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'Glee': Chris Colfer on show's first gay sex scene

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GLEE'S GAY PROM QUEEN SCENE: WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE?

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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.

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. FoxWarng: This post ntas spoilers for both the May 10th episo of Glee and the fal season of Ugly last night's episo of Glee, Kurt got a awakeng: He realized his optimism that his classmat were beg more acceptg of his homosexualy was misguid.

'GLEE': CHRIS COLFER ON SHOW'S FIRST GAY SEX SCENE

That me later the season, along wh the teen's first gay kiss, first supportive boyiend, and first g out scen to his fay (on what seri have we seen those plot l aga?

Now we're at a pot were gay tolerance plot l are beg recurrg them across several seri, maybe (and daray) headg towards cliche. LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. Last season the show me unr fire for another sex-themed episo, where, among other thgs, Kurt shared a talk wh his father, Burt, about gay sex.

"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. And back then, people told their clients, 'Don't play gay characters bee will your reer, '" Colfer said.

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

"Colfer's character had many storyl that centered around his experience as a gay high school stunt. This ver of a Brney Spears and Madonna duet was steamy, sexy, and credibly 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.

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE 'THE CROWD ROOM' DEFEND BY FANS

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.

TOM HOLLAND 'REACTS' TO 'THE CROWD ROOM' GAY SCENE

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. 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.

CHRIS COLFER WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' PLAYG OPENLY GAY 'GLEE' ROLE KURT AS HE WASN'T YET OUT

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.

One of the stars of Glee, Chris Colfer, epomiz theatre geek-chic playg the plex young Kurt Hummel, a gay teenager torn between his love for the school's glee club and his sire to f . I thk I do probably brg up a ltle b of emotn that I don't I would thk that young people out there who are gay would take fort watchg your character on the show.

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