKG DOWN ON THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. NOT ONLY DID DESANTIS SHOW THAT HE IS AS ANTI-LGBTQ+ AS THE MASTREAM MEDIA HAS ALLEGED, HE MA A MOCKERY OF ANY GOP NDIDATE THAT SHOWS AN TERT LGBTQ+ RIGHTS, SETTG THE WHOLE PARTY BACK S. DPE MY NSERVATIVE CRENTIALS, YOU ULDN’T PAY ME TO VOTE FOR THE FLORIDA ERNOR NOW. I AM A LBIAN AND DESANTIS HAS MA ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT HE DON’T WANT ANY LGBTQ+ NSERVATIV ON HIS TEAM BEE OF THEIR INTY. WHEN DESANTIS WAS TOYG WH THE IA OF NNG FOR PRINT, HE SOUND LIKE THE PERFECT NDIDATE: HE WAS TMP WHOUT THE TMPS. LTLE DID I KNOW DESANTIS WAS FARTHER TO THE RIGHT ON ISSU THAT MEANT THE MOST TO ME AND THE MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF AMERINS WHO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS.HE HAS MA CLEAR THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT HE’S MORE TERTED APPEASG TWTER TROLLS WHO ABHOR ANY AMERIN WHO INTIFI AS LGBTQ+. TO DESANTIS, IF YOU ARE GAY, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE A PART OF THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.A FEW YEARS AGO, I WOULDN’T HAVE BELIEVED THIS, BUT DESANTIS' RECENT ANTI-LGBTQ+ AD HAS PROVED THAT HE IS TO THE RIGHT OF TMP WHEN TO LGBTQ+ ISSU. IF TMP WAS SOMEONE WHO DON’T SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT, DESANTIS IS AN ALL-OUT HATER.MY GAYNS HAS NOTHG TO DO WH THE FACT THAT FLORIDA IS A BOOMG STATE AN OTHERWISE LACKLTER ENOMY. THAT BEG SAID, DESANTIS HAS MA ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT HE DO NOT SUPPORT GAY AMERINS REGARDLS OF WHETHER THEY SUPPORT HIS NSERVATIVE AGENDA.WHEN I FIRST ENUNTERED DESANTIS DURG HIS BOLD STANCE AGAST COVID MANDAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, I WAS GENERALLY PLEASED WH THE FLORIDA ERNOR. HE SEEMED JT LIKE WHAT NSERVATIV HAVE BEEN MISSG. BUT WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE SSN BROUGHT ISSU NCERNG LGBTQ+ RIGHTS TO THE FOREONT, MY EXCEMENT QUICKLY TURNED TO DISAPPOTMENT. IT BEME EVINT THAT DESANTIS WAS NOT THE CHAMPN OF DIVIDUAL EEDOMS AND RIGHTS THAT I HAD HOPED FOR.HIS ANTI-GAY RHETORIC AND ACTNS ARE NOT ONLY EPLY HURTFUL TO LGBTQ+ AMERINS LIKE MYSELF BUT ALSO TARNISH THE IMAGE OF THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. AS A LIFELONG NSERVATIVE, I BELIEVE THE PRCIPL OF LIMED ERNMENT, PERSONAL RPONSIBILY, AND DIVIDUAL LIBERTI. YET, DESANTIS’ APPROACH TO LGBTQ+ ISSU GO AGAST THE VERY PRCIPL.BY EXCLUDG LGBTQ+ NSERVATIV AND ATTACKG THEIR RIGHTS, DESANTIS ALIENAT A SIGNIFINT PORTN OF HIS POTENTIAL BASE, EFFECTIVELY DRIVG AWAY VOTERS WHO SHARE MANY OF HIS OTHER NSERVATIVE BELIEFS. IT IS DISHEARTENG TO WNS A NDIDATE WHO ULD HAVE BEEN A UNG FORCE WH THE PARTY STEAD NTRIBUTG TO FURTHER DIVISIVENS.DESANTIS’ STANCE ON LGBTQ+ ISSU NOT ONLY NTRADICTS NSERVATIVE VALU BUT ALSO REFLECTS A SEVERE DISNNECT OM THE MAJORY OF AMERINS WHO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS. ACRDG TO POLLS, OVER 70 PERCENT OF AMERINS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, AND THIS NUMBER NTU TO RISE. BY DISREGARDG SUCH A SIGNIFINT PORTN OF THE POPULATN, DESANTIS REVEALS A NCERNG LACK OF UNRSTANDG OF THE EVOLVG SOCIETAL NORMS AND VALU.AS A GAY WOMAN, MY SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS JT ONE ASPECT OF MY INTY, AND SHOULD NOT FE MY POLIL BELIEFS OR MY PLACE WH THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, DESANTIS SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT ONE’S SEXUAL ORIENTATN TERM THEIR WORTHS TO BE PART OF THE NSERVATIVE E. THIS DIVISIVE MENTALY DO NOT BO WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIN PARTY OR S CHANC OF SUCCS BROAR ELECTNS.THE REPUBLIN PARTY SHOULD STRIVE TO BE A BIG-TENT PARTY, EMBRACG DIVERSE PERSPECTIV AND VOIC. ALIENATG LGBTQ+ DIVIDUALS ONLY WEAKENS THE PARTY’S APPEAL AND RTRICTS S ABILY TO ATTRACT NEW SUPPORTERS. IT IS VAL FOR THE PARTY TO EVOLVE AND ADAPT TO THE CHANGG ATTUS OF THE AMERIN PEOPLE, RATHER THAN CLGG TO OUTDATED AND DISCRIMATORY VIEWS.DESANTIS MT REGNIZE THAT HIS ANTI-GAY RHETORIC IS NOT ONLY HARMFUL TO LGBTQ+ AMERINS BUT ALSO TRIMENTAL TO THE VERY PRCIPL HE CLAIMS TO UPHOLD. IF HE TLY AIMS TO LEAD THE NSERVATIVE MOVEMENT AND BRG ABOUT POSIVE CHANGE FOR ALL AMERINS, HE MT ABANDON DIVISIVE TACTICS AND FOC ON POLICI THAT PROMOTE UNY AND CLIVY.SO FAR, HE IS ONLY LOSG EVERYDAY AMERINS, CLUDG MANY NSERVATIV LIKE MYSELF, THROUGH HIS DISGTG ANTI-GAY RHETORIC. HIS ATTACKS AGAST THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AND EXCLN OF LGBTQ+ NSERVATIV ARE NOT ONLY MORALLY WRONG BUT POLILLY MISGUID. THE REPUBLIN PARTY MT DISTANCE SELF OM SUCH HARMFUL BEHAVR AND STRIVE TO BE A PARTY THAT WEL ALL AMERINS, REGARDLS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN. ONLY THEN N HOPE TO REPRENT THE TE VALU OF NSERVATISM AND GARNER THE SUPPORT NEED TO SUCCEED FUTURE ELECTNS. YVONNE DEAN-BAILEY
And obvly a good al of him nstantly beg funny is a cred to Jim Rash, who also helps havg a gay man play the character, for throwg himself headfirst to every crazy suatn the Dean fds himself , but as a queer person who thks you n have any person regardls of their inty be the ic relief of entertament so long as their ic inty isn’t centered around whatever mak them a “mory” and do so an offensive way, the Dean’s whole characterizatn as a queer character who’s sole purpose is not to be a stereotypil reprentatn or someone who’s there to be the “weird one” is somethg I’ve really e to appreciate. I'm on my first watch of the whole show, and I jt fished watchg the Gay Dean episo.
CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
And then, the Gay Dean episo, they did exactly the oppose of what I thought they were gonna do. The whole Gay Dean storyle ma seem like his sexualy need some sort of explag, when - my humble opn - what ma the whole thg great was that there was no big speech of acceptance and "you should like whatever you like", and they didn't dig themselv to a hole of tryg to appeal to any group, the Dean was jt the Dean wh all his quirks and that's that. They even went to a reason why I thk this was a shaky move, when they talked about "not beg ready for his sexualy beg a fg part of his image" (or somethg along the l), and that's exactly why I thk they shouldn't have done the whole "gay don't even beg to ver and you know what, you'll jt have to al wh that" thg.
Acceptance should e naturally to all sexuali, and this impli that if someone don't want to put a label on themselv or make to a big speech of g out, then the public shouldn't feel like they have a right to know - and I kda feel like the whole Gay Dean stick was jt there for the fans who were nstantly askg about his sexualy. I have to adm tho, the Gay Dean song ma me crack up for real.
There’s one problem for DeSantis, though: I am a gay woman. Ltle did I know DeSantis was farther to the right on issu that meant the most to me and the more than 70 percent of Amerins who support gay has ma clear the past few weeks that he’s more terted appeasg Twter trolls who abhor any Amerin who intifi as LGBTQ+.
GAY DEAN
To DeSantis, if you are gay, you are not allowed to be a part of the nservative movement. If Tmp was someone who don’t support the movement, DeSantis is an all-out gayns has nothg to do wh the fact that Florida is a boomg state an otherwise lacklter enomy. That beg said, DeSantis has ma abundantly clear that he do not support gay Amerins regardls of whether they support his nservative I first enuntered DeSantis durg his bold stance agast COVID mandat earlier this year, I was generally pleased wh the Florida ernor.
It beme evint that DeSantis was not the champn of dividual eedoms and rights that I had hoped anti-gay rhetoric and actns are not only eply hurtful to LGBTQ+ Amerins like myself but also tarnish the image of the nservative movement. DeSantis’ stance on LGBTQ+ issu not only ntradicts nservative valu but also reflects a severe disnnect om the majory of Amerins who support gay rights. Acrdg to polls, over 70 percent of Amerins support gay marriage, and this number ntu to rise.
By disregardg such a signifint portn of the populatn, DeSantis reveals a ncerng lack of unrstandg of the evolvg societal norms and a gay woman, my sexual orientatn is jt one aspect of my inty, and should not fe my polil beliefs or my place wh the nservative movement.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
DeSantis mt regnize that his anti-gay rhetoric is not only harmful to LGBTQ+ Amerins but also trimental to the very prcipl he claims to uphold.
If he tly aims to lead the nservative movement and brg about posive change for all Amerins, he mt abandon divisive tactics and foc on polici that promote uny and far, he is only losg everyday Amerins, cludg many nservativ like myself, through his disgtg anti-gay rhetoric. Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Dean, Gay Dean! Durg the 2015 semter at Greendale, school board members Carl and Richie ed a sndal by ncellg a Gay pri para that was to be held on mp.