Taylor Ksch on ‘The Normal Heart,’ Homophobic Right-Wgers, and Gays the Milary

Contents:

• TAYLOR KSCH ON ‘THE NORMAL HEART,’ HOMOPHOBIC RIGHT-WGERS, AND GAYS THE MILARY
• TAYLOR KSCH IS GOG GAY
• IS TAYLOR KSCH GAY?
• CAN TAYLOR KSCH'S CHARACTER 'TE DETECTIVE' PLEASE NOT BE A SELF-HATG GAY STEREOTYPE?

TAYLOR KSCH ON ‘THE NORMAL HEART,’ HOMOPHOBIC RIGHT-WGERS, AND GAYS THE MILARY

So the 33-year-old Canadian wouldn’t be the first fella that me to md when stg the role of Bce Nil, a closeted Wall Street vtor and gay rights activist Ryan Murphy’s The Normal Heart.

TAYLOR KSCH IS GOG GAY

”The Normal Heart is wrten by Larry Kramer and based on his acclaimed 1985 play of the same name, centerg on a terie of gay rights activists New York Cy who stggle to ga the attentn of policians and the public and warn them of the rise of the HIV/AIDS crisis the early ’80s—even though the cy’s mayor was gay.

It centers on Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo), a passnate, openly gay activist whose chutzpah gradually overwhelms those around him, cludg his dyg lover, Felix, played by the brilliant Matt Bomer, and the print of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Bce Nil (Ksch) Daily Beast spoke wh Ksch about his excg new role, the idcy of gay-bashg, and much more.

IS TAYLOR KSCH GAY?

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CAN TAYLOR KSCH'S CHARACTER 'TE DETECTIVE' PLEASE NOT BE A SELF-HATG GAY STEREOTYPE?

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Ron stggl wh a mon circumstance for many LGBTQ children: mourng a relative whose homophobia has already killed their relatnship. Wrten by the inic Jewish gay rights and AIDS activist Larry Kramer, who died last month, and based on his experienc, “The Normal Heart” follows Ned Weeks (Mark Ruffalo), a Jewish-Amerin wrer who aniz a group foced on brgg attentn to how a myster illns is slghterg an oddly specific group of New Yorkers: gay men. When a iend is overwhelmed by the spread, Cys says, “Well, that of urse is Aunt Ruthie’s kugel, that’s your classic bagel and lox, that’s gefilte fish — skip that — and I’m gay.