Chris Colfer Was 'Terrified' to Portray a Gay Character on 'Glee'

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WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?

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... * is kurt really gay *

The mil edy-drama Glee was not only known for featurg artists like Ida Menzel,  was also one of the first popular work shows that featured entire storyl around Kurt's stggl as a gay person livg wh a homophobic environment. One night, after the game is over, Kurt and Burt return home where Kurt tells his father “I’m gay. Glee’s creator Ryan Murphy, himself a gay man, ed his own personal experienc g out to his father as spiratn for the scene.

ARE KURT AND BLAE REALLY GAY?

In the 25 years sce the Nirvana lead sger died, many have fotten he was a gay rights activist who stated he "probably uld be bisexual." * is kurt really gay *

He clarified an terview (via LA Tim) that gay characters so rarely get happy endgs, and even more rarely are their sexuali treated wh digny. He poted out that was jt as important (if not more important) to see gay characters happy and thrivg, pecially sce the LGBTQ+ muny has suffered so much persecutn and misery.

THE REASON KURT COBA PRETEND TO BE GAY FOR YEARS

* is kurt really gay *

At the time of Glee's release, gay marriage was not yet legal and the reprentatn of gay characters on televisn was strikgly small. Origally, Colfer dned for the role of Artie, but after dng Ryan Fuller realized Colfer was the perfect actor to break through gay stereotyp on televisn. While Glee may have promoted many harmful stereotyp throughout s n, s pictn of Kurt g out to his father was a rehg change of pace pared to how gay characters were treated the past on televisn.

By the time Glee end after six seasons, Kurt and Burt gave dienc a healthy relatnship between a father and his gay son that was rarely seen on televisn. Gay characters may not always have a happy endg on televisn shows, but Glee showed dienc that there is a place for this type of story.

Followg a ment I ma a post about Kurt beg created as a gay stereotype I wanted to start this discsn as several people were misnsttg my words by @ me whout actually @ me.

'GAY' GLEE CHARACTERS ARE ACTUALLY STRAIGHT!

Now gog back to Kurt, he was characterised by many gay stereotyp that surround at that time pecially om 90s and 00s teen edi, I do not believe that Ryan Murphy tend for Kurt to be homophobic portrayal but rather as a vehicle to nstct stereotyp.

Y, I am aware there are irl feme (cis whe) gay men that share siar characteristics to Kurt and they should no way be shamed or lled a "stereotype".

'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET

Kurt is a fictnal character however is important to bare md that every characteristic he was wrten wh had INTENT behd so me llg him a gay stereotype is no way a mentary on the irl muny.

I have noticed recently however, that there has been an erasure of feme gay men media favour for a more "straight passg" (e.

KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'

G Simon om Love, Simon) portrayal and that's fely a nversatn that we should have about how even queer inti have been normalised by heteronormativy society (and how that has translated to feme gay men lled "bad reprentatns" of the muny and have been targeted wh hate which is fely NOT OK also generally speakg I do not believe irl people should be judged how well they "reprent" a certa muny as they n only really only be themselv and puttg that weight on them is humanisg but I digrs) but Kurt was created 12 years ago were most portrayals of queer people were whe sassy fashnable cis whe gay men.

What did Kurt mean by "God Is Gay"? Is Kurt and blae really gay?

In the show, Kurt and Blae are actually gay.

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Chris Colfer Was 'Terrified' to Portray a Gay Character on 'Glee' .

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