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?
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- 'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
- WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
- 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
'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
Kurt Elizabeth Hummel is a major character the h seri, Glee. He is the first openly gay character troduced the seri. In the begng of the seri, Kurt is the closet until he out to Merces Jon and eventually to his father, Burt. He tablish a csh on Fn Hudson... * glee gay boy *
LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. "Glee" star Chris Colfer opened up about playg the openly gay character, Kurt, on a podst Thursday. "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.
WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
I met the man of my dreams on the dance floor. Sebastian Smythe Sebastian Smythe is an openly gay recurrg character on Glee durg the third, fourth and fifth seasons. He is the former lead sger of the Dalton Amy Warblers, is origally portrayed as the show's ma villa his... * glee gay boy *
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. 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.
THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?
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.
He was vasive and vlent to Kurt, bee he is secretly gay and he had a csh on him. In the Season Two episo Never Been Kissed, is revealed that he is gay when he kiss Kurt. After beg outed at his new school as beg gay On My Way, Dave tri to take his own life by hangg himself but the attempt fails.
While Azim mak tlls, Dave asks Fn why all the gay dus get the hot chicks. He throws the game after Fn mak a ment about how 's funny that Dave is always llg people gay but never seems to have a girliend.
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
One of them (Stt Cooper) says that Glee Club turned Dave gay—which he flch at, still not wantg to adm —followed by a group slhie. Santana, orr to brg Kurt back to the school and make herself favorable to w Prom Queen, blackmails Dave after fdg out his sexualy by tellg him that if he won't be her gay beard and prom date, she would reveal his secret to the school. Kurt then strs to Dave that even if he is unable to e out to the world he needs to be ted, and he tells Dave to help him -chair a lol chapter of Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG).
When Dave brgs Kurt to his class, Kurt tells him that he thks people don't re if you're gay or straight any more, to which Dave disagre. Dave mak his next appearance when Kurt ns to him at the gay bar Sndals. It was revealed that he changed schools to avoid any mors about beg gay at McKley, sce he wants to have a normal senr year where he n play football.
Kurt realiz the culpr's inty and nonts Sue, who wanted to rne Kurt and Blae by scg Dave wh a bear, but mistook to be an actual bear stead of a burly gay man. Puck slaps Karofsky's backsi, but Karofsky tells Puck to not be gay. In fact most of Karofsky's bullyg behavr seems to be bee of the social orr of the school and the opns of his iends, rather than anythg he was raised believg at home as his father fact seems to behave pletely different om Dave, showg an unrstandg and enlightened opn of homosexualy.