'Glee' alum and btsellg thor Chris Colfer giv an exclive preview of 'A Tale of Sorcery' and reveals which character is gay.
Contents:
- CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHICH CHARACTER HIS NEW BOOK A TALE OF SORCERY IS OPENLY GAY — AND WHY 'S SO IMPORTANT
- STAR WARS GAY UPLE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED: IS FN AND POE?
CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHICH CHARACTER HIS NEW BOOK A TALE OF SORCERY IS OPENLY GAY — AND WHY 'S SO IMPORTANT
* is xanthous gay in a tale of sorcery *
EW got an exclive look at A Tale of Sorcery, and spoke to Colfer about the potency of wrg an openly gay character a children's book. " The Tale of Magic seri always explored acceptance and opprsn, and this is the first time my middle gra books that I have my first openly gay character.
I have known sce the first time I ever nceived [Xantho] my head that I knew they were gay.
STAR WARS GAY UPLE OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED: IS FN AND POE?
When I first started wrg, many people told me that I was makg a mistake bee the world wasn't ready to let their kids read a book by an openly gay man, so I really shied away om cludg any openly LGBT characters my first set of books bee I thought I was already fightg an uphill battle as was. I actually reaed om g the word "gay" bee so many books get banned so many untri the mute you have the word "gay" the text. 2 months before ATOS me out, I started headnong him as gay, bee, he's like, the only boy a school wh hundreds, maybe even thoands of girls, and is not attracted to at least 1 of them.
So when I learned he was gay ATOS, I eaked. While they are there, Xantho is disturbed when the bookseller is able to easily duce that he is homosexual and remas a state of mental turmoil until Emerelda forts him by sayg that he will always be accepted by his iends and will someday fd love. Meanwhile, her iend Xantho, who's g to terms wh beg gay, and who's had trouble the past ntrollg his magil pyrotechnic powers, is on the n om people who want to kill him to "save the world" om a myster fire that's engulfg the untrysi.