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Contents:
- ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY
- HOW ‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ HELPED ME REALIZE I WAS GAY (COLUMN)
- 13 FUN PHOTOS! THE 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CAST CELEBRAT GAY PRI
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY
Lren Morelli, a former Orange is the New Black wrer and -executive producer, wrote an op-ed 2014 tailg her g-out journey, tled “While Wrg for Orange is the New Black, I Realized I Was Gay.
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Case pot: In October, The CW will break ground wh Batwoman, the first live-actn drama seri revolvg entirely around a lbian superhero who also is played by an openly gay actrs (hello aga, Ruby Rose).
HOW ‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ HELPED ME REALIZE I WAS GAY (COLUMN)
Morelli wrote that she realized she was gay while workg on the show's first season. While workg on the show, which featur lbian characters’ relatnships, she said she realized she was gay. Figueroa was his boss and married (to a clearly gay man) who nstantly berated and emasculated him.
13 FUN PHOTOS! THE 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CAST CELEBRAT GAY PRI
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Queer as Folk was rarely about anythg other than s characters' own narcissistic social myopia; outsi of the polil aspect of reprentg gay men's liv on film, QAF had ltle to say. "But straight people didn't ed to be able to do that wh gay rol. Straight people uldn't relate to gay people and their experience....
Netflix Releas 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 2 TrailerOn Sunday, a few of the stars of the Netflix show - cludg Danielle Brooks (Taystee), Samira Wiley (Posey), Dascha Polan (Dayanara), Yael Stone (Morello), Matt McGorry (Bent) -attend the Gay Pri Para New York Cy. Meanwhile, at the other end of the untry Lea DeLaria, or Boo, attend the Gay Pri ftivi San Francis.