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Contents:

• “LOVE, VICTOR”, LA SERIE SOBRE CóMO SER GAY O BISEXUAL PARA UN JOVEN LATO
• ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
• CóMO SCUBRIR DISCRETAMENTE SI ALGUIEN GAY
• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• 'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE
• ‘THERE’S NO WRONG WAY TO BE GAY’: BEHD THE SCEN OF LOVE, VICTOR
• MICHAEL CIMO DA VIDA A JOVEN GAY LATO EN ‘LOVE, VICTOR’
• MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'
• CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?
• IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

“LOVE, VICTOR”, LA SERIE SOBRE CóMO SER GAY O BISEXUAL PARA UN JOVEN LATO

Victor Salazar, el protagonista la nueva serie para adolcent Disney, lato en un país para blans; alumno clase media baja bedo en un stuto para ris y posiblemente gay en un mundo para heterosexual. Su faia no l todo homófoba, pero tampo tiene pta llevar muy bien lo tener un gay en s filas. Lo normal en las historias LGTBQ suele ser un ponente oscuridad y melanlía, cuando no directamente tragedia (el tópi matar a personaj homosexual en ficcn televisivas tá más que probado).

‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS

Está reprimido, tiene que salir l armar en un pequeño pueblo Texas y no tiene a un referente gay que le haga pensar: ‘Así será mi vida’. MÁS EN ESTA SECCIÓNVíctor Salazar, terpretado por Michael Cim, un adolcente que aba llegar a Atlanta, luego que su faia se trasladara serie, que trenó en Hulu hace unos pos días, ha llamado la atención por la manera en que trae a la disción elementos que no habían sido putos sobre la ma ant en las seri norteamerinas sobre la homosexualidad: en prcip, la plejidad agregada la raza y todo lo que se spre las tcturas faiar latas: o las relacn n los abuelos, por ejemplo.

CóMO SCUBRIR DISCRETAMENTE SI ALGUIEN GAY

Cim, ascenncia puertorriqueña y siciliana, ya había hecho parte cuatro películas y tuvo aparicn en las seri Trg Day (2017), Walk the Prank (2018) y Dog Days (2018), pero Love, Victor su primera aparición en un papel tanto suce n Rachel Naomi Hilson –Mia Brooks en la serie, quien hace dudar a Victor ser gay cuando sentía que o ya taba claro para él.

Michael Cimo, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed g-of-age seri “Love, Victor, ” says he has been attacked by some the LGBTQ muny and even some of his own fay members. In a new terview wh Attu, Cimo — who plays the tular Victor — says: “I got some homophobic ments — I kd of expected that to happen.

“It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights, ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said the terview.

IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

’”Cimo has said multiple terviews that he has been warned agast takg gay rol for fear of typestg. Meanwhile, the young actor has also faced fierce blowback for takg a role that an out gay actor might have played.

“But there are some straight actors who play gay characters, who are all about supportg LGBT rights while they’re promotg their project, but once they’re done, a year later, ’s kd of fotten.

”Straight actors playg gay rol has been the subject of bate for some time, often hgg on Hollywood’s history of forcg gay actors to the closet real life and offerg only limed chanc to explore the humany of gay characters on-screen.

'LOVE, VICTOR': HULU'S GAY TEEN ROM- WAS DUMPED BY DISNEY+: WHY THAT SENDS THE WRONG MSAGE

Grant, who received an Osr nomatn for playg a gay character “Can You Ever Five Me?, ” said: “I’ve always had that ncern... The transgenr movement and the #MeToo movement means, how n you jtify heterosexual actors playg gay characters? Criss, who has famoly played queer characters cludg Andrew Cunanan “The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story” and Hedwig “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” onstage, said he wouldn’t take gay rol anymore, bee “I want to make sure I won’t be another straight boy takg a gay man’s role.

De todas formas, quizás quieras saber si gay porque tás terado en varla a salir o quier apoyarla o amigo.

‘THERE’S NO WRONG WAY TO BE GAY’: BEHD THE SCEN OF LOVE, VICTOR

Si bien no pues saber si alguien gay solo por su apariencia físi, pues observarlo para ver si tá terado en personas l mismo sexo. Es posible que la persona sea bisexual o clo gay, pero aún no se sienta preparada para salir l clóset.

Si la persona en cutión tá saliendo n alguien su mismo sexo, posible que eve ar pronombr para que los más no perciban que gay. La ia que alguien pueda percibir que gay posiblemente le genere muchos nervs, en el so que aún no té lista para asumir su sexualidad. En el pasado, las personas creían que era posible renocer a una persona gay al observar su rostro, tilo, forma mar o tono voz.

MICHAEL CIMO DA VIDA A JOVEN GAY LATO EN ‘LOVE, VICTOR’

Si la persona mutra terés por los asuntos relacnados n la unidad LGBTQ+, posible que no se sienta ofendida si le preguntas si gay. Si alguien te pregunta si la persona en cutión gay, rpon: “Si tien dudas n rpecto a su sexualidad, ¿por qué no le preguntas directamente a ella?

MICHAEL CIMO SAYS HE CONSULTED HIS GAY CO ABOUT LOVE, VICTOR ROLE: 'IT WAS VERY SPECIAL'

Dado que la sexualidad un pectro, posible que la persona que te gta no se sienta heterosexual ni gay. He beme one wh the character and played his part so perfectly that fans soon started wonrg if Michael is gay real life.

However, Michael has repeatedly mentned how exced he was to portray a gay person the show and how much work he put to thentite his performance. In an terview wh People, Michael revealed that his gay played a signifint role gettg him ready for the show. On the flip si, Michael found himself an ongog bate that argued whether the portrayal of gay characters should be rtricted to real-life gay actors.

CAN ‘LOVE VICTOR’ FY THE STEREOTYP ABOUT GROWG UP GAY?

Michael even mentned that numero people advised him agast playg a gay character for his first major role. Michael wanted to eradite the stereotype and stigma agast gay rol and th took up the challenge to portray Victor. Specifilly, Victor's journey to disver his sexualy sets Love, Victor apart om Love, Simon a big way.In the first few mut of Love, Simon, viewers learned the ma character, Simon, is gay, when the narratn allus to a csh he has on a garner.

IS GEE SEAR GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

Victor's story, however, begs when he's a sophomore, and unlike Simon, he don't yet know what is sexualy is.Throughout the season, Victor qutned his sexualy and sought guidance om Simon via Instagram msag. Unlike Simon, whose journey the movie was centered on his g-out, Victor's Season 1 story was about self-disvery.Wh a cliffhanger of a Season 1 fale — Victor's parents tellg him they're separatg and him tellg them he's gay return — fans are hopeful this is jt the start of Victor's story, and that a Season 2 will follow up wh his next chapter.Love, Victor Season 1 is streamg now on Hulu. While Hollywood has broken new ground wh rerd LGBTQ reprentatn and nuanced gay storytellg, Walt Disney Co.

WISNS MIDDLE SCHOOL FEATUR 'THIS BOOK IS GAY' LIBRARY, STIRRG ONLE OUTRAGE

" So I was disappoted, but not at all surprised, when Disney+ revealed Febary that "Love, Victor" – a seri spoff of groundbreakg 2018 gay movie "Love, Simon" – would no longer premiere on the fay-iendly service due to s "adult them.

More:Watch the LGBTQ-iendly TV shows, films to honor Pri MonthHavg watched the 10-episo first season of "Love, Victor, " 's hard not to see Disney+'s choice to dump the g-of-age edy as wardly and homophobic; an easy way of passg off the show to sister service Hulu, whout any of the potential backlash om tolerant, pearl-clutchg "Love, Simon, " " Victor" centers on a wsome high-school boy stgglg to e to terms wh his sexualy. But he quickly velops a secret csh on Benji (Gee Sear), an openly gay, almost illy dreamy barista at the ffee shop where Victor works part-time. One uld argue that "Love, Victor" is on Hulu, rather than Disney+, bee of subject matter that has nothg to do wh s ma character beg gay.

” I said y and they then replied, “Let’s not pretend like [Victor’s] not gog to end up wh the basic whe gay.