Kurt Hummel is a popular gay character that broke through the Fox filter. But do his brand of Fox-approved homosexualy serve to rerce stereotyp?
Contents:
- WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
- 'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
- WATCH: GLEE TAK ON TWO OF WHNEY HOTON’S GAYT ANTHEMS
- IN ITS FAL SEASON, GLEE WAS THE GAYT SHOW THAT’S EVER BEEN ON TELEVISN
- THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?
- DISNEY STAR MARSHALL WILLIAMS JOS GLEE AS A GAY "FOOTBALL STUD"{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;}MOVIBY ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 29, 2014/2:27 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 29, 2014 / 2:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISNEY STAR MARSHALL WILLIAMS JOS GLEE AS A GAY \"FOOTBALL STUD\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-29T19:27:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-29T19:27:20.000+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":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_176429" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="640"] MARSHALL WILLIAMS[/PTN]{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;}THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE NEW GAY TEEN AT MCKLEY HIGH WHEN GLEE RETURNS FOR S SIXTH AND FAL SEASON ON JANUARY 9: MARSHALL WILLIAMS, WHO PETED ON CANADIAN IDOL 2007 AND 2008, WILL PLAY SPENCER, THE SCHOOL'S NEW "FOOTBALL STUD" WH THE VOICE OF AN {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: “GLEE’S” FAL SEASON COULD SEE TWO GAY WEDDGS {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;}ACRDG TO THE STG NOTICE, SPENCER IS ACTUALLY “POST-GLEE GAY —NO ONE MS WH HIM ABOUT HIS SEXUALY BEE HE WILL KICK THEIR ASS IF THEY DO.” WILLIAMS, WHO HAS ALSO MOLED, APPEARED THIS SUMMER THE DISNEY TV MOVIE HOW TO BUILD A BETTER {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;}ALSO JOG GLEE FOR S FAL HURRAH IS BILLY LEWIS JR., WHO WILL PLAYS MASON, A "SUPER-POSIVE AND EXTREMELY WEIRD KID [WHO] GIV OFF A GAY VIBE (SPOILER ALERT: HE'S NOT)," AS PER 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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_176433" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="415"] LEWIS (LEFT) WH MARSHALL AND NEW "GLEE" ST MEMBER NOAH GUTHRIE[/PTN]{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 THAT'S A GAY GUY THAT OFF STRAIGHT, AND A STRAIGHT GUY THAT OFF GAY? CRAZY!{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;}RETURNG TO THE SHOW IS MAX ADLER, A.K.A. NEWLY OUT JOCK DAVE KAROFSKY. RUMOR HAS HE'S ACTUALLY GOG TO BE A LOVE TERT FOR {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;}AND NAYA RIVERA'S SANTANA IS ALSO BACK, OF URSE, AND ULD VERY WELL BE TYG THE KNOT HERSELF.—WHETHER S WH BRTANY OR SOME OTHER LUCKY LADY REMAS TO 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;}“IT REALLY [WILL BE] A LOVELY, FTG SEASON THAT… DWELLS ON THE ORIGAL PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE SHOW AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AND HOW THEY GIVE BACK,” SAID RYAN MURPHY EARLIER THIS YEAR. “WE’LL REVIS SOME OF THE NEW KIDS THAT ME AND WENT.... IT’S REALLY TERTG, A VERY SWEET, SATISFYG ENDG TO THE STORY.”{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
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
- JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
A lot of Whney Hoton's songs were gay fav, but "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" took on a life of s own on the gay-club scene. So 's ftg that * glee gay guys *
Standout Quote: "Odds are by the end of the school year, I'll have Blae and a Natnals trophy, and you'll have khakis and a Lima Bean apron, and that gay face. Not only did he fy tradnal gay stereotyp by beg a football team ultra-jock, but Spencer was pletely shamels about his inty.
LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. Kurt is the first gay character to e out season one of Glee, and is badly bullied for .
However, Dave later reveals he is gay after tryg to kiss Kurt season two.
'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
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"Glee" star Chris Colfer opened up about playg the openly gay character, Kurt, on a podst Thursday.
WATCH: GLEE TAK ON TWO OF WHNEY HOTON’S GAYT ANTHEMS
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * glee gay guys *
"Glee" actor Chris Colfer, 32, opened up about his fear of playg an openly gay character on the h Fox seri durg Thursday's episo of the "And That's What You Really Missed", who portrayed a character named Kurt on the show om 2009 to 2015, shared that he was "absolutely terrified" bee he hadn't e out yet. And back then, people told their clients, 'Don't play gay characters bee will your reer, '" Colfer said. "Colfer's character had many storyl that centered around his experience as a gay high school stunt.
A lot of Whney Hoton’s songs were gay fav, but “It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay” took on a life of s own on the gay-club scene. So ’s ftg that Glee, s all-Whney tribute Monday night, gave this number to Darren Criss’ gay character, Blae.
IN ITS FAL SEASON, GLEE WAS THE GAYT SHOW THAT’S EVER BEEN ON TELEVISN
Jaguars assistant Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's pro sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer. * glee gay guys *
Few people the dtry st as much queer talent as Murphy do, and even fewer st as much hot queer honor of Murphy and his love for sexy queer men, here are 20 of the hottt gay, bi, trans, and queer men he's st over the years! I have a totally unttable theory that Glee did more to normalize homosexualy than any other show TV history, perhaps more than any other mastream work of art.
THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?
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But the fal season, which to an end Friday night wh a two-hour episo, is the gayt thg I’ve ever seen on televisn—and ever expect to see. Of urse, the fal cls of that last sentence pot to the biggt problem wh treatg the world of Glee as a mol post-homophobic society: It often mak no sense. But unlike Sue, who rorted to subterfuge orr to achieve her goal of brgg Kurt and Blae back together, the wrers stated the show’s pro-gay agenda que explicly: In Episo 6, when Brtany S.
Pierce still hop that Santana Lopez’s grandmother will get over her homophobia and attend their weddg, she tells her fiancee:. Spencer Porter, a football-playg “postmorn gay” new to the show this season, explas to Rachel that “posive reprentatns of gays the mass media have given me the nfince I need to be myself, which, turns out, is kd of an arrogant jerk. ” Even Coach Beiste, who me out as trans this season, beme a gay man.
“The New York Tim says half the crease support for gay marriage is due to generatnal turnover.
DISNEY STAR MARSHALL WILLIAMS JOS GLEE AS A GAY "FOOTBALL STUD"{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;}MOVIBY ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 29, 2014/2:27 PMBY ALEXANR STEVENSONDECEMBER 29, 2014 / 2:27 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISNEY STAR MARSHALL WILLIAMS JOS GLEE AS A GAY \"FOOTBALL STUD\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-29T19:27:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-29T19:27:20.000+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":"ALEXANR STEVENSON","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_176429" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="640"] MARSHALL WILLIAMS[/PTN]{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;}THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE NEW GAY TEEN AT MCKLEY HIGH WHEN GLEE RETURNS FOR S SIXTH AND FAL SEASON ON JANUARY 9: MARSHALL WILLIAMS, WHO PETED ON CANADIAN IDOL 2007 AND 2008, WILL PLAY SPENCER, THE SCHOOL'S NEW "FOOTBALL STUD" WH THE VOICE OF AN {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: “GLEE’S” FAL SEASON COULD SEE TWO GAY WEDDGS {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;}ACRDG TO THE STG NOTICE, SPENCER IS ACTUALLY “POST-GLEE GAY —NO ONE MS WH HIM ABOUT HIS SEXUALY BEE HE WILL KICK THEIR ASS IF THEY DO.” WILLIAMS, WHO HAS ALSO MOLED, APPEARED THIS SUMMER THE DISNEY TV MOVIE HOW TO BUILD A BETTER {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;}ALSO JOG GLEE FOR S FAL HURRAH IS BILLY LEWIS JR., WHO WILL PLAYS MASON, A "SUPER-POSIVE AND EXTREMELY WEIRD KID [WHO] GIV OFF A GAY VIBE (SPOILER ALERT: HE'S NOT)," AS PER 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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_176433" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="415"] LEWIS (LEFT) WH MARSHALL AND NEW "GLEE" ST MEMBER NOAH GUTHRIE[/PTN]{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 THAT'S A GAY GUY THAT OFF STRAIGHT, AND A STRAIGHT GUY THAT OFF GAY? CRAZY!{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;}RETURNG TO THE SHOW IS MAX ADLER, A.K.A. NEWLY OUT JOCK DAVE KAROFSKY. RUMOR HAS HE'S ACTUALLY GOG TO BE A LOVE TERT FOR {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;}AND NAYA RIVERA'S SANTANA IS ALSO BACK, OF URSE, AND ULD VERY WELL BE TYG THE KNOT HERSELF.—WHETHER S WH BRTANY OR SOME OTHER LUCKY LADY REMAS TO 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;}“IT REALLY [WILL BE] A LOVELY, FTG SEASON THAT… DWELLS ON THE ORIGAL PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE SHOW AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AND HOW THEY GIVE BACK,” SAID RYAN MURPHY EARLIER THIS YEAR. “WE’LL REVIS SOME OF THE NEW KIDS THAT ME AND WENT.... IT’S REALLY TERTG, A VERY SWEET, SATISFYG ENDG TO THE STORY.”{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
Ten years ago, two gay men me out of the closet. Both of , bee of this, felt that our bt years were to e, beyond the heteronormative nf of high by Chris Colfer, Kurt was both flawed and funny – whout his gayns beg the butt of every joke. The populary of a show as gay as Glee might not seem revolutnary now, but is worth rememberg that when first aired 2009, jt 36 per cent of Amerins even supported same-sex marriage.
It seamlsly blend gay narrativ to a popular, mastream show and even had the guts to st a gay actor (Colfer) a gay role. A on, this is still prsgly rare, so much so that Criss – who later starred as gay serial killer Andrew Cunanan Murphy’s The Assassatn of Gianni Versace – has pledged to stop playg LGBT+ characters to give more gay actors a most culture created by queer people, Glee rarely gets the cred serv for fluencg the mastream. For young people – gay, straight and everythg between – might have been the first time they saw a lovg gay romance on screen.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Jt prr to that, the drama thirtysomethg lost over a ln dollars advertisg for simply showg two gay men bed together. Six years later, the stgglg ABC seri Relativy showed the first romantic kiss between two gay characters (one of whom was played by Hoe's Lisa Elste).
And though the first gay teenager on TV was played by Ryan Phillippe on One Life to Live 1992, took until 2001 for the first kiss between gay teens to take place on Dawson's Creek—and the amount of prs voted to the event was recent years, the teenage characters of Le and Noah had the first daytime gay kiss on As the World Turns, and primetime seri cludg Ugly Betty and Dperate Hoewiv have aired liplocks between s young gay characters. Through this flexibily, Glee leav the genr/sex bary and blogil sentialism unchallenged, and then mak ‘tolerance’ of homosexuals and ‘rpect’ for other mori a part of masculy stead of dismantlg this advantagg system. 5 As socially nstcted-ncepts, though specific unrstandgs of masculy and femy n change different ntexts;6 tradnally, masculy has been fed and enforced through homophobia, but Glee nmns this behavr.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
But stead of challengg the sex/genr bary and sexist iology behd masculy, the show merely expands masculy to rporate tolerance of (‘naturally’ weak, effemate) gay men, and ploys the same kd of genr policg that tradnal masculy to garner support for gay rights.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
8 After she wns the football team and the glee club exchange untls sexist and homophobic slurs (Karovsky says of Fn, “Hudson’s a ick’ girl”; Fn says to Karovsky, “You’re always llg everybody gay, but I never see you wh a girliend”), Coach Beiste mandat that her players jo the New Directns and perform a halftime number wh the choir at their champnship game.
David Karovsky, a closeted gay bully, qus the team and nvc most of his teammat to do the same, so the remag players (the boys the glee club, all of whom – except for Kurt – play football9) have too few members to pete. “You're so aaid of beg lled geeks or losers or gay that you settle for beg nothg, ” Puck says the locker room, and, emasculated by this charge, the players fally agree to rejo the team.
11 On Glee, masculy is refed to clu acceptance and protectn of homosexual characters – protectg (powerls, needy) gay characters is ma a part of beg a real man. Jt as “chivalro” men open doors for women and keep them “safe, ” the glee club guys (a group which do not clu Kurt) take re of the girly gay boy, whose role is to teach them lsons about their proper genred rol society. Masculy is expand to rporate tolerance of gay men who have take on a female genr inty, but this do not actually challenge heteronormativy, masculy, and the trivializatn and excln of mori or the rigid separatn between male/female and man/woman.
JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Gay men are simply shifted to the oppose term of the bari, rather than blurrg or nttg the divisns. McRuer wr, “As long as we agree that gay men and straight men are distct, and-cintally-as long as we're lookg at the straight guy, supposedly, we n all get along.
Some may say that one of Glee’s gay characters, Kurt’s boyiend Blae, seems to be an exceptn to this statement; Blae intifi as gay, yet he is also mascule. First, the word "lbian" equently signals homophobia rather than a self-claimed sexual inty. Glee is too gay, seems, for the edors of Vany Fair's webse, who apologised this week when a wrer fot where he was and ed the word "fags" – a postmorn, ironic way of urse – to scribe a recent episo of the h US edy seri.
But while the gratuo e of culturally-load words is fe for a be-sized bate on Twter, there is a much bigger problem that gay wrers don't discs: the whoppg headache of a tired gay cliché that Glee self embodi.