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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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..

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

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.

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

"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.

"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.

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

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. 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.

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Tom Holland 'reacts' to 'The Crowd Room' gay scene .

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