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WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
Edors Note: David M. Hall, Ph.D., is he thor of the book “Alli at Work: Creatg a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Inclive Work Environment.” He is also the thor of “BullyShield,” an iPhone and Droid app. Hall teach high school stunts as well as graduate urs on LGBT issu and bullyg preventn. His webse […] * lgbt glee *
LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. 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.
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. Ten years ago, two gay men me out of the closet.
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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. Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel, the openly gay soprano who, one of TV’s greatt moments, kicks a field goal for the football team while also dog the Sgle Ladi dance. My personal favoure character on the show, Kurt was the first openly gay character the show troduced.
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Kurt is shown to be a femized stereotype of a gay teen at the begng of the show’s n: he teach himself the Sgle Ladi dance a unard, ets over his skre route, and prefers to see himself as one of the girls. He threatens many tim the early episos of the show to fall to the trope of the “gay BFF.
” What works Kurt’s characterizatn is that Glee shows the dark si of what Kurt go through: the character Dave Karofsky kiss him forcefully whout nsent “Never Been Kissed” and threatens to kill him “The Substute”, he and his father endure multiple slurs throughout the show’s six seasons, and he is physilly beaten for g to another gay man’s aid “Bash”. Their kissg episo absolutely explod: Tumblr was full of gifs, vios, and text posts exclaimg their excement that two gay characters shared a kiss on Fox.
Glee handl their gay characters’ storyl well, and treated their transgenr storyle seasons four and six wh credible re. Kurt then rponds “Bisexual is a term that gay guys high school e when they want to hold hands wh a girl and feel normal.
Edors Note: David M. Hall, Ph.D., is he thor of the book “Alli at Work: Creatg a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Inclive Work Environment.” He is also the thor of “BullyShield,” an iPhone and Droid app. Hall teach high school stunts as well as graduate urs on LGBT issu and bullyg preventn. His webse […] * lgbt glee *
Glee do have a bisexual character: Brtany Pierce, who dat and later marri gay cheerlear Santana Lopez.
Alli at Work: Creatg a Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr Inclive Work Environment. When the God Squad sgs to Rachel, an irate Santana – who was already angry wh her prcipal bee of his double-standard regardg public displays of affectn between gay upl – asks if they are Christian.