How ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Helped Me Realize I Was Gay – The Hollywood Reporter

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, WHE, STRAIGHT, GAY, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN

"No; fuck, not gay.

— Gee Menz to Joe Caputo, rponse to him askg whether motach are regard a "gay thg". Not only is Orange is the New Black highly addictg— was released on Netflix all at once, so many viewers bge-watched all 13 episos—but on top of that, tackl several ntroversial issu like sexualy, homophobia, patriarchy, class, and race, often simultaneoly.

'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' WRER LREN MORELLI OUT AS GAY

Intersectnaly is the ia that thgs like racism, sexism, homophobia, and other typ of bigotry, do not act penntly of one another; stead, the forms of opprsn terrelate. The on-screen drama "Orange Is the New Black" helped one of the show's wrers e to a realizatn about her own Lren Morelli me out as gay after examg issu of sexualy the procs of wrg the Netflix h, she says  an say for PolicyMic.

(Jsi Migl for Netflix)"I realized I was gay fall 2012, one of my first days on the set, " Morelli wrote. 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.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY

Most notably, the terveng years, gay marriage was legalized. 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.

As the first season gaed massive and mastream populary, I watched iends embrace gay culture and the unfiltered reprentatn of whout battg an eyelash.

13 FUN PHOTOS! THE 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CAST CELEBRAT GAY PRI

The years of anxiety I felt about beg gay melted away mut. 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).

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'Orange Is the New Black' wrer Lren Morelli out as gay .

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