7 HBO TV Shows That Feature Proment Gay Characters

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• ROME GAYS UP A {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 NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 29, 2007/4:42 PMBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 29, 2007 / 4:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ROME GAYS UP A B","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-29T21:42:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-29T21:42:13.000+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":"NEWNOWNEXT STAFF","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;}***SPOLIER ALERT***{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;}ONE THG ROME HAS NOT SHOWN VIEWERS MUCH OF TH FAR IS MALE HOMOSEXUALY. THIS IS NOTABLE GIVEN S ANCIENT ROME SETTG. SOME VIEWERS HAVE CRICIZED THIS ABSENCE, THOUGH TO BE HONT NEVER BOTHERED ME PERSONALLY. THERE WERE FAR TOO MANY OTHER FANTASTIC ASPECTS OF THE SHOW FOR ME TO QUIBBLE ABOUT LGBT {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;}A MAJOR SUBPLOT VOLVED A NOBLEMAN WHO FLOWERS A POWERFUL WARLORD'S TEENAGE NEPHEW. THE OFFEND WARLORD SAYS, "NO ONE MY FAY S**** C**** UNLS I SAY SO," AND THEN EXACTS VIGILANTE JTICE BY STRATG THE NOBLEMAN. IN RETALIATN, THE WARLORD IS TREATED TO A "SWIRLY" A FILTHY ROMAN LAVATORY WHILE SIMULTANEOLY BEG {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;}A SEPARATE PLOT HAS A BETIFUL YOUNG MALE HOE-SERVANT GETTG SODOMIZED BY HIS MAJOR DOMO. DURG THIS, HE LOOKS MERELY BORED. HIS MD IS ELSEWHERE -- SCHEMG ABOUT HOW TO POISON THE LADY OF THE {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;}YET ANOTHER PLOT HAS BTISH MARC ANTONY TRYG TO TIMIDATE THE EFFETE ROMAN SENATOR, CICERO, BY RELIEVG HIMSELF THE SENATOR'S WE {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;}THROW NOT ONE BUT TWO GRATUO SCEN OF FULL-ONTAL NUDY (MARC ANTONY PLAYED BY JAM PUREFOY & BT PLAYED BY TOBIAS MENZI) AND YOU HAVE AN EPISO THAT SEEMS TENTNALLY "GAYER" THAN THE FOURTEEN EPISOS THAT HAVE PRECED {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;}OBVLY, ROMAN SOCIETY WAS BARBARIC MANY RPECTS, SO SOME BARBARIC REPRENTATNS OF HOMOSEXUALY SEEM PAR FOR THE URSE. THE TROUBLE IS, THE SHOW DON'T OFFER ANY MEANGFUL MALE HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP TO BALANCE THGS OUT A B. AT LEAST LAST YEAR THE SHOW PROVID A MORATELY SYMPATHETIC (THOUGH ILL-FATED) LBIAN RELATNSHIP BETWEEN SERVILLIA AND OCTAVIA. THEY NEED SOMETHG SIAR FOR THE {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;}UNLS AND UNTIL THE SHOW GIV VIEWERS AN ACTUAL HOMOSEXUAL MALE RELATNSHIP, I FD MYSELF WISHG THEY'D REA OM EXPLORG THE TOPIC OF HOMOSEXUALY ALTOGETHER. THEN I ULD WATCH (AND ENJOY) THE SHOW BETTER {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
• 7 HBO TV SHOWS THAT FEATURE PROMENT GAY CHARACTERS

ROME GAYS UP A {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 NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 29, 2007/4:42 PMBY NEWNOWNEXT STAFFJANUARY 29, 2007 / 4:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ROME GAYS UP A B","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-29T21:42:13.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-29T21:42:13.000+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":"NEWNOWNEXT STAFF","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;}***SPOLIER ALERT***{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;}ONE THG ROME HAS NOT SHOWN VIEWERS MUCH OF TH FAR IS MALE HOMOSEXUALY. THIS IS NOTABLE GIVEN S ANCIENT ROME SETTG. SOME VIEWERS HAVE CRICIZED THIS ABSENCE, THOUGH TO BE HONT NEVER BOTHERED ME PERSONALLY. THERE WERE FAR TOO MANY OTHER FANTASTIC ASPECTS OF THE SHOW FOR ME TO QUIBBLE ABOUT LGBT {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;}A MAJOR SUBPLOT VOLVED A NOBLEMAN WHO FLOWERS A POWERFUL WARLORD'S TEENAGE NEPHEW. THE OFFEND WARLORD SAYS, "NO ONE MY FAY S**** C**** UNLS I SAY SO," AND THEN EXACTS VIGILANTE JTICE BY STRATG THE NOBLEMAN. IN RETALIATN, THE WARLORD IS TREATED TO A "SWIRLY" A FILTHY ROMAN LAVATORY WHILE SIMULTANEOLY BEG {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;}A SEPARATE PLOT HAS A BETIFUL YOUNG MALE HOE-SERVANT GETTG SODOMIZED BY HIS MAJOR DOMO. DURG THIS, HE LOOKS MERELY BORED. HIS MD IS ELSEWHERE -- SCHEMG ABOUT HOW TO POISON THE LADY OF THE {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;}YET ANOTHER PLOT HAS BTISH MARC ANTONY TRYG TO TIMIDATE THE EFFETE ROMAN SENATOR, CICERO, BY RELIEVG HIMSELF THE SENATOR'S WE {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;}THROW NOT ONE BUT TWO GRATUO SCEN OF FULL-ONTAL NUDY (MARC ANTONY PLAYED BY JAM PUREFOY & BT PLAYED BY TOBIAS MENZI) AND YOU HAVE AN EPISO THAT SEEMS TENTNALLY "GAYER" THAN THE FOURTEEN EPISOS THAT HAVE PRECED {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;}OBVLY, ROMAN SOCIETY WAS BARBARIC MANY RPECTS, SO SOME BARBARIC REPRENTATNS OF HOMOSEXUALY SEEM PAR FOR THE URSE. THE TROUBLE IS, THE SHOW DON'T OFFER ANY MEANGFUL MALE HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP TO BALANCE THGS OUT A B. AT LEAST LAST YEAR THE SHOW PROVID A MORATELY SYMPATHETIC (THOUGH ILL-FATED) LBIAN RELATNSHIP BETWEEN SERVILLIA AND OCTAVIA. THEY NEED SOMETHG SIAR FOR THE {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;}UNLS AND UNTIL THE SHOW GIV VIEWERS AN ACTUAL HOMOSEXUAL MALE RELATNSHIP, I FD MYSELF WISHG THEY'D REA OM EXPLORG THE TOPIC OF HOMOSEXUALY ALTOGETHER. THEN I ULD WATCH (AND ENJOY) THE SHOW BETTER {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

***Spolier Alert***One thg Rome has not shown viewers much of th far is male homosexualy. His md is elsewhere -- schemg about how to poison the lady of the another plot has btish Marc Antony tryg to timidate the effete Roman Senator, Cicero, by relievg himself the Senator's we not one but two gratuo scen of full-ontal nudy (Marc Antony played by Jam Purefoy & Bt played by Tobias Menzi) and you have an episo that seems tentnally "gayer" than the fourteen episos that have preced . Obvly, Roman society was barbaric many rpects, so some barbaric reprentatns of homosexualy seem par for the urse.

The trouble is, the show don't offer any meangful male homosexual relatnship to balance thgs out a b. They need somethg siar for the and until the show giv viewers an actual homosexual male relatnship, I fd myself wishg they'd rea om explorg the topic of homosexualy altogether.

The cln of gay characters mastream televisn and film has been an ongog procs for the dtry — one that has ma the the current generatn of TV shows some of the most progrsive to date.

7 HBO TV SHOWS THAT FEATURE PROMENT GAY CHARACTERS

As such, the goln age of TV is also a goln age for gay characters and televisn seri — wh gay-iendly work HBO leadg the work has featured proment gay characters several of s seri — though, admtedly, wh mixed rults th far.

Here are seven shows om HBO's lp, both prent and past, that promently feature gay characters their storyl. Read more: The Depictn of Gay Teens on 'Amerin Crime' Is Unprecented on TVSix Feet Unr: The premise is a b somber — a fay owns a funeral home — and morticians generally don't personify warm and fuzzy feelgs.