Shamels Season 8 Episo 10 Review: Church of Gay J | Den of Geek

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• CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
• ‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS
•  IT'S THE SHAMELS SEASON 10 FALE GAY WEDDG IAN GALLAGHER AND MICKEY KOVICH FANS REACTNS
• NEW "SHAMELS" CHARACTER SPOTLIGHTS RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS MEN"LIKE PEOPLE HAD TO DIGT AND PROCS HIS IAN HAS TO TE HIMSELF."{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 MATTHEW THARRETTOCTOBER 28, 2016/11:32 AMBY MATTHEW THARRETTOCTOBER 28, 2016 / 11:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW \"SHAMELS\" CHARACTER SPOTLIGHTS RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS MEN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-10-28T15:32:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-10-28T15:32:29.000+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":"MATTHEW THARRETT","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;}SHAMELS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NANCY PIMENTAL DISCS THE SHOWTIME SHOW'S NEW TRANS STORYLE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STG TRANS ACTORS TO PLAY TRANS CHARACTERS A NEW TERVIEW WH THE HOLLYWOOD {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;}FAKG IT ACTOR ELLT FLETCHER JOED THE SHOW S CURRENT SEVENTH SEASON AS TREVOR, A NEW LOVE TERT FOR IAN (CAMERON MONAGHAN).{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 EPISO FOUR, IAN LEARNS THAT TREVOR IS TRANSGENR AND EAKS OUT, DNKENLY LOBBG SOME APPROPRIATE QUTNS AT HIM A BAR WHERE THEY'D BEEN 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;}PIMENTAL SAID THE SIARI BETWEEN THIS SCENE AND ONE OM THE SHOW'S FIRST SEASON, WHERE IAN FOUND HIMSELF AT THE RECEIVG END OF A HOMOPHOBIC LE OF QUTNG AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY, ARE TENTNAL AND MEANT TO SHE A LIGHT ON SER ISSU WH THE LGBT {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;}"A FEW YEARS AGO, IAN WAS BEG NONTED WH PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMOPHOBIC OR WEREN'T ACCEPTG OF HIS CHOIC, AND NOW HAS BEE NORMALIZED. SUDNLY HE'S ON THE OTHER SI OF NOW, NONTED WH THIS NEW [TRANS] SUATN THAT HE HAS TO LEARN TO ACCEPT,” SAID {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;}"LIKE PEOPLE HAD TO DIGT AND PROCS HIS SEXUALY THE BEGNG OF THE SERI, NOW IAN HAS TO TE HIMSELF. AS PROGRSIVE AS HE N BE MANY WAYS, HE N BE LIMED HIS EXPOSURE TO PEOPLE OUTSI OF HIS WORLD.”{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;}PIMENTAL ALSO NFIRMED THAT IAN AND TREVOR'S LOVE WILL "BLOSSOM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON."{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;}"INTRODUCG TREVOR WAS THE MOST EXCG PART OF THE EPISO," SHE SAID. "TO ST AN ACTOR THENTILLY WHO IS TRANS TO PLAY TRANS, I THK THAT EVERYONE WAS NERVO THAT THE POOL OF ACTORS TO LOOK AT WOULD BE SMALL. BUT WASN'T — THERE WERE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT CHOIC."{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;}SHE ADD: "FOR ME, THE NATURALISM AND CHARM AND FIERCENS THAT WH WHO ELLT IS AND THE MMENT TO THE CHARACTER MA HIM THE OBV CHOICE."{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;}SHAMELS AIRS SUNDAYS AT 9PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• SHAMELS SEASON 8 EPISO 10 REVIEW: CHURCH OF GAY J
• IS CAMERON MONAGHAN GAY? HE HAS DATED ONLY WOMEN & HIS CURRENT GIRLIEND IS A MOL
• ARE MICKEY AND IAN OM SHAMELS GAY REAL LIFE?

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

Cameron Monaghan Plays an Openly Gay Man on 'Shamels, ' but Is He IRL? Is Ian om 'Shamels' gay real life?

On the show, he plays Ian, the third olst Gallagher siblg whose stggl to e out as gay was ptured on Season 1. Article ntu below advertisementOn 'Shamels, ' Cameron Monaghan plays Ian, a character who me out as gay Season the past seasons, we've watched how Cameron's on-screen character, Ian, and his partner, Mickey, have tried to bat reprsn and societal stigma to build a better relatnship. The actor might be playg a gay character on the show, but he maly dated women the past.

He never do anythg that's stereotypilly perceived as 'gay. ' He's tough, he's street smart, and he's pretty much unlike any gay teenager on televisn right now, " Cameron told Vany Fair.

‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

Article ntu below advertisement"I'm not gay myself, but 's a role I'm very happy to play. I'm always happy to support the gay muny. And I thk a lot of teens — and a lot of gay teens, pecially — will really relate to the role, " Cameron add.

 IT'S THE SHAMELS SEASON 10 FALE GAY WEDDG IAN GALLAGHER AND MICKEY KOVICH FANS REACTNS

Fans have wonred: Is Cameron Monaghan gay? Ian Gallagher actor Cameron Monaghan has never dated his on-screen love tert Noel Fisher and is not gay real life.

) The unrtone (and overtone) was that Shamels is beg even more explic about s pictns of gay and bisexual characters, a topic ’s explored om the begng, and gets more nuanced as the seri go on. I have seen so many people sayg Ian was nsistent and not tertg other than the gay part but … that nf me. Fna screws like 20 men the mimum the seri she isn’t known for her “straightns”She works at a night club, he worked at a gay bar.

I don’t unrstand how people claim all the seri shows about Ian is beg gay when he is jt as sexual as almost every sgle fay member … he jt happens to be gay. Okay, so at this juncture Ian, Debbie, and Liam are all now gay. There’s certaly nothg wrong wh homosexualy and don’t bother me there are gay characters on this show, jt bothers me how heavy-hand the social mentary on has bee.

NEW "SHAMELS" CHARACTER SPOTLIGHTS RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS MEN"LIKE PEOPLE HAD TO DIGT AND PROCS HIS IAN HAS TO TE HIMSELF."{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 MATTHEW THARRETTOCTOBER 28, 2016/11:32 AMBY MATTHEW THARRETTOCTOBER 28, 2016 / 11:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NEW \"SHAMELS\" CHARACTER SPOTLIGHTS RELATNSHIP BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS MEN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-10-28T15:32:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-10-28T15:32:29.000+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":"MATTHEW THARRETT","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;}SHAMELS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER NANCY PIMENTAL DISCS THE SHOWTIME SHOW'S NEW TRANS STORYLE, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STG TRANS ACTORS TO PLAY TRANS CHARACTERS A NEW TERVIEW WH THE HOLLYWOOD {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;}FAKG IT ACTOR ELLT FLETCHER JOED THE SHOW S CURRENT SEVENTH SEASON AS TREVOR, A NEW LOVE TERT FOR IAN (CAMERON MONAGHAN).{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 EPISO FOUR, IAN LEARNS THAT TREVOR IS TRANSGENR AND EAKS OUT, DNKENLY LOBBG SOME APPROPRIATE QUTNS AT HIM A BAR WHERE THEY'D BEEN 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;}PIMENTAL SAID THE SIARI BETWEEN THIS SCENE AND ONE OM THE SHOW'S FIRST SEASON, WHERE IAN FOUND HIMSELF AT THE RECEIVG END OF A HOMOPHOBIC LE OF QUTNG AFTER HE ME OUT AS GAY, ARE TENTNAL AND MEANT TO SHE A LIGHT ON SER ISSU WH THE LGBT {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;}"A FEW YEARS AGO, IAN WAS BEG NONTED WH PEOPLE WHO WERE HOMOPHOBIC OR WEREN'T ACCEPTG OF HIS CHOIC, AND NOW HAS BEE NORMALIZED. SUDNLY HE'S ON THE OTHER SI OF NOW, NONTED WH THIS NEW [TRANS] SUATN THAT HE HAS TO LEARN TO ACCEPT,” SAID {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;}"LIKE PEOPLE HAD TO DIGT AND PROCS HIS SEXUALY THE BEGNG OF THE SERI, NOW IAN HAS TO TE HIMSELF. AS PROGRSIVE AS HE N BE MANY WAYS, HE N BE LIMED HIS EXPOSURE TO PEOPLE OUTSI OF HIS WORLD.”{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;}PIMENTAL ALSO NFIRMED THAT IAN AND TREVOR'S LOVE WILL "BLOSSOM THROUGHOUT THE SEASON."{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;}"INTRODUCG TREVOR WAS THE MOST EXCG PART OF THE EPISO," SHE SAID. "TO ST AN ACTOR THENTILLY WHO IS TRANS TO PLAY TRANS, I THK THAT EVERYONE WAS NERVO THAT THE POOL OF ACTORS TO LOOK AT WOULD BE SMALL. BUT WASN'T — THERE WERE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT CHOIC."{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;}SHE ADD: "FOR ME, THE NATURALISM AND CHARM AND FIERCENS THAT WH WHO ELLT IS AND THE MMENT TO THE CHARACTER MA HIM THE OBV CHOICE."{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;}SHAMELS AIRS SUNDAYS AT 9PM ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

I feel like at this pot the show is jt preachg to the choir at this pot about how people are born gay.

Of urse people are born gay. It’s simply a statistil anomaly that all of the siblgs would be gay.

SHAMELS SEASON 8 EPISO 10 REVIEW: CHURCH OF GAY J

Why is so necsary to make them all gay? It has bee so heavy-hand the mentary that gay men are pable of beg “tough” and “manly”. Y, gay men certaly are pable of behavr like that of straight me, but I don’t see why the show tri so hard to make this pot.

As okay as is for a gay guy to be feme, ’s simply what’s realistic about most gay men. They aren’t even showg gay men that act more feme.

It jt bothers me how transparent this show has bee wh their portrayal of gay characters. The nature of what mak a person gay and the breakg the stereotyp are both old news.

IS CAMERON MONAGHAN GAY? HE HAS DATED ONLY WOMEN & HIS CURRENT GIRLIEND IS A MOL

Ian Gallagher is a gay character om Shamels. Ian is tablished to be gay the pilot.

ARE MICKEY AND IAN OM SHAMELS GAY REAL LIFE?

“Hey Fna, I’m gay, ” he stat to his olr sister. In S1x3 he tells Mandy, “I’m gay. GAY.

Pimental said the siari between this scene and one om the show's first season, where Ian found himself at the receivg end of a homophobic le of qutng after he me out as gay, are tentnal and meant to she a light on ser issu wh the LGBT muny. "A few years ago, Ian was beg nonted wh people who were homophobic or weren't acceptg of his choic, and now has bee normalized.

As a closeted gay man, Ian has to explore his buddg sexualy secret – somethg that’s easier said than done, and a nsistent source of Ian’s problems. His sense of displacement is further exacerbated by his secret homosexualy, which he believ would e que a sndal their poor, ill-ted, no-llar area. Ian hop that the army will offer him the clary he needs to fd out who he really is – although his brother Lip qutns why a gay man would want to jo such a seemgly hostile stutn.