Digal Commons @ Wthrop Universy - SEWSA 2016 Intersectnaly the New Millennium: An Asssment of Culture, Power, and Society: Gay Don’t Beg to Cover It: Non-Bary Sexualy <em>Communy’s </em> Dean Pelton”

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• IS 'GAY' STAR JIM RASH MARRIED, DATG OR SGLE? — ALSO KNOW HIS B & NET WORTH
• IS "COMMUNY"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010/11:11 AMBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010 / 11:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"COMMUNY\"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ROB OWEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEAN PELTON PLAYED BY JIM RASH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN GAY ADVOCY GROUPS TALLY THE NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS PRIME TIME, THEY MAY NOT KNOW QUE WHAT TO DO WH CRAIG PELTON, THE BALD, SKNY GREENDALE COMMUNY COLLEGE LEAR ON NBC’S COMMUNY (8 PM THURSDAY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS HE SAYS, GAY IS PROBABLY AN OVER-SIMPLIFITN,” SAID SERI CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAN HARMON OF THE RECURRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE SCRIB DEAN PELTON AS BISEXUAL, AND MORE THAN ANYTHG, HE’S PROBABLY A FOOL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER SEXUAL INTY VIEWERS ASCRIBE TO HIM. IN THE SHOW’S HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE EPISO, PELTON GLEEFULLY AGREED THAT HE WAS TOO STUPID TO ORCHTRATE A PLEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND YET COMMUNY'S WRERS HAVE LEFT PLENTY OF CLU POTG TO THE CHARACTER’S QUEER SEXUALY, AS WELL AS A FAIR NUMBER THAT SEEM SIGNED TO NFE THE ISSUE. AT TIM, HE SEEMS AS SEXUALLY AMBIGUO AS THE WEIRDLY ANDROGYNO SCHOOL MAST, THE “HUMAN BEG,” WHICH TAK THE FORM OF A SEXLS, FEATURELS, SPANX-ENVELOPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A DEAN PELTON WEBISO AT , AN ATTRACTIVE -ED ONTO THE AN AND HE TRI TO SHOO HER OUT OF HIS OFFICE. BUT DO HE SHOO HER BEE HE’S NOT TERTED, OR IS BEE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF AN ADMISTRATOR-STUNT RELATNSHIP? (THE WEBISOS BEG WH A HAND FLIPPG OVER A SIGN OM “YOUR AN IS OUT” TO “YOUR AN IS .”){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE’S A VERY MYSTER CHARACTER SEXUALLY,” HARMON SAID. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TEAM HE’S PLAYG FOR, IF ANY. IT’S A CELEBRATN OF THE ENIGMA BEE HE’S HAD A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF PASSG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN HARMON, FAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE HARMON’S STATEMENTS, WAS HARD NOT TO THK PELTON WAS PLAYG FOR TEAM GAY WHEN THE OCT. 14 EPISO, “BASIC ROCKET SCIENCE,” ABED (DANNY PUDI) NOT THAT PELTON HAS CIRCLED PUBLIC RTROOMS AND TCK STOPS ON A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OK, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SI OF THE MAP AND THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT,” PELTON SAYS, QUICKLY TURNG THE MAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHY DO THEY HAVE STAR RATGS?” ABED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“LET’S GET TO WORK PEOPLE, E ON!” PELTON SAYS, TRYG TO CHANGE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SAME EPISO UNVEILED A NEW, STUNT-SIGNED SCHOOL FLAG (A WALMART-LIKE STARFISH LOGO AND THE SLOGAN “E PLURIB AN”). IN ANOTHER SCENE, JEFF (JOEL MCHALE) THREATENED TO STEP ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS MUCH AS I MIGHT ENJOY THAT, JEFEY, IF YOU DON’T GET BACK HERE TIME FOR THE LNCH CY COLLEGE WS!” PELTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW’S RECENT BLANKET FORT EPISO PROVID MORE EVINCE FOR PELTON’S QUEER INTY WHEN BRTA (GILLIAN JABS) ASKED, “WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT A BLANKET FORT WH GROWN MEN THEIR UNRROOS?” PELTON PROMPTLY PRANCED TO THE ROOM AND RAISED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE CLU ALWAYS PROVI THE DEAN WH PLSIBLE NIABILY – WAS HE RAISG HIS HAND BEE HE WANTS TO PLAY WH GUYS UNRROOS OR BEE HE WANTS TO FEEL CLUD? THE SHOWNNERS LEAVE THE GTURE, LIKE PELTON’S SEXUALY, THE ZONE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THAT SAME EPISO REVEALED THE AN HAS HIRED A DRAMA PROFSOR TO SHOW UP AT A FAY DNER AND ACCE THE AN OF STEALG HIS GIRLIEND – A POSSIBLE SE TO FLECT FAY SPICNS ABOUT PELTON’S SEXUALY, OR IS HE JT TOO WEIRD TO SRE A GIRLIEND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEAN PELTON HAS HAD A PRENCE COMMUNY SCE THE SHOW’S PILOT EPISO, BUT HIS ODR TENNCI BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER AN EARLY FIRST-SEASON EPISO THAT SAW THE CHARACTER FETISHIZG DALMATIANS, AN EPISO THAT’S SPIRED A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK PROBABLY ME OM THE DALMATIAN THG, THE IA HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI BUT HE DON’T SEEM TENT ON HIDG ,” HARMON SAID. “HIS RIVER NS A LTLE EPER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE “DALMATIAN THG” BEGAN WHEN PELTON WAS SHOWN WATCHG A YOUTUBE VIO – SPIRED BY A REAL ONLE POST – OF A GUY WHO PATED HIMSELF AS A DALMATIAN AND VIOTAPED HIMSELF POSG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HOPE THIS DON’T AWAKEN SOMETHG ME,” PELTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARMON SAID WORK EXECUTIV HATED THAT SCENE – “COULDN’T YOU JT HAVE HIM PLAYG SOLAIRE ON THE PUTER?” THEY SUGGTED – WHICH ONLY ENURAGED HIM TO ADD DALMATIAN MEMORABILIA THE BACKGROUND OF THE AN’S OFFICE AND TO REVEAL THE FIRST SEASON FALE THAT PELTON IS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE JT SHOT ANOTHER EPISO ANOTHER STUME,” SAID RASH AN TERVIEW OM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT THIS WEEK AFTER SHOOTG A MEO THE UPG MTV MOVIE WORST. PROM. EVER. “I THK ’S EVOLVG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS TIME, PELTON WILL BE DRSED AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RASH SAID HE DO NOT THK OF THE CHARACTER AS GAY BEE PELTON HAS NEVER BEEN LABELED AS GAY A SCRIPT OR CHARACTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CLU ALONG THE WAY, AND HE OBVLY HAS SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVRS, ’S STILL UNFED [THE WRERS’] EY,” RASH SAID. “I LIKE THE IA THAT I DON’T QUE KNOW [THE CHARACTER’S SEXUALY] YET. HE JT SEEMS TO BE POLYAMORO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RASH RELLED A SCENE OM A FIRST-SEASON EPISO WHERE PELTON ASKED JEFF AND THE FEMALE PROFSOR JEFF WAS THEN DATG IF THEY WOULD EVER HAVE A THREE-WAY. THE QUTN ME THE GUISE OF AN OFFICIAL QUTNNAIRE BUT VIEWERS ULDN’T HELP WONRG IF PELTON SIMPLY MA UP THE QUTN FOR JEFF AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE’S CLEARLY TERTED JEFF SOME PACY BUT I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE WH HIM OR BE HIM,” RASH SAID. “IT’S PROBABLY A LTLE B OF BOTH. I JT THK [PELTON] IS A VERY SEXUAL PERSON. I THK THERE IS SOMETHG TO HIS HOME LIFE AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE’LL FD OUT WHAT HIS PLACE IS LIKE AND IF HE’S GETTG SOME. I THK HE’S GETTG SOME SOME PACY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARMON CREDED RASH’S PERFORMANCE FOR SPIRG THE SHOW’S WRERS TO PH DEAN PELTON EVEN MORE UNUAL DIRECTNS. EARLY THE FIRST SEASON PELTON BEGAN TOUCHG JEFF. AT FIRST, THE MOMENTS WERE SCRIPTED, BUT THE ACTORS ADD ADDNAL TOUCH AS THE SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS FELY THE SCRIPT AS FAR AS CHECKG OUT HIS CRISPY HAIR BUT AT THE TIME THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JT THE BALD GUY ADMIRG THE GUY WH HAIR,” RASH SAID. “AND THEN I TOUCHED HIS ABS ONE DAY AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SCRIPT OR NOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOUCHG JEFF’S ABS BEME THE WAY PELTON WOULD GREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I JT PUT MY HAND THERE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REFER TO AND SOMETIM MA TO THE FAL CUT FOR AIR AND SOMETIM DIDN’T,” RASH SAID. ONE OF THE EPISOS PELTON GOT HANDSY VOLVED JEFF PLAYG POOL HIS UNRWEAR AND THEN PLETELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY ALWAYS WRE JOEL REMOVG HIS CLOTH AND THE POOL ONE, I ME UP TO HIM AND NOT EVEN MAKG A POT OF , TOUCHED HIS ABS,” RASH SAID. THE EPISO ALSO FEATURED PELTON TAKG A RATHER EXPLIC PICTURE OF JEFF DURG THE GAME AFTER HIS UNRWEAR ME OFF..{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RASH PLAYED A SEXUALLY NFED CHARACTER THE 2006 ABC TED DANSON THERAPY S HELP ME HELP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS A CLOSETED GUY WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAVG ISSU THERAPY AND THAT CHARACTER WAS PRIMED TO E OUT EVENTUALLY IF THE SERI HAD NTUED,” RASH SAID. “SO I’VE PLAYED A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN NFLICTED OR TRANSN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF THEMSELV.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAID WHAT HE LIK ABOUT PELTON IS HIS WILLGNS FOR OTHERS TO SEE HIM, SAY, DRSED AS A BEE, OR LETTG THE OTHER CHARACTERS KNOW HE’S OFF TO A HOTEL WH SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S LIKE, ‘HEY, ASK ME SOME QUTNS,’” RASH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ’S POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE EPISO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WH THE HELP OF JOHN OLIVER’S RECURRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT VOLVG [PSYCHOLOGY] PROFSOR DUNN TRYG TO FIGURE ME OUT,” RASH SAID. “I THK THAT’S THEIR HEAD. TIME WILL TELL AS WE PLETE THE RT OF THE SEASON. I KNOW THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FETISH THEM. HE’S JT A VERY SEXUAL MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUPPRSED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE BEME UNRKED. IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET TO HIS PSYCHE AND SEE WHAT [THE WRERS] WOULD GO WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• IS DEAN PELTON GAY REAL LIFE? THE ANSWER IS PLITED – BS ROUNDUPS

IS 'GAY' STAR JIM RASH MARRIED, DATG OR SGLE? — ALSO KNOW HIS B & NET WORTH

In the episo "Msianic Myths and Ancient Peopl, " Leonard (Richard Erdman) impli that Dean Pelton is gay, to which he rponds, "Unacceptable and none of your bs and barely the whole tth. " In that episo, Dean Pelton is given an opportuny to jo the school board if he is willg to publicly intify as gay, which he briefly do. But retrospect, there's a more ronant aspect to the "Human Beg" mast, who — much like Pelton — rists simplistic viewers and crics have prumed that Dean Pelton is gay.

Film and televisn characters who are stead "d" are sometim leveraged for stereotype-driven or homophobic humor, and lgerg cultural disfort wh same-sex romance and sexualy surely keeps many of the d characters the closet. On ocsn, he n even e off as predatory — a tired misnceptn about gay and bisexual an average episo, Dean Pelton don't seem creepy; he off as iendly — though clgy — and loveable.

IS "COMMUNY"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010/11:11 AMBY ROB OWENNOVEMBER 29, 2010 / 11:11 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS \"COMMUNY\"S DEAN PELTON GAY? THAT'S HARD TO SAY...","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-11-29T16:11:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ROB OWEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEAN PELTON PLAYED BY JIM RASH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN GAY ADVOCY GROUPS TALLY THE NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS PRIME TIME, THEY MAY NOT KNOW QUE WHAT TO DO WH CRAIG PELTON, THE BALD, SKNY GREENDALE COMMUNY COLLEGE LEAR ON NBC’S COMMUNY (8 PM THURSDAY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS HE SAYS, GAY IS PROBABLY AN OVER-SIMPLIFITN,” SAID SERI CREATOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAN HARMON OF THE RECURRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW’S WIKIPEDIA PAGE SCRIB DEAN PELTON AS BISEXUAL, AND MORE THAN ANYTHG, HE’S PROBABLY A FOOL ABOVE AND BEYOND WHATEVER SEXUAL INTY VIEWERS ASCRIBE TO HIM. IN THE SHOW’S HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE EPISO, PELTON GLEEFULLY AGREED THAT HE WAS TOO STUPID TO ORCHTRATE A PLEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND YET COMMUNY'S WRERS HAVE LEFT PLENTY OF CLU POTG TO THE CHARACTER’S QUEER SEXUALY, AS WELL AS A FAIR NUMBER THAT SEEM SIGNED TO NFE THE ISSUE. AT TIM, HE SEEMS AS SEXUALLY AMBIGUO AS THE WEIRDLY ANDROGYNO SCHOOL MAST, THE “HUMAN BEG,” WHICH TAK THE FORM OF A SEXLS, FEATURELS, SPANX-ENVELOPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A DEAN PELTON WEBISO AT , AN ATTRACTIVE -ED ONTO THE AN AND HE TRI TO SHOO HER OUT OF HIS OFFICE. BUT DO HE SHOO HER BEE HE’S NOT TERTED, OR IS BEE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPRIETY OF AN ADMISTRATOR-STUNT RELATNSHIP? (THE WEBISOS BEG WH A HAND FLIPPG OVER A SIGN OM “YOUR AN IS OUT” TO “YOUR AN IS .”){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE’S A VERY MYSTER CHARACTER SEXUALLY,” HARMON SAID. “YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TEAM HE’S PLAYG FOR, IF ANY. IT’S A CELEBRATN OF THE ENIGMA BEE HE’S HAD A LOT OF WEIRD STUFF PASSG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAN HARMON, FAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE HARMON’S STATEMENTS, WAS HARD NOT TO THK PELTON WAS PLAYG FOR TEAM GAY WHEN THE OCT. 14 EPISO, “BASIC ROCKET SCIENCE,” ABED (DANNY PUDI) NOT THAT PELTON HAS CIRCLED PUBLIC RTROOMS AND TCK STOPS ON A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OK, THAT IS A DIFFERENT SI OF THE MAP AND THAT IS FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT,” PELTON SAYS, QUICKLY TURNG THE MAP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHY DO THEY HAVE STAR RATGS?” ABED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“LET’S GET TO WORK PEOPLE, E ON!” PELTON SAYS, TRYG TO CHANGE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS SAME EPISO UNVEILED A NEW, STUNT-SIGNED SCHOOL FLAG (A WALMART-LIKE STARFISH LOGO AND THE SLOGAN “E PLURIB AN”). IN ANOTHER SCENE, JEFF (JOEL MCHALE) THREATENED TO STEP ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“AS MUCH AS I MIGHT ENJOY THAT, JEFEY, IF YOU DON’T GET BACK HERE TIME FOR THE LNCH CY COLLEGE WS!” PELTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW’S RECENT BLANKET FORT EPISO PROVID MORE EVINCE FOR PELTON’S QUEER INTY WHEN BRTA (GILLIAN JABS) ASKED, “WHO WANTS TO HANG OUT A BLANKET FORT WH GROWN MEN THEIR UNRROOS?” PELTON PROMPTLY PRANCED TO THE ROOM AND RAISED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE CLU ALWAYS PROVI THE DEAN WH PLSIBLE NIABILY – WAS HE RAISG HIS HAND BEE HE WANTS TO PLAY WH GUYS UNRROOS OR BEE HE WANTS TO FEEL CLUD? THE SHOWNNERS LEAVE THE GTURE, LIKE PELTON’S SEXUALY, THE ZONE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THAT SAME EPISO REVEALED THE AN HAS HIRED A DRAMA PROFSOR TO SHOW UP AT A FAY DNER AND ACCE THE AN OF STEALG HIS GIRLIEND – A POSSIBLE SE TO FLECT FAY SPICNS ABOUT PELTON’S SEXUALY, OR IS HE JT TOO WEIRD TO SRE A GIRLIEND?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEAN PELTON HAS HAD A PRENCE COMMUNY SCE THE SHOW’S PILOT EPISO, BUT HIS ODR TENNCI BEGAN TO TAKE OFF AFTER AN EARLY FIRST-SEASON EPISO THAT SAW THE CHARACTER FETISHIZG DALMATIANS, AN EPISO THAT’S SPIRED A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK PROBABLY ME OM THE DALMATIAN THG, THE IA HE HAD SOMETHG TO HI BUT HE DON’T SEEM TENT ON HIDG ,” HARMON SAID. “HIS RIVER NS A LTLE EPER THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE “DALMATIAN THG” BEGAN WHEN PELTON WAS SHOWN WATCHG A YOUTUBE VIO – SPIRED BY A REAL ONLE POST – OF A GUY WHO PATED HIMSELF AS A DALMATIAN AND VIOTAPED HIMSELF POSG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HOPE THIS DON’T AWAKEN SOMETHG ME,” PELTON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARMON SAID WORK EXECUTIV HATED THAT SCENE – “COULDN’T YOU JT HAVE HIM PLAYG SOLAIRE ON THE PUTER?” THEY SUGGTED – WHICH ONLY ENURAGED HIM TO ADD DALMATIAN MEMORABILIA THE BACKGROUND OF THE AN’S OFFICE AND TO REVEAL THE FIRST SEASON FALE THAT PELTON IS TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE JT SHOT ANOTHER EPISO ANOTHER STUME,” SAID RASH AN TERVIEW OM THE NEW ORLEANS AIRPORT THIS WEEK AFTER SHOOTG A MEO THE UPG MTV MOVIE WORST. PROM. EVER. “I THK ’S EVOLVG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS TIME, PELTON WILL BE DRSED AS A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RASH SAID HE DO NOT THK OF THE CHARACTER AS GAY BEE PELTON HAS NEVER BEEN LABELED AS GAY A SCRIPT OR CHARACTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CLU ALONG THE WAY, AND HE OBVLY HAS SOME DIFFERENT BEHAVRS, ’S STILL UNFED [THE WRERS’] EY,” RASH SAID. “I LIKE THE IA THAT I DON’T QUE KNOW [THE CHARACTER’S SEXUALY] YET. HE JT SEEMS TO BE POLYAMORO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RASH RELLED A SCENE OM A FIRST-SEASON EPISO WHERE PELTON ASKED JEFF AND THE FEMALE PROFSOR JEFF WAS THEN DATG IF THEY WOULD EVER HAVE A THREE-WAY. THE QUTN ME THE GUISE OF AN OFFICIAL QUTNNAIRE BUT VIEWERS ULDN’T HELP WONRG IF PELTON SIMPLY MA UP THE QUTN FOR JEFF AND HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“HE’S CLEARLY TERTED JEFF SOME PACY BUT I DON’T KNOW IF HE WANTS TO BE WH HIM OR BE HIM,” RASH SAID. “IT’S PROBABLY A LTLE B OF BOTH. I JT THK [PELTON] IS A VERY SEXUAL PERSON. I THK THERE IS SOMETHG TO HIS HOME LIFE AND I HOPE ONE DAY WE’LL FD OUT WHAT HIS PLACE IS LIKE AND IF HE’S GETTG SOME. I THK HE’S GETTG SOME SOME PACY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARMON CREDED RASH’S PERFORMANCE FOR SPIRG THE SHOW’S WRERS TO PH DEAN PELTON EVEN MORE UNUAL DIRECTNS. EARLY THE FIRST SEASON PELTON BEGAN TOUCHG JEFF. AT FIRST, THE MOMENTS WERE SCRIPTED, BUT THE ACTORS ADD ADDNAL TOUCH AS THE SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT WAS FELY THE SCRIPT AS FAR AS CHECKG OUT HIS CRISPY HAIR BUT AT THE TIME THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JT THE BALD GUY ADMIRG THE GUY WH HAIR,” RASH SAID. “AND THEN I TOUCHED HIS ABS ONE DAY AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS THE SCRIPT OR NOT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOUCHG JEFF’S ABS BEME THE WAY PELTON WOULD GREET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I JT PUT MY HAND THERE AND WOULD NOT EVEN REFER TO AND SOMETIM MA TO THE FAL CUT FOR AIR AND SOMETIM DIDN’T,” RASH SAID. ONE OF THE EPISOS PELTON GOT HANDSY VOLVED JEFF PLAYG POOL HIS UNRWEAR AND THEN PLETELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THEY ALWAYS WRE JOEL REMOVG HIS CLOTH AND THE POOL ONE, I ME UP TO HIM AND NOT EVEN MAKG A POT OF , TOUCHED HIS ABS,” RASH SAID. THE EPISO ALSO FEATURED PELTON TAKG A RATHER EXPLIC PICTURE OF JEFF DURG THE GAME AFTER HIS UNRWEAR ME OFF..{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RASH PLAYED A SEXUALLY NFED CHARACTER THE 2006 ABC TED DANSON THERAPY S HELP ME HELP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS A CLOSETED GUY WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAVG ISSU THERAPY AND THAT CHARACTER WAS PRIMED TO E OUT EVENTUALLY IF THE SERI HAD NTUED,” RASH SAID. “SO I’VE PLAYED A NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WHO HAVE BEEN NFLICTED OR TRANSN THEIR UNRSTANDG OF THEMSELV.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE SAID WHAT HE LIK ABOUT PELTON IS HIS WILLGNS FOR OTHERS TO SEE HIM, SAY, DRSED AS A BEE, OR LETTG THE OTHER CHARACTERS KNOW HE’S OFF TO A HOTEL WH SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S LIKE, ‘HEY, ASK ME SOME QUTNS,’” RASH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ’S POSSIBLE THAT A FUTURE EPISO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN WH THE HELP OF JOHN OLIVER’S RECURRG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I THK THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT VOLVG [PSYCHOLOGY] PROFSOR DUNN TRYG TO FIGURE ME OUT,” RASH SAID. “I THK THAT’S THEIR HEAD. TIME WILL TELL AS WE PLETE THE RT OF THE SEASON. I KNOW THEY’VE TALKED ABOUT MORE FETISH THEM. HE’S JT A VERY SEXUAL MAN WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SUPPRSED FOR A WHILE AND THEN HE BEME UNRKED. IT WOULD BE FUN TO GET TO HIS PSYCHE AND SEE WHAT [THE WRERS] WOULD GO WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

They're often assumed to be eher gay/lbian or straight, pendg on the person they're datg — an assumptn some viewers will likely make if Communy ever troduc a squeeze of Dean Pelton' last week's "Basic Story, " Annie fds a weddg rg the an's office, and briefly appears that the an has been married throughout the entire seri.

GAY DEAN

Instead of tryg to peg Dean Pelton to a bary gay or straight inty, viewers should e the character to embrace a more nuanced unrstandg of sexualy. Is Jim Rash straight, gay, bisexual, or pansexual?

” That explaed why he accepted himself as gay six years before the post, i. But many sourc have emed him gay after he ma the g out post. And, ’s not technilly accurate to label him gay, as sexual orientatn is a broad topic and falls unr dividual choic.

Still, the word “gay” is ed as an umbrella term by many to note the LGBTIQ+ muny when the exact sexual orientatn is not known.

IS DEAN PELTON GAY REAL LIFE? THE ANSWER IS PLITED – BS ROUNDUPS

Dean Pelton played by Jim Rash When gay advocy groups tally the number of gay characters prime time, they may not know que what to do wh Craig Pelton, the bald, skny Greendale Communy College lear on NBC’s Communy (8 PM Thursday).

“As he says, gay is probably an over-simplifitn, ” said seri creator/executive producer Dan Harmon of the recurrg show’s Wikipedia page scrib Dean Pelton as bisexual, and more than anythg, he’s probably a fool above and beyond whatever sexual inty viewers ascribe to him. ”Dan Harmon, far leftDpe Harmon’s statements, was hard not to thk Pelton was playg for team gay when the Oct. ”This time, Pelton will be drsed as a said he do not thk of the character as gay bee Pelton has never been labeled as gay a script or character breakdown.