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Contents:
- 10 FICTNAL CHARACTERS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
- 20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
- 11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
10 FICTNAL CHARACTERS YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
* characters you didn't know were gay *
The play was a succs spe the (now shockg) fact that was illegal New York to reference homosexualy a stage play at the time. One of the first portrayals of a gay character on televisn was the 1977 s Soap; Billy Crystal played gay director Jodie Dallas.
While Billy Crystal’s actg chops were mend, both gay right activists and anti-gay relig groups owned upon the characterizatn of Jodie Dallas. Gay rights groups were ncerned about the stereotypil nature of the character while anti-gay groups were upset that there was a gay character on a mastream s at all. Ellen DeGener me out as a lbian on The Oprah Wey Show 1997, and that same year her character on her s Ellen also me out as gay.
The 90s saw several crilly acclaimed films that foced on the hardships and perils faced by many members of the LGBT muny; the films clud Philalphia, which alt wh the fluence of the AIDs epimic among the LGBT muny and the problem of homophobia, and Boys Don’t Cry, starrg Hilary Swank, which sensively documented the hate crim agast and nsequent murr of transgenr man Brandon Teena. There are numero gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr characters who feature promently the sts of popular shows like Morn Fay, Orange is the New Black and Glee. In 2010, Kev Keller buted as the first openly gay character an Archie ic wh his appearance Veroni #202.
20 CARTOON CHARACTERS WE TOTALLY FOT WERE GAY
In 2012, the character received his own self-entled on-gog ic book seri, which featured gut appearanc om gay ins like Gee Takei. Much of the outrage stemmed om nflatg homosexualy wh transexualism, and crics noted the transphobic attus of many of the characters. It was revealed that Dale Gribble’s father was gay season 6 Kg of the Hill episo "My Own Private Roo.
Dale’s father end up kissg Dale’s bri-to-be Nancy to ver his gay relatnship wh a Filipo terer. When Dale attempts to rencile wh his father, 's disvered that he's workg at a gay roo.
He is the first openly gay character Marvel ics and one of the first gay characters mastream superhero ics.
11 HISTORIL FIGUR YOU DIDN’T KNOW WERE GAY
He was one of the major characters on the unrrated Starz ble drama Spartac, and he is perhaps televisn’s first gay actn hero. The relatnship between the two gay gladiators was one of the most emotnal and heartfelt seen on televisn years, but the show never reached the major populary of other ble dramas so the majory of fans of gladiator programmg may have missed . The character, which has been around sce 1940, was also revealed to be a gay man and his orig foced heavily on this after his lover is killed a tra crash shortly before Green Lantern was to propose to him.
While there is no qutn that Waylon Smhers is gay due to his apparently romantic obssn wh his boss Mr. Burns, the referenc to Patty’s homosexualy have been far more equent and subtle.
Mad Men has featured many gay characters s seven seasons cludg art director Salvatore Romano and Lucky Strike cigarette magnate Lee Garner Jr. Of urse most of the gay characters on the show are closeted as the show tak place the turbulent 1960s when members of the LGBT muny faced extreme prejudice and often-vlent abe. SPOILERS: In the show's most recent season was revealed that myster figure Bob Benson was actually gay after he bailed out a Chevy executive who was beaten and arrted a gay stg operatn.