Contents:
- WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
- WHO IS GAY OM GLEE REAL LIFE?
- WHY DO GLEE NEED SO MANY GAY CHARACTERS?
WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
Jonathan Groff is openly gay.
Darren Criss as Blae AnrsonThis actor played a gay man the show, though he is straight and married real life. The uple is yet to start a and Grant dated for jt over a year before they cid to spend the rt of their liv together, and although fairly private about their personal liv, the pair often share adorable pictur on social Colfer as Kurt HummelChris Colfer is openly gay and currently a relatnship wh his longtime partner, Will Sherrod.
Standout Quote: "Odds are by the end of the school year, I'll have Blae and a Natnals trophy, and you'll have khakis and a Lima Bean apron, and that gay face.
WHO IS GAY OM GLEE REAL LIFE?
Not only did he fy tradnal gay stereotyp by beg a football team ultra-jock, but Spencer was pletely shamels about his inty. They are NOT there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s for a performance. In real life, Ts Burgs, who's openly gay and om the Deep South, has ed his platform to fight for LGBTQ+ rights, and won the GLAAD Gala Atlanta's Lol Hero award 2017.
A lot of the time, someone will e out as gay and ’s about the g-out story and then they’re gay. Chris Colfer – who's openly gay – said that he received letters om both teen viewers and their parents, and that the show's storyl have "really helped a lot of progrs get ma that area. Payton has dramatic relatnships wh both his polics rival River and his long-term girliend Astrid, and openly gay Ben Platt said that: “no one is ee om the queerns, really, on the show.
The mil edy-drama Glee was not only known for featurg artists like Ida Menzel, was also one of the first popular work shows that featured entire storyl around Kurt's stggl as a gay person livg wh a homophobic environment. One night, after the game is over, Kurt and Burt return home where Kurt tells his father “I’m gay.
WHY DO GLEE NEED SO MANY GAY CHARACTERS?
Glee’s creator Ryan Murphy, himself a gay man, ed his own personal experienc g out to his father as spiratn for the scene.
He clarified an terview (via LA Tim) that gay characters so rarely get happy endgs, and even more rarely are their sexuali treated wh digny.
He poted out that was jt as important (if not more important) to see gay characters happy and thrivg, pecially sce the LGBTQ+ muny has suffered so much persecutn and misery.