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- "LOST" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, {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 BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008/2:20 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"LOST\" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, ANYWAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+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":"BRIAN JUERGENS","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;}****IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, SPOILERS FOLLOW...****{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;}Y, AFTER FOUR SEASONS AND UNTLS PLOT TWISTS (CLUDG ONE PK HERRG) WAS REVEALED LAST NIGHT THAT ONE OF THE SHOW'S 4,397 CHARACTERS IS A GAY {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;}{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;}LAST NIGHT'S EPISO WAS MOSTLY ABOUT MICHAEL, AND HOW HE WAS ALG WH THE GUILT OM DOG ABC'S DIRTY WORK FOR THEM CULLG A FEW OF THE ST'S DWIS. BUT AMIDST THAT TRIGUE, WE ALSO LEARNED THAT TOM FRIENDLY, ONE OF THE ... ER, IENDLIER ... OTHERS, IS AN OUT GAY MAN. THERE HAD BEEN HTS TO TOM'S GAYNS PREVLY (HE HAD MENTNED THAT KATE "WASN'T HIS TYPE" ONCE BEFORE) BUT THIS IS THE FIRST NCRETE {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 ALSO LEARN THAT MR. FRIENDLY (PLAYED BY M.C. GAEY) MAK OFF THE ISLAND AND TRACKS DOWN MICHAEL MANHATTAN, AND HAS AT LEAST FOUND TIME TO CLEAN UP AND PICK UP A DAPPER BOYTOY NAMED ARTURO. HE GIV A SUICIDAL MICHAEL A BEAT-DOWN AND THEN BREAKS THE NEWS TO HIM THAT THE ISLAND WON'T LET HIM KILL HIMSELF. MICHAEL LEARNS THAT THE WRECKAGE OF THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND AND GO TO TOM'S HOTEL ROOM, WHERE TOM ASKS ARTURO TO EXCE THEM. THEY SHARE A QUICK RNER-MOUTH-PECK AND TOM GIV MICHAEL A LOOK THAT SAYS, "ONE WORD AND I'LL KICK YOUR ASS AGA." HE TELLS MICHAEL THAT HE DON'T MAKE TO THE MALAND TOO OFTEN AND WHEN HE DO HE LIK TO DULGE {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;}TOM GIV MICHAEL A CHANCE TO REEM HIMSELF BY GOG UNRVER ON A EIGHTER THAT HAS FOUND THE ORDAT TO THE ISLAND AND KILLG EVERYONE ONBOARD. SOUNDS LIKE OLD TTAMENT REMPTN TO ME!{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;}SO WHAT'D FOLKS THK? DID EVERYONE ASSUME THAT TOM WAS ALREADY AD, AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE HIM POP UP AS A WEALTHY GAY MAN PULLG THE STRGS?{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
- WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS
- REVELADO O PERSONAGEM GAY DA SéRIE LOST
- LOST GAY NOVELS
"LOST" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, {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 BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008/2:20 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMARCH 21, 2008 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"LOST\" GETS A GAY CHARACTER ... OR GETS BACK ONE, ANYWAY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-03-21T18:20:41.000+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":"BRIAN JUERGENS","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;}****IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED LAST NIGHT'S EPISO, SPOILERS FOLLOW...****{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;}Y, AFTER FOUR SEASONS AND UNTLS PLOT TWISTS (CLUDG ONE PK HERRG) WAS REVEALED LAST NIGHT THAT ONE OF THE SHOW'S 4,397 CHARACTERS IS A GAY {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;}{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;}LAST NIGHT'S EPISO WAS MOSTLY ABOUT MICHAEL, AND HOW HE WAS ALG WH THE GUILT OM DOG ABC'S DIRTY WORK FOR THEM CULLG A FEW OF THE ST'S DWIS. BUT AMIDST THAT TRIGUE, WE ALSO LEARNED THAT TOM FRIENDLY, ONE OF THE ... ER, IENDLIER ... OTHERS, IS AN OUT GAY MAN. THERE HAD BEEN HTS TO TOM'S GAYNS PREVLY (HE HAD MENTNED THAT KATE "WASN'T HIS TYPE" ONCE BEFORE) BUT THIS IS THE FIRST NCRETE {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 ALSO LEARN THAT MR. FRIENDLY (PLAYED BY M.C. GAEY) MAK OFF THE ISLAND AND TRACKS DOWN MICHAEL MANHATTAN, AND HAS AT LEAST FOUND TIME TO CLEAN UP AND PICK UP A DAPPER BOYTOY NAMED ARTURO. HE GIV A SUICIDAL MICHAEL A BEAT-DOWN AND THEN BREAKS THE NEWS TO HIM THAT THE ISLAND WON'T LET HIM KILL HIMSELF. MICHAEL LEARNS THAT THE WRECKAGE OF THE FLIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND AND GO TO TOM'S HOTEL ROOM, WHERE TOM ASKS ARTURO TO EXCE THEM. THEY SHARE A QUICK RNER-MOUTH-PECK AND TOM GIV MICHAEL A LOOK THAT SAYS, "ONE WORD AND I'LL KICK YOUR ASS AGA." HE TELLS MICHAEL THAT HE DON'T MAKE TO THE MALAND TOO OFTEN AND WHEN HE DO HE LIK TO DULGE {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;}TOM GIV MICHAEL A CHANCE TO REEM HIMSELF BY GOG UNRVER ON A EIGHTER THAT HAS FOUND THE ORDAT TO THE ISLAND AND KILLG EVERYONE ONBOARD. SOUNDS LIKE OLD TTAMENT REMPTN TO ME!{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;}SO WHAT'D FOLKS THK? DID EVERYONE ASSUME THAT TOM WAS ALREADY AD, AND WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE HIM POP UP AS A WEALTHY GAY MAN PULLG THE STRGS?{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;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Arturo was Tom Friendly's lover, seen his penthoe hotel sue New York when Michael went there to fd Tom. Tom asked Arturo to give them some privacy, and after kissg Tom tenrly on the cheek, Arturo left the room. He and Tom are the only known gay characters to appear on the show... * lost gay characters *
****Y, after four seasons and untls plot twists (cludg one pk herrg) was revealed last night that one of the show's 4, 397 characters is a gay night's episo was mostly about Michael, and how he was alg wh the guilt om dog ABC's dirty work for them cullg a few of the st's DWIs. There had been hts to Tom's gayns prevly (he had mentned that Kate "wasn't his type" once before) but this is the first ncrete also learn that Mr. But when I heard people ravg about the show, wrten by Rsell T Davi, I was stck by how many of them admted to knowg ltle about the epimic – and the stctn wreaked among the gay muny.
For a long time, the mastream public didn't want to hear our Ca's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle tells the story of a secretly gay postman searchg for a lost love om his youth (Cred: Headle Review)"I would venture to say that the public were disgted and outraged, " says thor Crystal Jeans.
It's about a lonely, socially awkward and secretly gay postman livg a fictnal town the north of England who hs retirement, realisg he wants to turn his life around and fally be happy – but to do this, he needs to fd the love of his life, a man he hasn’t seen for nearly 50 years. That same year, the so-lled "Alan Turg law" offered pardons to 49, 000 Brish gay men who’d been nvicted of homosexual acts – followg a mpaign arguably bolstered by the greater awarens brought about by The Imatn Game, the h film that picted the nvictn and chemil stratn of the Enigma-breakg puter scientist.
THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
It’s long been prumed by historians and folklorists that heroic LGBTQ characters simply didn’t exist. But when one ancient gay fairytale was disvered, one amic has explas they were actually eded out of history as recently as the 1960s. * lost gay characters *
Over on Instagram, The Aids Memorial shar photos and stori of people – predomantly gay men – who died of the disease, wrten by those who loved them. You’d not tch many queer al mers jottg down their memoirs – Crystal JeansHowever, 's fictn that’s very much drivg the phenomenon of brgg "lost" stori of gay life om the past to light. Over the last five years, a tr of Irish wrers have livered stunng gay-themed novels set predomantly perds of history that didn't wele them – John Boyne (The Heart’s Invisible Furi), Graham Norton (Home Stretch), and Sebastian Barry (the Costa Award-wng Days Whout End).
In the theatre, Matthew Lopez's exploratn of gay male history The Inherance triumphed London before transferrg to New York, where opened the year after a well-received revival of Mart Crowley's semal 1968 play Boys the Band. Most recently, the ter explod wh behd-the-scen photos of Harry Styl om the shoot of new film My Policeman, an adaptatn of Bethan Roberts's 2012 novel starrg the pop superstar as a closeted gay man the 1950s.
WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS
Depois tensos dias pera, o mundo já sabe quem é o gay da série sucso da TV amerina Lost. A produção narra a história um gpo (...) * lost gay characters *
However, as a way of explag the mystery surroundg why Harry left behd everythg he knew, Gale imaged a suatn which he was forced to leave as a rult of a gay affair beg exposed. Crystal Jeans's latt novel is The Inverts, which tells the story of two bt iends – one a lbian, the other a gay man – who enter to a fake marriage the 1920s.
REVELADO O PERSONAGEM GAY DA SéRIE LOST
This was another reason I wrote The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle; I wanted to tell the story of one ordary young gay man tryg to exprs his love for another at a time when this would not have been accepted. But I also wanted to ntrast this disturbg, sometim horrifyg picture wh what life n be like for a gay man wh today’s much more acceptg society the UK – and celebrate how much progrs we’ve ma.
My spiratn was a seri of terviews I nducted wh olr gay men whilst I was Edor--Chief of Attu magaze, as part of our celebratn of the 50th anniversary of the start of crimalisatn.
Pop star Harry Styl is starrg new film My Policeman as a closeted gay officer the 1950s (Cred: Getty Imag)"What we see all through history is that people are nied their past as part of a way to ntrol them, " says Hornby. Once the women fd out that sperm will kill them, you'd thk that the boys and the girls would spl up to two mps that never talk and there would be no choice the matter that homosexualy is preferable to masturbatn (eventually.
LOST GAY NOVELS
But one newly released gay fairytale, that n be traced back to at least the 19th century has been disvered by Pete Jordi Wood, the Cornish wrer and illtrator. His rearch suggts that not only did gay fairytale “The Dog And The Sailor” exist but that a “whole chunk of LGBTQ folklore” was “leted” by one homophobic man, as recently as the 1950s.
MORE FROM FORBESTalkg About Your Pronouns Is One Easy Way To Be A Transgenr AllyBy Jamie WarehamGay fairytal have always existed, but some have been eded out of history. “In the acpanyg Motif Inx of Folklore he piled the 1920s, and revised the 1950s, he lists ‘Homosexualy’ and ‘Lbianism’ a sectn lled “Unnatural Perversns” wh btialy and ct. One guy got to choose what stori did or didn’t make the cut what is now the re rource and system for documentg folklore an orr still ed gay folklore was lost when Sh Thompson and other prolific folklore amics imposed their...