New 'Amerin Horror Stori' Promise Gays and Gore - OUT FRONT

Contents:

• ‘AMERIN HORROR STORY’: A VERY GAY SHOWSE
• NEW ‘AMERIN HORROR STORI’ PROMISE GAYS AND GORE
• THE FIRST TRAILER FOR AMERIN HORROR STORI TEAS LOTS OF GAY-THEMED GORE

‘AMERIN HORROR STORY’: A VERY GAY SHOWSE

Amerin Horror Story: NYC, dubbed the anthology seri’ “gayt season yet, ”, featur no shortage of tablished, hunky talent. Related: Meet the hunky stars of ‘Amerin Horror Story’s’ 11th season, which may be s gayt yet.

Set New York Cy durg the 1980s, Season 11 of "Amerin Horror Story" starts off wh the ath of a closeted gay man, which mak Detective Patrick Read (Rsell Tovey) spic that there might be a killer on the loose that is specifilly targetg the gay muny. Though most of the time he jt anonymoly pops up the background wh ltle rponse, there are some moments where he physilly attacks people, like when he kills Barbara (Llie Grossman), attacks Patrick twice, and firebombs a gay bar. Some fans thk that Big Daddy may not only reprent AIDS, but also anti-gay vlence.

NEW ‘AMERIN HORROR STORI’ PROMISE GAYS AND GORE

U/MarQ16 elaborated their very own theory that mak Big Daddy a b more than jt AIDS, and said, "I am choosg to terpret BD as the llective sum of vlence and torture perpetuated agast the gay muny. Rather than simply jt HIV/AIDS, mak more sense to me that is the ignorance, rage, homophobia, etc. Personified as a vlent, thls, and lerally facels beg that uld be an avatar for anybody (or anythg) that seeks to rid the world of gay people.

And while Murphy has had a slate of projects that were eher overtly queer (Glee) or queer-d (Popular, Nip/Tuck), AHS isn’t technilly a “gay” seri. Dpe this, Murphy and his team have utilized the show’s platform to give the muny a voice, whether by hirg out gay actors as signifint players or by cludg queer characters and storyl on a show that isn’t necsarily about such.

Wh June beg Pri Month, we at Horror Prs thought a suable time to pay tribute to what a very gay showse Amerin Horror Story has been all the years, so let’s go ahead and take a peek behd the rabow curta. We’re all aware of how fearful Hollywood is of out and proud actors bee, after all, how uld a gay person possibly play straight, or why would straight viewers re to watch people they have no chance at beddg? Jsi Lange’s tour--force performance as sidly nosy neighbor Constance Langdon fed the gays who worship at the altar of powerful women actg their ass off.

THE FIRST TRAILER FOR AMERIN HORROR STORI TEAS LOTS OF GAY-THEMED GORE

While not explicly gay, a prence like Lange’s, along wh Connie Brton’s geo mane and the amg of Dylan McDermott as an object of sexual sire (daddy, ed), certaly supported the gay agenda. This first season also clus a ghostly gay uple at the genis of Rubber Man, a BDSM fetish su that immediately beme one of the seri’ most inic and regnizable ights.

Rather than focg on their relatnship as “the other” to be juxtaposed wh the show’s straight unterparts, Murphy and his wrers tegrated this gay uple seamlsly to the actn, and sometim that’s jt as wele as highlightg the differenc queer stori.