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- THE GAY "HEARTSTRGS" EPISO THAT SPARKED A WALKOUT AT DOLLYWOODAND WHY THE SCREENWRER BEHD ISN'T {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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2019/6:43 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2400PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRINGSBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2019 / 6:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY \"HEARTSTRGS\" EPISO THAT SPARKED A WALKOUT AT DOLLYWOOD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-23T23:43:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-23T23:43:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}"TWO DOORS DOWN," THE FAL EPISO OM DOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRGS, IS NOTABLE NOT JT BEE IS THE SERI' HOLIDAY EPISO, BUT ALSO BEE S PLOT CENTERS ON A GAY UPLE, TYLER (ANDY MIENT) AND COLE (MICHAEL J. WILLETT), AS WELL AS TYLER'S NSERVATIVE SOUTHERN FAY, TO WHOM HE ISN'T {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;}AN EPISO FOCG ON GAY CHARACTERS A SERI BASED ON DOLLY SONGS AND GEARED TOWARD FAI ULD BE SEEN AS A SURPRISG CHOICE, AND SEEMED LIKE SOME DIENCE MEMBERS WERE UGHT OFF-GUARD AT A RECENT SCREENG OF HEARTSTRGS. THE STALLMENT WAS PART OF A DAYLONG MARATHON OF ALL EIGHT EPISOS OF HEARTSTRGS AT DOLLYWOOD PIGEON FE, TENNSEE, WHICH NEWNOWNEXT ATTEND. AFTER "TWO DOORS DOWN" BEGAN TO PLAY, SOME DIENCE MEMBERS LEFT THE SCREENG WHEN WAS REVEALED THAT TYLER AND COLE WERE A UPLE.NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S {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 UGHT UP WH THE EPISO'S SCREENWRER, MARK B. PERRY, TO TALK ABOUT HIS VOLVEMENT WH HEARTSTRGS, DOLLY'S UNIVERSAL APPEAL, AND HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT EPISO SPARKG A WALKOUT AT {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;}HI, MARK. FIRST OFF, I WAS WONRG: WAS THE SONG "TWO DOORS DOWN" ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THAT EPISO, OR DID YOU GET TO PICK? HOW DID THE PLOT E ABOUT?{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;}WELL, THE SONG HAD ALREADY BEEN PRE-SELECTED. I THK THEY WENT THROUGH A HARD PROCS TO SELECT THE EIGHT SONGS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO THE WRG. AND WHEN I WENT TO MEET THEY HAD THE BARE BON OF A PREMISE THAT HAD BEEN WORKED OUT. WE KNEW THAT THEY WANTED TO BE THE LGBTQ EPISO. THE BASIC SETUP WAS THEY WANTED TO DO AN EPISO ABOUT A RELATIVELY NSERVATIVE WOMAN WHO DISVERS THAT SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO HER IS GAY. AND WE JT RAN WH THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE OLST PLOTS THE WORLD. BUT 'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE HOW YOU DO . I SAT DOWN AND STARTED THKG OF CHARACTERS AND SUATNS, AND THEN THE NEXT THG I KNEW, I HAD THE MEEGERS FAY MY HEAD, WHICH WAS PRETTY {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;}DID YOU EVER HEAR OM DOLLY'S TEAM WHY WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN LGBTQ EPISO?{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 TOLD THAT DOLLY HERSELF WANTED TO DO AN LGBTQ-CLIVE EPISO BASED ON THE FACT THAT SHE HAS SUCH A UNIVERSAL APPEAL. HER FAN BASE CROSS EVERY MOGRAPHIC, AND YOU STAND SI-BY-SI WH PEOPLE YOU MIGHT NOT SOCIALIZE WH AT A DOLLY PARTON NCERT. SHE WAS VOLVED READG [PLOT] OUTL AND SO FORTH, AND WAS REALLY A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE. I HAVE TO SAY 'S A LOVELY GROUP OF PEOPLE—VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND QUE A LOT OF FUN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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 PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THERE IS AN LGBTQ EPISO HEARTSTRGS, AND 'S SUCH A GOOD ONE. YOU'VE WORKED TELEVISN FOR YEARS. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN QUEER REPRENTATN TV EVOLVE?{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;}OH, MY GOD. WELL, AS RECENTLY AS 1998, I HAD A SHOW THAT I WAS DOG FOR ABC. I RECEIVED A PHONE LL RMG ME THAT I HAD TO TAKE A CHARACTER—WHO HAD BEEN GAY OM THE PCH AND THROUGH THE PILOT PROCS, AND [CLUD] WHEN WE GOT THE SERI ORR—I HAD TO TAKE HIS BACKSTORY AND DO SOMETHG OTHER THAN HAVE THE CHARACTER BE {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;}YEAH. AND THAT WAS '98, SO THAT'S NOT THAT LONG AGO. THEN, TO GET A LL OM DOLLY PARTON SAYG, "PLEASE DO OUR GAY EPISO"—I THK THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT {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;}NETFLIX HELD A HEARTSTRGS "FILM FTIVAL" AT DOLLYWOOD WHERE THEY PLAYED THE ENTIRE SEASON. SO I WATCHED THE ENTIRE SHOW THAT {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;}GOOD FOR YOU!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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 LOVED . "TWO DOORS DOWN" WAS THE LAST EPISO SCREENED, AND NEAR THE BEGNG OF EPISO, WHEN 'S REVEALED THAT TYLER AND COLE ARE A UPLE, SOME PEOPLE THE DIENCE ACTUALLY LEFT! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?{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;}WELL, I GREW UP THE SOUTH, SO I LL MYSELF AN EXPAT SOUTHERNER, AND I FELT THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO WRE FAIRLY AND THENTILLY ABOUT SOME OF THE ATTUS THE SOUTH ABOUT BEG GAY. SO I WAS NOT SURPRISED WHEN I HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE GOT UP AND WALKED OUT. BUT DID MAKE ME A LTLE SAD [BEE] THERE'S NOTHG OFFENSIVE MY EPISO, AS FAR AS I'M NCERNED. YOU KNOW, 'S TOO BAD THAT WE'RE STILL AT A POT TIME WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO N BE OFFEND ENOUGH BY THAT, THAT THEY WOULD PRIVE THEMSELV OF WHAT ULTIMATELY IS A JOYO {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;}SO YOU HAD ALREADY HEARD THAT PEOPLE WALKED OUT?{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;}Y. I HAVE IENDS WHO WERE AT THE SCREENGS, AND THEY HAD TOLD ME ABOUT {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 SURPRISED AND SAD WHEN I SAW THAT, AND THEY MISSED OUT ON WHAT I THK IS THE BT {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;}WELL, THANK YOU. AND I LIKE TO THK 'S THEIR LOSS.NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S {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;}EXACTLY. I FELT THAT YOU REALLY NAILED THE CHARACTERS, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVG TO E OUT TO YOUR PARENTS. IT FELT VERY REAL. WERE THERE ANY TOBGRAPHIL ELEMENTS THERE?{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 WOULDN'T LL TOBGRAPHIL. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENC MY STORY AND THE MEEGERS' STORY. BUT HAVG GROWN UP THE SOUTH, I CERTALY WAS AROUND ENOUGH OF THE ATTUS THAT I BELIEVE REALLY FUELED WHO AMELIA IS. THAT'S MELISSA LEO'S CHARACTER. THE NIGHT I ME OUT TO MY PARENTS AND OUR WORLD SHIFTED ON S AXIS FOR AWHILE, I WENT OUTSI AND SAT DOWN ALONE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. A MOMENT OR TWO PASSED, THEN SOMETHG STLED THE BH AND A POSSUM ME WADDLG TOWARD ME. IT STOPPED A FEW FEET AWAY, JT STARG, THEN EVENTUALLY TURNED AND DISAPPEARED BACK TO THE HEDGE. WHEN I TOLD MY THEN-PARTNER, NOW-HBAND ABOUT THE NEXT DAY, HE LOOKED UP POSSUMS A BOOK OF SPIR ANIMALS AND TOLD ME SENTIALLY WHAT REN SAYS TO TYLER THE EPISO. SO I’M PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT THE POSSUM WAS {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;}YOU MENTNED DOLLY'S FAN BASE EARLIER. WHY DO YOU THK SHE APPEALS TO SUCH A LARGE DIENCE?{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 DOLLY JT HAS AN FECT SPIR. I MEAN, WHEN I MET HER I THOUGHT, MY GOD, SHE'S EXACTLY WHO YOU WOULD EXPECT HER TO BE, AND THEN SOME. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU SEE HER ON A TALK SHOW AND THEN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO S DOWN WH HER—THAT'S JT WHO SHE IS. PL, SHE WR REALLY GREAT {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;}IF YOU WERE BROUGHT BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF HEARTSTRGS, IS THERE A PARTICULAR DOLLY SONG THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO TACKLE?{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;}OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUTN. I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE THIS. NO, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER HANDY, BUT I'LL TAKE ANY OF THEM!NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S {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 I SAID, YOUR EPISO WAS MY FAVORE. I HAD HEARD WAS OTHER PEOPLE'S FAVORE AS WELL, AND LIVED UP TO 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;}OH, GOOD. I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. AND I HOPE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WALKED OUT MIGHT ACTUALLY TUNE AND GIVE ANOTHER {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;}YOUR EPISO HAS THE MOST DOLLY OUTSI OF “JOLENE.” WAS THAT ALREADY THE PLAN BEFORE YOU WERE BROUGHT ON TO WRE THE SCRIPT, OR WAS THAT YOUR IA TO HAVE DOLLY PERFORM AT THE WEDDG?{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 I WAS FIRST APPROACHED ABOUT WRG THE EPISO, THE BROAD STROK WERE THAT WOULD BE THE SEASON FALE, THE LGBTQ EPISO, AND THAT DOLLY PARTON WANTED TO APPEAR AS HERSELF AND PERFORM A MI-NCERT. IN OTHER WORDS, WAS A SOUTHERN GAY BOY’S DREAM E TE! WORKG HER TO THE EPISO WAS A TLY FUN CHALLENGE, AND I WAS QUE HAPPY TO HAVE TYLER [ANDY'S CHARACTER] HAVE ENOUGH NNECTNS WH THE MIC WORLD THAT DOLLY WOULD HAPPILY PERFORM AT HIS SISTER’S WEDDG RECEPTN. THE POWER OF HER MIC HELPS HEAL THE FAY, SO I LIKE TO THK OF AS A LTLE DOLLY {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;}DOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRGS IS NOW STREAMG 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
- Y, YOU CAN MARRY ANOTHER MAN AND STILL BE BISEXUAL"I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE READG THIS AND ROLLG YOUR EY."{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;}CELEBRIBY NEWNOWNEXT EDORSSEPTEMBER 20, 2016/1:18 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: ACTORS ANDY MIENT AND MICHAEL ARN ATTEND THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS - ARRIVALS AT BEAN THEATRE ON JUNE 12, 2016 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC)BY NEWNOWNEXT EDORSSEPTEMBER 20, 2016 / 1:18 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"Y, YOU CAN MARRY ANOTHER MAN AND STILL BE BISEXUAL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-09-20T17:18:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-09-20T17:18:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"NEWNOWNEXT EDORS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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 BISEXUALY AWARENS WEEK, WHEN BI FOLKS AND THEIR ALLI ENURAGE EVERYONE TO EXAME THEIR ATTUS TOWARD THE BI MUNY AND WORK TO STAMP OUT BIPHOBIA AND BI {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;}LAST MONTH BROADWAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MARRIED HIS SWEETIE, FELLOW PERFORMER MICHAEL ARN. BUT HE'S CLEAR THAT DON'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE'S STILL A PROUD, BISEXUAL {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;}Y, AMERI, YOU N SETTLE DOWN WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX (OR THE OPPOSE SEX, FOR THAT MATTER) AND STILL BE {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 SHOULDN'T BE GROUNDBREAKG NEWS, BUT WE GUS STILL IS. IN AN INSTAGRAM POST YTERDAY, MIENT CELEBRATED HIS SEXUALY AND LLED ON OTHERS TO, AS {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'VE FELY FELT THE PRSURE TO JT ACCEPT BEG LUMPED AS GAY WHEN I MEET NEW PEOPLE," HE WROTE. "CORRECTG THEM FEELS SUPER-POLIL AND UNNECSARY THE MOMENT, BUT THEN LATER I REALIZE THAT 'S MY OWN SHAME."{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;}INSISTG HE DON'T SEE HIMSELF AS AN ACTIVIST OR ROLE MOL, THE SPRG AWAKENG STAR SAYS, "I AM LEARNG ALONG WH EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVE AND WILL NTUE TO PUT MY FOOT MY MOUTH ON ISSU SO I WON'T PRETEND TO KNOW EVERYTHG."{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 HE ADDS, "IF YOU THK YOU ULD BE BI, ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS HOLDG YOU BACK OM ACCEPTG . IS YOUR OWN VELOPG FEELGS OR YOUR FEAR OF SOCIETY AROUND YOU?"{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;}FOR MORE RMATN, VIS GLAAD'S #BIWEEK2016 ROURC {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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE 11 CELEBS WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY'RE PROUD TO BE BISEXUALHAPPY BISEXUAL AWARENS WEEK!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY VICTORIA MCNALLYSEPTEMBER 22, 2015/8:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGBY VICTORIA MCNALLYSEPTEMBER 22, 2015 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 CELEBS WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY'RE PROUD TO BE BISEXUAL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-09-22T12:00:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-09-22T12:00:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"VICTORIA MCNALLY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 THE WORLD IS SLOWLY BEG MORE ACCEPTG OF LGBT SEXUALI AND GENR INTI, N STILL BE PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO INTIFY AS BISEXUAL TO F . IF YOU'RE FEMALE AND BI, YOU'RE SOMETIM TOLD THAT YOU'RE DOG FOR ATTENTN OR THAT YOU'VE BEEN BRAWASHED BY THE PATRIARCHY TO BEG ATTRACTED TO WOMEN; IF YOU'RE MALE, YOU'RE TOLD THAT YOU'RE JT A NFED GAY GUY WHO ISN'T READY TO FULLY E OUT YET. AND REGARDLS OF WHAT GENR YOU ARE, MOST BI PEOPLE ARE TREATED AS IF THEY'RE SELFISH OR HERENTLY NON-MONOGAMO FOR NOT BEG ABLE TO "CHOOSE A SI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHY BISEXUAL AWARENS WEEK, WHICH STARTED ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 21) AS A LEAD UP TO THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATE BISEXUALY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 23, IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT NCEPT -- BEE GIV THE CHANCE TO DISPEL ALL THE MYTHS AND NORMALIZE BEG BISEXUAL BY TALKG ABOUT . BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN REPORT A HIGHER RATE OF PRSN, ANXIETY, AND ATTEMPTS AT SUICI OR SELF HARM, AND BISEXUAL WOMEN PARTICULAR ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE DOMTIC OR SEXUAL VLENCE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. AND A CULTURE THAT STILL HAS A HARD TIME ADMTG THAT BISEXUALY IS EVEN A THG -- SPE HOW MANY CHARACTERS "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" APPEAR TO BE BI, FOR EXAMPLE, NOBODY'S EVER ACTUALLY SAID THE WORD "BISEXUAL" THREE WHOLE SEASONS -- N BE A LOT HARR FOR BISEXUAL PEOPLE TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT OR FORCE ANYONE TO BE OPEN ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY -- AFTER ALL, 'S SUCH A PRIVATE AND PERSONAL ASPECT OF LIFE FOR MANY PEOPLE -- 'S ALWAYS SUPER ENURAGG TO SEE CELEBRI AND OTHER PUBLIC PERSONAS (LIKE YOUTUBE STARS!) TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN EXPERIENC WH BISEXUALY. HERE ARE SOME THGS OUR FAVORE ACTORS, ARTSTS AND MICIANS SAID ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL THAT MA WANT TO PUMP OUR FISTS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVAN RACHEL WOODDIMRS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGTHE NEW YORK SPECIAL SCREENG OF LUSFILM'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "INTO THE FORT" STAR FIRST OPENED UP ABOUT HER SEXUALY 2011 DURG AN ESQUIRE TERVIEW, AND SCE THEN HAS REGULARLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT BOTH TO TE AND TO -STIGMATIZE. A FEW DAYS AGO, PREPARATATN FOR BI AWARENS WEEK, SHE OPENED UP A HEARTFELT SERI OF TWEETS TELLG HER FOLLOWERS THAT 'S OKAY TO BE BISEXUAL AND NOT TO GIVE TO ERASURE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LADY GAGAALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/WIREIMAGELADY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAGA FIRST ADMTED HER BISEXUAL FEELGS TO BARBARA WALTERS BACK 2009, AND LATER NFIRMED THAT HER SONG "POKER FACE" IS ABOUT WISHG SHE ULD BE HAVG SEX WH WOMEN WHILE BEG WH A MAN. DPE THIS, SHE'S STILL HAD TO FEND HERSELF TO CRICS, AND TOLD A BERL FAN CLUB 2013 THAT "IT’S NOT A LIE THAT I AM BISEXUAL AND I LIKE WOMEN, AND ANYONE THAT WANTS TO TWIST THIS TO 'SHE SAYS SHE’S BISEXUAL FOR MARKETG,' THIS IS A F--KG LIE. THIS IS WHO I AM AND WHO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN." HER CHARACTER THE UPG SEASON OF "AMERIN HORROR STORY: HOTEL" WILL ALSO INTIFY AS BISEXUAL, ACRDG TO SHOWNNER RYAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDY MIENTJATE PELLEGRI/GETTY IMAG54 BELOW PRENTS: THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR, STARRG KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ, JEREMY JORDAN AND ANDY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIENT PLAYS THE OPENLY-GAY VILLA PIED PIEPER ON "THE FLASH," BUT WHILE HE'S ENGAGED TO A FELLOW MALE BROADWAY STAR REAL LIFE, HE INTIFI LS AS GAY AND MORE AS BISEXUAL. "IT'S A VERY UNIQUE TOPIC BEE NO ONE TALKS ABOUT , BUT I DON'T THK 'S AS RARE AS ONE MIGHT THK. I BELIEVE A SPECTM, ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE FORTABLE FALLG SOMEWHERE ON THAT," HE SAID AN TERVIEW WH PL WONTOREK OF "I NEVER WANT ANY OF MY EX-GIRLIENDS TO THK THEY THEY WERE BEG ED OR THAT I WAS NFED AND NOT REALLY TO . SO 'S IMPORTANT TO ME FOR THAT REASON... I N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HEAR OM KIDS AT THE STAGE DOOR AND THEIR LETTERS, THAT 'S TEACHG THEM THAT THERE IS MORE OUT THERE THAN ONE OR THE OTHER AND IF THEY'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, THAT'S OL AND THAT'S FE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANNA PAQUVERA ANRSON/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PAQU ME OUT DURG A PSA FOR EQUALY 2010, AND RECENTLY CLARIFIED HOW BISEXUALY DON'T GO AWAY WHEN YOU FD YOURSELF A HETERONORMATIVE RELATNSHIP, AS SHE HAS WH "TE-BLOOD" -STAR STEPHEN MOYER. "I DON'T THK 'S A PAST TENSE THG," SHE TOLD LARRY KG. "ARE YOU STILL STRAIGHT IF YOU ARE WH SOMEBODY?... IF YOU WERE TO BREAK UP WH THEM OR IF THEY WERE TO DIE, DON'T PREVENT YOUR SEXUALY OM EXISTG. IT DON'T REALLY WORK LIKE THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CARA DELEVGNE GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DELEVGNE FIRST ME OUT 2014 AS PART AS NATNAL COMG OUT DAY, BUT LATER CLARIFIED HER FEELGS ABOUT HER SEXUALY DURG A VOGUE VER STORY JUNE. WHEN THE TERVIEW SEEMED TO SUGGT THAT HER BISEXUALY MIGHT BE A PHASE, SHE PUBLICLY LLED THEM OUT THE NEW YORK TIM, SAYG, "MY SEXUALY IS NOT A PHASE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AZAELIA BANKSGETTY IMAGAZEALIA BANKS IN CONCERT - NEW YORK, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE SHE DON'T LIKE TO BE LABELED AS "THE BISEXUAL RAPPER," BANKS HAS NO PROBLEM BEG UPONT ABOUT HER SEXUAL PREFERENC, AS WELL AS HER SISTENCE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEXUALI AND GENRS SHOULDN'T BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY. "I’M BISEXUAL, SO MAK SENSE," SHE TOLD ROLLG STONE. "BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE THAT GIRL WHO SAYS ALL GAYS NECSARILY HANG OUT TOGETHER, OF URSE! I HAVE PEOPLE SAY TO ME, 'OH WOW, MY IEND IS GAY, TOO,' AND I’M LIKE, 'YEAH, SO?'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAN CUMMGROBERTO RICCIUTI/GETTY IMAGEDBURGH INTERNATNAL BOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YUP, THE VILLA OM "SPY KIDS" INTIFI AS BISEXUAL, AS HE SE "A WORRYG TREND AMONG LGBT PEOPLE, THAT IF YOU INTIFY YOURSELF JT ONE WAY, YOU CLOSE YOURSELF OFF TO OTHER EXPERIENC," HE SAID TO THE ADVOTE. "MY SEXUALY HAS NEVER BEEN BLACK AND WHE; ’S ALWAYS BEEN GRAY. I’M WH A MAN, BUT I HAVEN’T CLOSED MYSELF OFF TO THE FACT THAT I’M STILL SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO WOMEN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEGAN FOXGETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "TEENAGE MUTANT NJA TURTL" STAR HAS BEEN OPEN ABOUT HER BISEXUALY SCE AS EARLY AS 2009, TELLG ESQUIRE, "I THK PEOPLE ARE BORN BISEXUAL AND THEN MAKE SUBNSC CHOIC BASED ON THE PRSUR OF SOCIETY. I HAVE NO QUTN MY MD ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMIKE COPPOLA/GETTY IMAG30TH ANNUAL ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTN CEREMONY - {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1995, GREEN DAY'S ONTMAN TOLD THE ADVOTE, "I THK I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BISEXUAL. I MEAN, 'S SOMETHG THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TERTED . I THK PEOPLE ARE BORN BISEXUAL, AND 'S JT THAT OUR PARENTS AND SOCIETY KD OF VEER OFF TO THIS FEELG OF 'OH, I N'T.' THEY SAY 'S TABOO. IT'S GRAED OUR HEADS THAT 'S BAD, WHEN 'S NOT BAD AT ALL. IT'S A VERY BETIFUL THG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MILEY CYSBRTANY TRAVIS / {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TECHNILLY MILEY CYS THE TERM "PANSEXUAL," WHICH SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO MAKE CLEARER THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE OF ALL GENR INTIFITNS (FOR THE RERD, BISEXUAL DON'T HAVE TO PROMOTE A GENR BARY -- MANY E TO MEAN THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO THEIR SAME GENR AND TO OTHER GENRS, RATHER THAN JT TO MEN AND WOMEN). IN HER RECENT ELLE UK VER STORY, SHE SAID, "‘I’M VERY OPEN ABOUT -- I’M PANSEXUAL I’M 22, I’M GOG ON DAT, BUT I CHANGE MY STYLE EVERY TWO WEEKS, LET ALONE WHO I’M WH." SHE ALSO REPORTEDLY ME OUT AS BIEXUAL TO HER MOTHER AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, ACRDG TO AN TERVIEW SHE GAVE TO PAPER (WARNG, NSFW!) EARLIER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMBER ROSEGETTY IMAGAMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG TO CURVE MAGAZE 2011, ROSE PERFECTLY MONSTRATED WHY BI-ERASURE IS SUCH A PROBLEM FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO FE THEIR OWN SEXUALY. "I’VE ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO GIRLS EVER SCE I WAS LTLE, AND I LIKE BOYS TOO. BUT AS I GOT OLR MY TEENAGE YEARS A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, 'EAKY GIRLS' WHO WERE DOG ALL KD OF NASTY STUFF WOULD SAY THEY WERE BISEXUAL SO I NEVER WANTED TO, BEE I WASN’T TO THOSE THGS," SHE SAID. "IT WAS A WEIRD MOMENT MY LIFE WHEN I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO LIKE EXPLA TO MYSELF I WASN’T GAY, BUT I WASN’T STRAIGHT AND I JT WASN’T LIKE SOME EAK -- THAT YOU KNOW WAS JT HAVG THREOM ALL DAY. FOR ME, IF I WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A WOMAN THEN I WAS JT WH HER AND VICE VERSA."{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
- BISEXUAL BROADWAY STAR ANDY MIENT SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BEG ‘LUMPED AS GAY’
- ‘THE FLASH’: ANDY MIENT SAYS GAY VILLA PIED PIPER IS A ‘HUGE STEP FORWARD’
- GAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MAK HIS DEBUT ON "FLASH" AS VILLAO PIED {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;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 27, 2015/6:09 AMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 27, 2015 / 6:09 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MAK HIS DEBUT ON \"FLASH\" AS VILLAO PIED PIPER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-01-27T11:09:42.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-01-27T11:09:42.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}BROADWAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MAK HIS BUT ON THE CW'S THE FLASH TONIGHT AS HARTLEY RATHAWAY— A.K.A. THE VILLAO PIED PIPER, WHO NTROLS SOUNDWAV AND TROUBLE FOR THE SRLET {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;}RELATED: ANDY MIENT CALLS PLAYG A GAY SUPERVILLA ON FLASH "A HUGE STEP FORWARD" FOR LGBT REPRENTATN {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 THE EPISO, "THE SOUND AND THE FURY," PIPER GO LOOKG FOR REVENGE AGAST HIS ONE-TIME MENTOR, DR. HARRISON {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;}MIENT IS JT THE LATT OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO JO THE ST OF THE FLASH—WENTWORTH MILLER MA HIS BUT AS THE CHILLY CAPTA COLD AND VICTOR GARBER HAS BEEN ST AS DR. MART STE, WHO ONE-HALF OF THE ATOMIC SUPERHERO {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;}OUT PRODUCER GREG BERLANTI HAS MA A POT OF HIRG TALENTED GAY MEN FOR HIS SHOWS, WH JONATHAN BARROWMAN PLAYG MALLM MERLYN ON {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 THE FLASH IC BOOK, PIED PIPER EVENTUALLY LEAV HIS LIFE OF CRIME AND OUT AS GAY. (HE LATER BEGAN A RELATNSHIP WH POLICE TECTIVE DAVID SGH, PLAYED BY PATRICK SABONGUI THE CW SHOW.) MIENT LLED THE TRODUCTN OF PIPER ON THE SERI "A HUGE STEP FORWARD" FOR LGBT REPRENTATNS ON {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;}WATCH THE PREVIEW FOR THE FLASH {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;}FLASH AIRS JANUARY 27 AT 8PM ON THE {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
- BISEXUAL BROADWAY STAR ANDY MIENT SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BEG ‘LUMPED AS GAY’
THE GAY "HEARTSTRGS" EPISO THAT SPARKED A WALKOUT AT DOLLYWOODAND WHY THE SCREENWRER BEHD ISN'T {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 CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2019/6:43 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2400PX;WIDTH:3600PX;}NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRINGSBY CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPHNOVEMBER 23, 2019 / 6:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE GAY \"HEARTSTRGS\" EPISO THAT SPARKED A WALKOUT AT DOLLYWOOD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-23T23:43:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-23T23:43:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"CHRISTOPHER RUDOLPH","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;}"TWO DOORS DOWN," THE FAL EPISO OM DOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRGS, IS NOTABLE NOT JT BEE IS THE SERI' HOLIDAY EPISO, BUT ALSO BEE S PLOT CENTERS ON A GAY UPLE, TYLER (ANDY MIENT) AND COLE (MICHAEL J. WILLETT), AS WELL AS TYLER'S NSERVATIVE SOUTHERN FAY, TO WHOM HE ISN'T {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;}AN EPISO FOCG ON GAY CHARACTERS A SERI BASED ON DOLLY SONGS AND GEARED TOWARD FAI ULD BE SEEN AS A SURPRISG CHOICE, AND SEEMED LIKE SOME DIENCE MEMBERS WERE UGHT OFF-GUARD AT A RECENT SCREENG OF HEARTSTRGS. THE STALLMENT WAS PART OF A DAYLONG MARATHON OF ALL EIGHT EPISOS OF HEARTSTRGS AT DOLLYWOOD PIGEON FE, TENNSEE, WHICH NEWNOWNEXT ATTEND. AFTER "TWO DOORS DOWN" BEGAN TO PLAY, SOME DIENCE MEMBERS LEFT THE SCREENG WHEN WAS REVEALED THAT TYLER AND COLE WERE A UPLE.NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S {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 UGHT UP WH THE EPISO'S SCREENWRER, MARK B. PERRY, TO TALK ABOUT HIS VOLVEMENT WH HEARTSTRGS, DOLLY'S UNIVERSAL APPEAL, AND HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT EPISO SPARKG A WALKOUT AT {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;}HI, MARK. FIRST OFF, I WAS WONRG: WAS THE SONG "TWO DOORS DOWN" ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THAT EPISO, OR DID YOU GET TO PICK? HOW DID THE PLOT E ABOUT?{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;}WELL, THE SONG HAD ALREADY BEEN PRE-SELECTED. I THK THEY WENT THROUGH A HARD PROCS TO SELECT THE EIGHT SONGS BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO THE WRG. AND WHEN I WENT TO MEET THEY HAD THE BARE BON OF A PREMISE THAT HAD BEEN WORKED OUT. WE KNEW THAT THEY WANTED TO BE THE LGBTQ EPISO. THE BASIC SETUP WAS THEY WANTED TO DO AN EPISO ABOUT A RELATIVELY NSERVATIVE WOMAN WHO DISVERS THAT SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO HER IS GAY. AND WE JT RAN WH THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE OLST PLOTS THE WORLD. BUT 'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE HOW YOU DO . I SAT DOWN AND STARTED THKG OF CHARACTERS AND SUATNS, AND THEN THE NEXT THG I KNEW, I HAD THE MEEGERS FAY MY HEAD, WHICH WAS PRETTY {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;}DID YOU EVER HEAR OM DOLLY'S TEAM WHY WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN LGBTQ EPISO?{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 TOLD THAT DOLLY HERSELF WANTED TO DO AN LGBTQ-CLIVE EPISO BASED ON THE FACT THAT SHE HAS SUCH A UNIVERSAL APPEAL. HER FAN BASE CROSS EVERY MOGRAPHIC, AND YOU STAND SI-BY-SI WH PEOPLE YOU MIGHT NOT SOCIALIZE WH AT A DOLLY PARTON NCERT. SHE WAS VOLVED READG [PLOT] OUTL AND SO FORTH, AND WAS REALLY A PHENOMENAL EXPERIENCE. I HAVE TO SAY 'S A LOVELY GROUP OF PEOPLE—VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND QUE A LOT OF FUN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{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 PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THERE IS AN LGBTQ EPISO HEARTSTRGS, AND 'S SUCH A GOOD ONE. YOU'VE WORKED TELEVISN FOR YEARS. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN QUEER REPRENTATN TV EVOLVE?{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;}OH, MY GOD. WELL, AS RECENTLY AS 1998, I HAD A SHOW THAT I WAS DOG FOR ABC. I RECEIVED A PHONE LL RMG ME THAT I HAD TO TAKE A CHARACTER—WHO HAD BEEN GAY OM THE PCH AND THROUGH THE PILOT PROCS, AND [CLUD] WHEN WE GOT THE SERI ORR—I HAD TO TAKE HIS BACKSTORY AND DO SOMETHG OTHER THAN HAVE THE CHARACTER BE {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;}YEAH. AND THAT WAS '98, SO THAT'S NOT THAT LONG AGO. THEN, TO GET A LL OM DOLLY PARTON SAYG, "PLEASE DO OUR GAY EPISO"—I THK THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT {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;}NETFLIX HELD A HEARTSTRGS "FILM FTIVAL" AT DOLLYWOOD WHERE THEY PLAYED THE ENTIRE SEASON. SO I WATCHED THE ENTIRE SHOW THAT {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;}GOOD FOR YOU!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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 LOVED . "TWO DOORS DOWN" WAS THE LAST EPISO SCREENED, AND NEAR THE BEGNG OF EPISO, WHEN 'S REVEALED THAT TYLER AND COLE ARE A UPLE, SOME PEOPLE THE DIENCE ACTUALLY LEFT! WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?{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;}WELL, I GREW UP THE SOUTH, SO I LL MYSELF AN EXPAT SOUTHERNER, AND I FELT THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO WRE FAIRLY AND THENTILLY ABOUT SOME OF THE ATTUS THE SOUTH ABOUT BEG GAY. SO I WAS NOT SURPRISED WHEN I HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE GOT UP AND WALKED OUT. BUT DID MAKE ME A LTLE SAD [BEE] THERE'S NOTHG OFFENSIVE MY EPISO, AS FAR AS I'M NCERNED. YOU KNOW, 'S TOO BAD THAT WE'RE STILL AT A POT TIME WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO N BE OFFEND ENOUGH BY THAT, THAT THEY WOULD PRIVE THEMSELV OF WHAT ULTIMATELY IS A JOYO {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;}SO YOU HAD ALREADY HEARD THAT PEOPLE WALKED OUT?{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;}Y. I HAVE IENDS WHO WERE AT THE SCREENGS, AND THEY HAD TOLD ME ABOUT {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 SURPRISED AND SAD WHEN I SAW THAT, AND THEY MISSED OUT ON WHAT I THK IS THE BT {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;}WELL, THANK YOU. AND I LIKE TO THK 'S THEIR LOSS.NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S {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;}EXACTLY. I FELT THAT YOU REALLY NAILED THE CHARACTERS, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVG TO E OUT TO YOUR PARENTS. IT FELT VERY REAL. WERE THERE ANY TOBGRAPHIL ELEMENTS THERE?{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 WOULDN'T LL TOBGRAPHIL. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENC MY STORY AND THE MEEGERS' STORY. BUT HAVG GROWN UP THE SOUTH, I CERTALY WAS AROUND ENOUGH OF THE ATTUS THAT I BELIEVE REALLY FUELED WHO AMELIA IS. THAT'S MELISSA LEO'S CHARACTER. THE NIGHT I ME OUT TO MY PARENTS AND OUR WORLD SHIFTED ON S AXIS FOR AWHILE, I WENT OUTSI AND SAT DOWN ALONE AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. A MOMENT OR TWO PASSED, THEN SOMETHG STLED THE BH AND A POSSUM ME WADDLG TOWARD ME. IT STOPPED A FEW FEET AWAY, JT STARG, THEN EVENTUALLY TURNED AND DISAPPEARED BACK TO THE HEDGE. WHEN I TOLD MY THEN-PARTNER, NOW-HBAND ABOUT THE NEXT DAY, HE LOOKED UP POSSUMS A BOOK OF SPIR ANIMALS AND TOLD ME SENTIALLY WHAT REN SAYS TO TYLER THE EPISO. SO I’M PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT THE POSSUM WAS {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;}YOU MENTNED DOLLY'S FAN BASE EARLIER. WHY DO YOU THK SHE APPEALS TO SUCH A LARGE DIENCE?{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 DOLLY JT HAS AN FECT SPIR. I MEAN, WHEN I MET HER I THOUGHT, MY GOD, SHE'S EXACTLY WHO YOU WOULD EXPECT HER TO BE, AND THEN SOME. YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU SEE HER ON A TALK SHOW AND THEN WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO S DOWN WH HER—THAT'S JT WHO SHE IS. PL, SHE WR REALLY GREAT {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;}IF YOU WERE BROUGHT BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF HEARTSTRGS, IS THERE A PARTICULAR DOLLY SONG THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO TACKLE?{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;}OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUTN. I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE THIS. NO, UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER HANDY, BUT I'LL TAKE ANY OF THEM!NETFLIXDOLLY PARTON'S {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 I SAID, YOUR EPISO WAS MY FAVORE. I HAD HEARD WAS OTHER PEOPLE'S FAVORE AS WELL, AND LIVED UP TO 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;}OH, GOOD. I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT. AND I HOPE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WALKED OUT MIGHT ACTUALLY TUNE AND GIVE ANOTHER {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;}YOUR EPISO HAS THE MOST DOLLY OUTSI OF “JOLENE.” WAS THAT ALREADY THE PLAN BEFORE YOU WERE BROUGHT ON TO WRE THE SCRIPT, OR WAS THAT YOUR IA TO HAVE DOLLY PERFORM AT THE WEDDG?{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 I WAS FIRST APPROACHED ABOUT WRG THE EPISO, THE BROAD STROK WERE THAT WOULD BE THE SEASON FALE, THE LGBTQ EPISO, AND THAT DOLLY PARTON WANTED TO APPEAR AS HERSELF AND PERFORM A MI-NCERT. IN OTHER WORDS, WAS A SOUTHERN GAY BOY’S DREAM E TE! WORKG HER TO THE EPISO WAS A TLY FUN CHALLENGE, AND I WAS QUE HAPPY TO HAVE TYLER [ANDY'S CHARACTER] HAVE ENOUGH NNECTNS WH THE MIC WORLD THAT DOLLY WOULD HAPPILY PERFORM AT HIS SISTER’S WEDDG RECEPTN. THE POWER OF HER MIC HELPS HEAL THE FAY, SO I LIKE TO THK OF AS A LTLE DOLLY {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;}DOLLY PARTON'S HEARTSTRGS IS NOW STREAMG 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
* is andy mientus gay *
Audienc will know the Pensylvania native om his tenure on The Flash where he played the role of Harley Rathaway/The Pied Piper, an out-gay supervilla.
Y, YOU CAN MARRY ANOTHER MAN AND STILL BE BISEXUAL"I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE READG THIS AND ROLLG YOUR EY."{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;}CELEBRIBY NEWNOWNEXT EDORSSEPTEMBER 20, 2016/1:18 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGICNEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: ACTORS ANDY MIENT AND MICHAEL ARN ATTEND THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS - ARRIVALS AT BEAN THEATRE ON JUNE 12, 2016 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY BCE GLIKAS/FILMMAGIC)BY NEWNOWNEXT EDORSSEPTEMBER 20, 2016 / 1:18 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"Y, YOU CAN MARRY ANOTHER MAN AND STILL BE BISEXUAL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-09-20T17:18:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-09-20T17:18:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"NEWNOWNEXT EDORS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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 BISEXUALY AWARENS WEEK, WHEN BI FOLKS AND THEIR ALLI ENURAGE EVERYONE TO EXAME THEIR ATTUS TOWARD THE BI MUNY AND WORK TO STAMP OUT BIPHOBIA AND BI {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;}LAST MONTH BROADWAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MARRIED HIS SWEETIE, FELLOW PERFORMER MICHAEL ARN. BUT HE'S CLEAR THAT DON'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT HE'S STILL A PROUD, BISEXUAL {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;}Y, AMERI, YOU N SETTLE DOWN WH SOMEONE OF THE SAME SEX (OR THE OPPOSE SEX, FOR THAT MATTER) AND STILL BE {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 SHOULDN'T BE GROUNDBREAKG NEWS, BUT WE GUS STILL IS. IN AN INSTAGRAM POST YTERDAY, MIENT CELEBRATED HIS SEXUALY AND LLED ON OTHERS TO, AS {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'VE FELY FELT THE PRSURE TO JT ACCEPT BEG LUMPED AS GAY WHEN I MEET NEW PEOPLE," HE WROTE. "CORRECTG THEM FEELS SUPER-POLIL AND UNNECSARY THE MOMENT, BUT THEN LATER I REALIZE THAT 'S MY OWN SHAME."{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;}INSISTG HE DON'T SEE HIMSELF AS AN ACTIVIST OR ROLE MOL, THE SPRG AWAKENG STAR SAYS, "I AM LEARNG ALONG WH EVERYONE ELSE. I HAVE AND WILL NTUE TO PUT MY FOOT MY MOUTH ON ISSU SO I WON'T PRETEND TO KNOW EVERYTHG."{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 HE ADDS, "IF YOU THK YOU ULD BE BI, ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS HOLDG YOU BACK OM ACCEPTG . IS YOUR OWN VELOPG FEELGS OR YOUR FEAR OF SOCIETY AROUND YOU?"{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;}FOR MORE RMATN, VIS GLAAD'S #BIWEEK2016 ROURC {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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Ltle do Tyler’s mother know, but he’s actually livg a happy life as a gay man a major cy. The thg I loved about Hartley [Pied Piper], and the thg I love about him still, is that he actually, his backstory, has a tough time g out and gets kicked out of his hoe for beg gay.
Tyler, your character, to nflict wh his mom who seems to like gay people, but thks of like magil ltle style elv. You played the first out gay supervilla, the Pied Piper on The Flash.
THE 11 CELEBS WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY'RE PROUD TO BE BISEXUALHAPPY BISEXUAL AWARENS WEEK!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}CELEBRIBY VICTORIA MCNALLYSEPTEMBER 22, 2015/8:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGBY VICTORIA MCNALLYSEPTEMBER 22, 2015 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 11 CELEBS WANT YOU TO KNOW THEY'RE PROUD TO BE BISEXUAL","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-09-22T12:00:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-09-22T12:00:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"VICTORIA MCNALLY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 THE WORLD IS SLOWLY BEG MORE ACCEPTG OF LGBT SEXUALI AND GENR INTI, N STILL BE PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO INTIFY AS BISEXUAL TO F . IF YOU'RE FEMALE AND BI, YOU'RE SOMETIM TOLD THAT YOU'RE DOG FOR ATTENTN OR THAT YOU'VE BEEN BRAWASHED BY THE PATRIARCHY TO BEG ATTRACTED TO WOMEN; IF YOU'RE MALE, YOU'RE TOLD THAT YOU'RE JT A NFED GAY GUY WHO ISN'T READY TO FULLY E OUT YET. AND REGARDLS OF WHAT GENR YOU ARE, MOST BI PEOPLE ARE TREATED AS IF THEY'RE SELFISH OR HERENTLY NON-MONOGAMO FOR NOT BEG ABLE TO "CHOOSE A SI."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHY BISEXUAL AWARENS WEEK, WHICH STARTED ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 21) AS A LEAD UP TO THE OFFICIAL CELEBRATE BISEXUALY DAY ON SEPTEMBER 23, IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT NCEPT -- BEE GIV THE CHANCE TO DISPEL ALL THE MYTHS AND NORMALIZE BEG BISEXUAL BY TALKG ABOUT . BISEXUAL MEN AND WOMEN REPORT A HIGHER RATE OF PRSN, ANXIETY, AND ATTEMPTS AT SUICI OR SELF HARM, AND BISEXUAL WOMEN PARTICULAR ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE DOMTIC OR SEXUAL VLENCE THAN ANY OTHER GROUP. AND A CULTURE THAT STILL HAS A HARD TIME ADMTG THAT BISEXUALY IS EVEN A THG -- SPE HOW MANY CHARACTERS "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" APPEAR TO BE BI, FOR EXAMPLE, NOBODY'S EVER ACTUALLY SAID THE WORD "BISEXUAL" THREE WHOLE SEASONS -- N BE A LOT HARR FOR BISEXUAL PEOPLE TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT OR FORCE ANYONE TO BE OPEN ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY -- AFTER ALL, 'S SUCH A PRIVATE AND PERSONAL ASPECT OF LIFE FOR MANY PEOPLE -- 'S ALWAYS SUPER ENURAGG TO SEE CELEBRI AND OTHER PUBLIC PERSONAS (LIKE YOUTUBE STARS!) TALK ABOUT THEIR OWN EXPERIENC WH BISEXUALY. HERE ARE SOME THGS OUR FAVORE ACTORS, ARTSTS AND MICIANS SAID ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL THAT MA WANT TO PUMP OUR FISTS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVAN RACHEL WOODDIMRS KAMBOURIS/GETTY IMAGTHE NEW YORK SPECIAL SCREENG OF LUSFILM'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "INTO THE FORT" STAR FIRST OPENED UP ABOUT HER SEXUALY 2011 DURG AN ESQUIRE TERVIEW, AND SCE THEN HAS REGULARLY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT BOTH TO TE AND TO -STIGMATIZE. A FEW DAYS AGO, PREPARATATN FOR BI AWARENS WEEK, SHE OPENED UP A HEARTFELT SERI OF TWEETS TELLG HER FOLLOWERS THAT 'S OKAY TO BE BISEXUAL AND NOT TO GIVE TO ERASURE OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LADY GAGAALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ/WIREIMAGELADY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAGA FIRST ADMTED HER BISEXUAL FEELGS TO BARBARA WALTERS BACK 2009, AND LATER NFIRMED THAT HER SONG "POKER FACE" IS ABOUT WISHG SHE ULD BE HAVG SEX WH WOMEN WHILE BEG WH A MAN. DPE THIS, SHE'S STILL HAD TO FEND HERSELF TO CRICS, AND TOLD A BERL FAN CLUB 2013 THAT "IT’S NOT A LIE THAT I AM BISEXUAL AND I LIKE WOMEN, AND ANYONE THAT WANTS TO TWIST THIS TO 'SHE SAYS SHE’S BISEXUAL FOR MARKETG,' THIS IS A F--KG LIE. THIS IS WHO I AM AND WHO I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN." HER CHARACTER THE UPG SEASON OF "AMERIN HORROR STORY: HOTEL" WILL ALSO INTIFY AS BISEXUAL, ACRDG TO SHOWNNER RYAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANDY MIENTJATE PELLEGRI/GETTY IMAG54 BELOW PRENTS: THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR, STARRG KRYSTA RODRIGUEZ, JEREMY JORDAN AND ANDY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIENT PLAYS THE OPENLY-GAY VILLA PIED PIEPER ON "THE FLASH," BUT WHILE HE'S ENGAGED TO A FELLOW MALE BROADWAY STAR REAL LIFE, HE INTIFI LS AS GAY AND MORE AS BISEXUAL. "IT'S A VERY UNIQUE TOPIC BEE NO ONE TALKS ABOUT , BUT I DON'T THK 'S AS RARE AS ONE MIGHT THK. I BELIEVE A SPECTM, ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE FORTABLE FALLG SOMEWHERE ON THAT," HE SAID AN TERVIEW WH PL WONTOREK OF "I NEVER WANT ANY OF MY EX-GIRLIENDS TO THK THEY THEY WERE BEG ED OR THAT I WAS NFED AND NOT REALLY TO . SO 'S IMPORTANT TO ME FOR THAT REASON... I N'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HEAR OM KIDS AT THE STAGE DOOR AND THEIR LETTERS, THAT 'S TEACHG THEM THAT THERE IS MORE OUT THERE THAN ONE OR THE OTHER AND IF THEY'RE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, THAT'S OL AND THAT'S FE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANNA PAQUVERA ANRSON/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PAQU ME OUT DURG A PSA FOR EQUALY 2010, AND RECENTLY CLARIFIED HOW BISEXUALY DON'T GO AWAY WHEN YOU FD YOURSELF A HETERONORMATIVE RELATNSHIP, AS SHE HAS WH "TE-BLOOD" -STAR STEPHEN MOYER. "I DON'T THK 'S A PAST TENSE THG," SHE TOLD LARRY KG. "ARE YOU STILL STRAIGHT IF YOU ARE WH SOMEBODY?... IF YOU WERE TO BREAK UP WH THEM OR IF THEY WERE TO DIE, DON'T PREVENT YOUR SEXUALY OM EXISTG. IT DON'T REALLY WORK LIKE THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CARA DELEVGNE GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DELEVGNE FIRST ME OUT 2014 AS PART AS NATNAL COMG OUT DAY, BUT LATER CLARIFIED HER FEELGS ABOUT HER SEXUALY DURG A VOGUE VER STORY JUNE. WHEN THE TERVIEW SEEMED TO SUGGT THAT HER BISEXUALY MIGHT BE A PHASE, SHE PUBLICLY LLED THEM OUT THE NEW YORK TIM, SAYG, "MY SEXUALY IS NOT A PHASE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AZAELIA BANKSGETTY IMAGAZEALIA BANKS IN CONCERT - NEW YORK, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE SHE DON'T LIKE TO BE LABELED AS "THE BISEXUAL RAPPER," BANKS HAS NO PROBLEM BEG UPONT ABOUT HER SEXUAL PREFERENC, AS WELL AS HER SISTENCE THAT PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT SEXUALI AND GENRS SHOULDN'T BE TREATED ANY DIFFERENTLY. "I’M BISEXUAL, SO MAK SENSE," SHE TOLD ROLLG STONE. "BUT I DON’T WANT TO BE THAT GIRL WHO SAYS ALL GAYS NECSARILY HANG OUT TOGETHER, OF URSE! I HAVE PEOPLE SAY TO ME, 'OH WOW, MY IEND IS GAY, TOO,' AND I’M LIKE, 'YEAH, SO?'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALAN CUMMGROBERTO RICCIUTI/GETTY IMAGEDBURGH INTERNATNAL BOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YUP, THE VILLA OM "SPY KIDS" INTIFI AS BISEXUAL, AS HE SE "A WORRYG TREND AMONG LGBT PEOPLE, THAT IF YOU INTIFY YOURSELF JT ONE WAY, YOU CLOSE YOURSELF OFF TO OTHER EXPERIENC," HE SAID TO THE ADVOTE. "MY SEXUALY HAS NEVER BEEN BLACK AND WHE; ’S ALWAYS BEEN GRAY. I’M WH A MAN, BUT I HAVEN’T CLOSED MYSELF OFF TO THE FACT THAT I’M STILL SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO WOMEN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEGAN FOXGETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "TEENAGE MUTANT NJA TURTL" STAR HAS BEEN OPEN ABOUT HER BISEXUALY SCE AS EARLY AS 2009, TELLG ESQUIRE, "I THK PEOPLE ARE BORN BISEXUAL AND THEN MAKE SUBNSC CHOIC BASED ON THE PRSUR OF SOCIETY. I HAVE NO QUTN MY MD ABOUT BEG BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGMIKE COPPOLA/GETTY IMAG30TH ANNUAL ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTN CEREMONY - {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1995, GREEN DAY'S ONTMAN TOLD THE ADVOTE, "I THK I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BISEXUAL. I MEAN, 'S SOMETHG THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TERTED . I THK PEOPLE ARE BORN BISEXUAL, AND 'S JT THAT OUR PARENTS AND SOCIETY KD OF VEER OFF TO THIS FEELG OF 'OH, I N'T.' THEY SAY 'S TABOO. IT'S GRAED OUR HEADS THAT 'S BAD, WHEN 'S NOT BAD AT ALL. IT'S A VERY BETIFUL THG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MILEY CYSBRTANY TRAVIS / {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TECHNILLY MILEY CYS THE TERM "PANSEXUAL," WHICH SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO MAKE CLEARER THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO PEOPLE OF ALL GENR INTIFITNS (FOR THE RERD, BISEXUAL DON'T HAVE TO PROMOTE A GENR BARY -- MANY E TO MEAN THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO THEIR SAME GENR AND TO OTHER GENRS, RATHER THAN JT TO MEN AND WOMEN). IN HER RECENT ELLE UK VER STORY, SHE SAID, "‘I’M VERY OPEN ABOUT -- I’M PANSEXUAL I’M 22, I’M GOG ON DAT, BUT I CHANGE MY STYLE EVERY TWO WEEKS, LET ALONE WHO I’M WH." SHE ALSO REPORTEDLY ME OUT AS BIEXUAL TO HER MOTHER AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, ACRDG TO AN TERVIEW SHE GAVE TO PAPER (WARNG, NSFW!) EARLIER THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMBER ROSEGETTY IMAGAMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG TO CURVE MAGAZE 2011, ROSE PERFECTLY MONSTRATED WHY BI-ERASURE IS SUCH A PROBLEM FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO FE THEIR OWN SEXUALY. "I’VE ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO GIRLS EVER SCE I WAS LTLE, AND I LIKE BOYS TOO. BUT AS I GOT OLR MY TEENAGE YEARS A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, 'EAKY GIRLS' WHO WERE DOG ALL KD OF NASTY STUFF WOULD SAY THEY WERE BISEXUAL SO I NEVER WANTED TO, BEE I WASN’T TO THOSE THGS," SHE SAID. "IT WAS A WEIRD MOMENT MY LIFE WHEN I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO LIKE EXPLA TO MYSELF I WASN’T GAY, BUT I WASN’T STRAIGHT AND I JT WASN’T LIKE SOME EAK -- THAT YOU KNOW WAS JT HAVG THREOM ALL DAY. FOR ME, IF I WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A WOMAN THEN I WAS JT WH HER AND VICE VERSA."{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’ve played straight people, and I hope to [ the future] but ’s not like I’m gog to be an actn hero kissg Megan Fox and I’ll f*ck that up by playg a lot of gay people. As long as those rol are more layered than jt “the gay guy…” I mean, that’s when I pass.
I do fd really cur and worth notg [that the stereotype] tends to be that bi men haven’t accepted that they’re gay, and that a woman is dog for attentn and she jt hasn’t found the right man. "Two Doors Down, " the fal episo om Dolly Parton's Heartstrgs, is notable not jt bee is the seri' holiday episo, but also bee s plot centers on a gay uple, Tyler (Andy Mient) and Cole (Michael J. Willett), as well as Tyler's nservative Southern fay, to whom he isn't episo focg on gay characters a seri based on Dolly songs and geared toward fai uld be seen as a surprisg choice, and seemed like some dience members were ught off-guard at a recent screeng of Heartstrgs.
BISEXUAL BROADWAY STAR ANDY MIENT SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BEG ‘LUMPED AS GAY’
The basic setup was they wanted to do an episo about a relatively nservative woman who disvers that someone very close to her is gay.
‘THE FLASH’: ANDY MIENT SAYS GAY VILLA PIED PIPER IS A ‘HUGE STEP FORWARD’
I received a phone ll rmg me that I had to take a character—who had been gay om the pch and through the pilot procs, and [clud] when we got the seri orr—I had to take his backstory and do somethg other than have the character be And that was '98, so that's not that long ago. Then, to get a ll om Dolly Parton sayg, "Please do our gay episo"—I thk that's a lot of great progrs.
Well, I grew up the South, so I ll myself an expat Southerner, and I felt that I had a chance to wre fairly and thentilly about some of the attus the South about beg gay. In other words, was a Southern gay boy’s dream e te!
"I've fely felt the prsure to jt accept beg lumped as gay when I meet new people, " he wrote.
GAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MAK HIS DEBUT ON "FLASH" AS VILLAO PIED {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;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 27, 2015/6:09 AMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 27, 2015 / 6:09 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MAK HIS DEBUT ON \"FLASH\" AS VILLAO PIED PIPER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-01-27T11:09:42.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-01-27T11:09:42.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{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;}BROADWAY ACTOR ANDY MIENT MAK HIS BUT ON THE CW'S THE FLASH TONIGHT AS HARTLEY RATHAWAY— A.K.A. THE VILLAO PIED PIPER, WHO NTROLS SOUNDWAV AND TROUBLE FOR THE SRLET {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;}RELATED: ANDY MIENT CALLS PLAYG A GAY SUPERVILLA ON FLASH "A HUGE STEP FORWARD" FOR LGBT REPRENTATN {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 THE EPISO, "THE SOUND AND THE FURY," PIPER GO LOOKG FOR REVENGE AGAST HIS ONE-TIME MENTOR, DR. HARRISON {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;}MIENT IS JT THE LATT OPENLY GAY ACTOR TO JO THE ST OF THE FLASH—WENTWORTH MILLER MA HIS BUT AS THE CHILLY CAPTA COLD AND VICTOR GARBER HAS BEEN ST AS DR. MART STE, WHO ONE-HALF OF THE ATOMIC SUPERHERO {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;}OUT PRODUCER GREG BERLANTI HAS MA A POT OF HIRG TALENTED GAY MEN FOR HIS SHOWS, WH JONATHAN BARROWMAN PLAYG MALLM MERLYN ON {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 THE FLASH IC BOOK, PIED PIPER EVENTUALLY LEAV HIS LIFE OF CRIME AND OUT AS GAY. (HE LATER BEGAN A RELATNSHIP WH POLICE TECTIVE DAVID SGH, PLAYED BY PATRICK SABONGUI THE CW SHOW.) MIENT LLED THE TRODUCTN OF PIPER ON THE SERI "A HUGE STEP FORWARD" FOR LGBT REPRENTATNS ON {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;}WATCH THE PREVIEW FOR THE FLASH {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;}FLASH AIRS JANUARY 27 AT 8PM ON THE {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
If you're female and bi, you're sometim told that you're dog for attentn or that you've been brawashed by the patriarchy to beg attracted to women; if you're male, you're told that you're jt a nfed gay guy who isn't ready to fully e out yet. " Her character the upg season of "Amerin Horror Story: Hotel" will also intify as bisexual, acrdg to shownner Ryan MientMient plays the openly-gay villa Pied Pieper on "The Flash, " but while he's engaged to a fellow male Broadway star real life, he intifi ls as gay and more as bisexual. "But I don’t want to be that girl who says all gays necsarily hang out together, of urse!
I have people say to me, 'Oh wow, my iend is gay, too, ' and I’m like, 'Yeah, so? "It was a weird moment my life when I didn’t know how to like expla to myself I wasn’t gay, but I wasn’t straight and I jt wasn’t like some eak -- that you know was jt havg threom all day.
(Parton recently ma some headl of her own gay media.
BISEXUAL BROADWAY STAR ANDY MIENT SPEAKS OUT ABOUT BEG ‘LUMPED AS GAY’
After the release of her dancefloor throwdown “Fah” llaboratn wh Swedish EDM producers Galantis, she revealed that she’s nsirg puttg together a llectn of dance-pop tracks for her gay fans. Mient also lv to wrg queer-posive children’s books and how he’ll be perfectly ntent playg gay characters throughout the rt of his reer.