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• WATCH JAM FRAN STRIP DOWN IN THE NEW TRAILER FOR HIS GAY PORN THRILLER ‘KG COBRA’
• JAM FRAN’S QUEER CATALOGUE: 10 VERY GAY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• JAM FRAN REVEALS LOOK AS GAY MAN TURNED CHRISTIAN PASTOR DURG FILMG OF NEW 'MICHAEL' MOVIE
• JAM FRAN TO PLAY 'EX-GAY' ACTIVIST MICHAEL GLATZE IN NEW G VAN SANT PROJECT
• JAM FRAN ON PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: 'YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE I'M JT GAY' (EXCLIVE)
• JAM FRAN TALKS ABOUT WHY HE LIK PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS
• REVIEW: JAM FRAN FASCAT AS HE MORPHS OM GAY TO STRAIGHT DRAMA ‘I AM MICHAEL’
• REVIEW: JAM FRAN FASCAT AS HE MORPHS OM GAY TO STRAIGHT DRAMA ‘I AM MICHAEL’

WATCH JAM FRAN STRIP DOWN IN THE NEW TRAILER FOR HIS GAY PORN THRILLER ‘KG COBRA’

The gay film I Am Michael, about Jam Fran playg a gay activist-turned-"straight" pastor, has arrived on Vio on Demand, and wh , leaked scen of some the movie's more.. Related | Ex-Gay Bpic I Am Michael Should Be Rated XWhile the scene is a b darkly l and wily shot for our tast, 's still a real treasure of morn cema. Jam Fran strips down to nearly nothg the new trailer for his upg gay porn thriller Kg Cobra, which he stars and produced.

The movie is based on the real-life murr of gay porn producer Bryan Kocis, who’s embodied by Christian Slater’s Stephen. Earlier this year, Slater, 47, and Fran opened up about playg gay characters. “I remember when I saw Brokeback Mounta and I had such a visceral reactn to that movie, and thought, ‘Oh, my god, I uld never do anythg like that, '” Slater told The Hollywood Reporter back April about the Osr-wng movie about two gay wboys.

He add: “I’ve never played a homosexual before and I jt didn’t want to, I gus, brg any stereotypil nonsense to , or do any kd of riture-y type thgs that I’ve seen other films. Fran’s short film adaptatn of Anthony Hecht’s poem is pretty damn gay. Gay Town.

JAM FRAN’S QUEER CATALOGUE: 10 VERY GAY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Callg an exhibn “Gay Town” certaly creat a good headle, but we’re not entirely sure what else achiev.

JAM FRAN REVEALS LOOK AS GAY MAN TURNED CHRISTIAN PASTOR DURG FILMG OF NEW 'MICHAEL' MOVIE

Long before Harry Potter was a gay poet (the sential tabloid take on Daniel Radcliffe’s turn as Gsberg), Fran offered his own take “Howl”, a much more tertg film on formal terms at least. The nce is clever, the executn is exquise; ’s funny whout beg knowg, tricks you but isn’t smug about , and bt of all ’s about hard-re gay sex and s perceptn both wh and whout the gay muny. Gone are the days when was nsired taboo for a straight heart throb to take on a gay role.

”), Meo’s homosexualy is explored through a chronicle of the fal day of his life (he was stabbed to ath at the age of 37).

It was an early example of the meta-ns of Fran’s work, given he portrayed Meo’s “Rebel Whout a Cse” (more on the gay subtext of that film here) -star Jam Dean the 2001 TV bpic “Jam Dean” — which, given Dean himself is a nsirable gay in — probably warrants a spot on this list self. ” The film also was the begng of a fx gay seri of llaboratns between Fran and Rogen. For one, they hilarly spoofed Kim and Kayne late last year by makg a super gay shot-for-shot remake of their bizarro “Bound 2” vio for no apparent reason other than to enterta (and to lead to this).

JAM FRAN TO PLAY 'EX-GAY' ACTIVIST MICHAEL GLATZE IN NEW G VAN SANT PROJECT

He has stated he is gay up to the pot of peratn, so this would f wh that stance. The story of Harvey Milk, and his stggl as an Amerin gay activist who fought for gay rights and beme California's first openly gay elected official.

Actor Jam Fran posted this image on Instagram wh the ptn, "New Film: "MICHAEL" Gay Activist Mo. " | (Photo: Instagram/JamFranTV)Actor Jam Fran posted a photo of himself on his Instagram acunt yterday drsed character as Michael Glatze durg the first day of filmg "Michael, " a movie about Glatze's transn om homosexual magaze edor to married, heterosexual Christian script for "Michael" is based on a 2011 New York Tim Magaze article that follows Glatze as a Bible llege stunt Wyomg after leavg his post at the formerly popular gay youth publitn, XY Magaze. "This isn't jt a story about an 'ex-gay'.

JAM FRAN ON PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS: 'YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE I'M JT GAY' (EXCLIVE)

Actor Zachary Quto, who me out as gay 2011 and who starred "Star Trek" as Spock, has also joed the st of "Michael" to play Glatze's ex-boyiend, while Emma Roberts will -star as Fran's girliend. "Michael" will be Fran's third film which he plays a gay man, but he has produced other gay-based films the Jam Fran begs filmg "Michael" wh -star Zachary Quto who will play Fran's character's love tert. His transformatn om gay to straight happened after he started to qutn his liftyle followg a health sre and wh no one to turn to; at that pot he cid to seek help God.

"I'm fascated by the prs, which lls me an "ex-gay activist, " or somethg along those l, which I am not.

JAM FRAN TALKS ABOUT WHY HE LIK PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

I did speak out, que volly, back 2007 and over the years sce then but God has a way of workg people's hearts, cludg me, " Glatze told add, "I'm really not terted any sort of activism about healg om homosexualy or ex-gay mistri, or anythg along those l and, also, I've pletely bowed out of any sort of nservative Christian 'culture war. No stranger to tacklg gay them onscreen, Jam Fran is set to play "ex-gay" a new movie.

Page Six reports that Fran, who n currently be seen on Broadway oppose Chris O'Dowd "Of Mice and Men, " will star a forthg movie about "ex-gay" activist Michael Glatze. " As The New York Tim reported, Glatze found Young Gay Ameri (or Y. ) magaze and toured the untry for a documentary about gay teens before he had a ntroversial change of heart, renounced his sexualy and beme a fundamentalist Christian.

"We nnot see the tth when we’re bld by homosexualy, " Glatze wrote a 2007 edorial for nservative news se WND.

REVIEW: JAM FRAN FASCAT AS HE MORPHS OM GAY TO STRAIGHT DRAMA ‘I AM MICHAEL’

"We believe, unr the fluence of homosexualy, that lt is not jt acceptable, but a virtue. But there is no homosexual 'sire' that is apart om lt. "Fran, 35, has played gay characters "Milk" and "Howl, " and teamed up wh Travis Mathews to direct 2013's "Interr.

"It’s not like ’s my missn to tell the stori of as many gay men as possible, although some s, I thk is the pot, " the Amy Award nomee told The Daily Beast last fall. "I gus that a lot of the figur that I love were gay. "Before You GoCelebri Who've Faced Gay RumorsPopular the CommunyYou May Like.

Image Cred: Matt Carr/Getty Imag“Is Jam Fran gay? ‘Is he straight or is he gay? ’ Or, ‘This is your third gay movie — e out already!

REVIEW: JAM FRAN FASCAT AS HE MORPHS OM GAY TO STRAIGHT DRAMA ‘I AM MICHAEL’

’ And all based on, gay or straight, based on the ia that your object of affectn cis your sexualy.

” The actor fely don’t let the speculatn hib his choice of rol; Fran’s filmography is packed wh gay characters, om Allen Gsberg Howl, to activist Stt Smh Milk and poet Hart Crane his jt-wrapped feature The Broken Tower. “There are lots of other reasons to be terted gay characters than wantg myself to go out and have sex wh guys, ” he says.

I mean, I’ve played a gay man who’s livg the ’60s and ’70s, a gay man who we picted the ‘50s, and one beg the ‘20s. And those were all perds when to be gay, at least beg gay public, was much more difficult.