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Contents:

• '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?
• CHRIS COLFER WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' PLAYG OPENLY GAY 'GLEE' ROLE KURT AS HE WASN'T YET OUT
• 'GLEE' ALUM KEV MCHALE CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'I THK THERE WAS ZERO SURPRISE'
• THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?
• IN ITS FAL SEASON, GLEE WAS THE GAYT SHOW THAT’S EVER BEEN ON TELEVISN
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
• JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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

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WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?

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.

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

"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. "I'm actually kd of grateful for , " Chris Colfer admted of playg his openly gay Glee character Kurt Hummel before he ultimately me out himself 2009.

'GLEE' ALUM KEV MCHALE CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'I THK THERE WAS ZERO SURPRISE'

The Goln Globe wner, 32, reflected on how "sry" was playg the openly gay character of Kurt Hummel when he wasn't yet out himself, as he ught up wh fellow Glee alums Kev McHale and Jenna Ushkowz on Thursday's episo of their And That's What You Really Missed podst.

And then when I fally got the script was when I realized was the gay character, and I was terrified, " Colfer add.

Colfer revealed on the podst that he even had a fay member (not his parents) tell him that playg a gay character "would your life, sentially. McHale, 34, who also me out as gay 2018, asked Colfer if bothers him that they wrote a gay character specifilly for him. Jonathan Groff is openly gay.

THE GAY ONE OM GLEE – POSIVE ROLE MOL OR DANGERO CLICHé?

Darren Criss as Blae AnrsonThis actor played a gay man the show, though he is straight and married real life. The uple is yet to start a and Grant dated for jt over a year before they cid to spend the rt of their liv together, and although fairly private about their personal liv, the pair often share adorable pictur on social Colfer as Kurt HummelChris Colfer is openly gay and currently a relatnship wh his longtime partner, Will Sherrod.

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IN ITS FAL SEASON, GLEE WAS THE GAYT SHOW THAT’S EVER BEEN ON TELEVISN

After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori. It was a gay Gus Who's Comg to Dner.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

Sudnly, a clever, funny, kd, hot gay man on TV, that's still rare. Gay all up! And when 's jt a movie about a love story and not a gay love story.

JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE NFL ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge  Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. I'VE FOUND COMMUNITY DURING QUARANTINE BY "Watchg gay guys dog home workouts on Instagram.

Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual. I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "An openly gay man beme a te ntenr as a printial ndidate. Broadst TV's first openly gay chief exec has ed his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-nsumer bs to she a spotlight.

Lee's sophomore film, perd lbian love story Ammone, starrg Kate Wslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 om Neon. Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia. Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

But was erased om much of history bee he was gay. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng. It was vigoratg and a ltle ighteng — well, ighteng to this sweet, gay, Southern boy who shi away om nontatn.

In addn to speakg, and sgg, publicly about his own gay relatnships, Platt plays bi on The Polician — acuntg for several of the seri' many entangled LGBTQ romanc. The Pose star beme the first openly gay black man to w the dramatic lead actor Emmy 2019, the year he turned heads for butg genr-ntral red rpet looks. Sean was the openly gay Ain Amerin hband of stmate Pedro Zamora.

The show will leave a legacy of thentic pictns of sexualy — cludg scen volvg gay character Lnel (DeRon Horton), moled after Simien himself.