Steve Howey, the Shamels star, hop to end stigma -- and toxic masculy -- by playg gay and speakg out.
Contents:
- THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
- CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
- CHURCH OF GAY J
THE REAL REASON STEVE HOWEY CAME OUT AS GAY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S STRAIGHT
* gay scene shameless *
For Shamels star Steve Howey, speakg out for what he knows is right has bee an art form, one that is unpredictable but always strik a December, the Texas-born actor me out on Twter, he says, to fight the stigma behd sayg the words "I'm gay.
" His tweet, which read simply "I'm gay and proud, " sparked dialogue and a fair amount of nfn about the straight, married father of tws -- but he isn't bothered by fans thought Howey, who plays gay Netflix's Game Over, Man!, might have been textg character, but he sists, "My whole pot was to be a champn, a supporter, of the movement.
Howey plays Rich, a "bad guy and a goon" who happens to be gay and works alongsi his lover (Mac Brandt), another eccentric thug. "The fact that he and Brandt both play agast type -- hypermascule bad guys who happen to be gay -- is part of the movie's charm. Movg forward, he hop to tackle more challengg rol that brg awarens to stori ls told -- like that of his bt iends, Nick and Jim, a gay uple, whose kids go to the same school as Howey's tws.
CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
Is Ian om 'Shamels' gay real life? Actor Cameron Monaghan obtaed unmatched populary wh his portrayal of Ian, who me out Season 1. * gay scene shameless *
To put thgs to perspective, the scene which an abive father forcg his gay son to impregnate a Rsian prostute didn't make the cut. Before Ian Gallagher had his ary stt, worked and out of gay clubs, and took a road trip wh his boyiend's baby, he was jt a high school kid workg the lol boga. Gerard has been playg gay Ian Gallagher Shamels for six years.
In the preview of season 1 episo 6 there's a clip om a scene of kash and ian talkg where ian says "im gay du not queer" or somethg like that.
For Your Viewg PleasureWe've almost reached the pot where gay characters on televisn are no longer a taboo, and dare we say mastream. The are 10 of our favore gay sex scen om the bt shows on televisn. If I’m rememberg rrectly, all showed was Ian tellg Kash “I’m gay, not queer.
CHURCH OF GAY J
He's also the first openly gay character the ma st of Shamels. The lost clip shows Ian nng to Frank at a gay bar.
The gay thg.