There's More Than One Way for Gay Men to Have Sex | GQ

Contents:

• THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX
• WORLD’S RICHT GAY MAN AND SIX OTHERS YOU DIDN’T KNOW
• DAVID FISHER ON ‘SIX FEET UNR’ WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THREE-DIMENSNAL PORTRAYALS OF A GAY MAN ON MASTREAM TELEVISN
• LAST WORDS OF SERIAL KILLER EXECUTED AFTER KILLG SIX GAY MEN: 'YOU DON'T WAKE UP AND DECI TO BEE A SERIAL KILLER'
• SIX-PACK ABS SHOULDN’T BE AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF GAY CULTURE ANYMORE
• STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS
• WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
• AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME

THE BIGGT MYTH ABOUT GAY SEX

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WORLD’S RICHT GAY MAN AND SIX OTHERS YOU DIDN’T KNOW

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DAVID FISHER ON ‘SIX FEET UNR’ WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THREE-DIMENSNAL PORTRAYALS OF A GAY MAN ON MASTREAM TELEVISN

TV had e a long way om the days of gay characters nvertg to straight or beg mcg stereotyp (we’re lookg at you Dynasty and Bewched) but they weren’t exactly nuanced. Most of the out characters were safely rdoned off the ghetto of “gay shows” like Queer as Folk or as sanized versn of gay people on mastream fare like Will & Grace, where gay characters were allowed to make jok about Liza Mnelli but weren’t allowed to actually kiss on the mouth.

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LAST WORDS OF SERIAL KILLER EXECUTED AFTER KILLG SIX GAY MEN: 'YOU DON'T WAKE UP AND DECI TO BEE A SERIAL KILLER'

” He went om beg pigeonholed by his sexual orientatn to beg a well-round and tertg character, who jt happened to be gay and was once kidnapped and forced to smoke crack the back of a van. The reason he’s important, however, is that David is one of the first three-dimensnal portrayals of a gay man on mastream televisn. Uptight, fty, and an exceptnally private, David’s gay inty certaly rmed his character, but wasn’t the entirety of — a rary for the early days of prtige televisn.

David Fisher proved that gay characters are part of the taptry of a great televisn drama jt as gay men are part of the great taptry of life. Thanks to him breakg out of the closet, all the subsequent gay characters were allowed to be a lot more than who they sleep wh. It was that the show never treated the outward signs of gayns as somethg Rickie should be ashamed of, or as thgs the dience should take as symbols for gayns wr-large.

SIX-PACK ABS SHOULDN’T BE AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF GAY CULTURE ANYMORE

There was a specificy to the character that allowed him to move beyond the kd of didacticism "very special episos" featurg gay characters had long been rced to.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer didn't portray her as broken or wicked bee she was gay, but bee she was pa, and a pa that dienc uld unrstand stead of judge. When Ellen Man says, "I'm gay" to an airport gate microphone, what she was really sayg was, "You loved me five mut ago, and I'm still the same person. For me, Jack's refal to be anythg but himself, to give anyone the power to huiate him, was credibly powerful to watch not only as a small gay child, but as a medium-sized gay adult too.

Uptight, fty, and exceptnally private, David's gay inty certaly rmed his character, but wasn't the entirety of -- a rary for the early days of prtige televisn. Kurt Hummel Show: Glee Performer: Chris Colfer Episos: 121 (2009 - 2015) Ryan Murphy's visn for Glee clud, among many (MANY) other thgs, takg on issu of gay acceptance and teen bullyg, and while not the only gay character on the show, Kurt was the vsel through which Murphy's msag were most often livered. Kurt's teen romance wh Blae (Darren Criss) was the first full-blown gay teen romance that fans uld 'ship the same way they did for Joey/Pacey and Seth/Summer.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTCTNS FOR SHOOTG YOUR SHOT WH GAY GUYS

That Tumblr-iendly fan-thiasm for a gay uple would have been unfathomable on a work seri even five years prr, makg Kurt a bean of changg tim.

Jodie Dallas Show: Soap Performer: Billy Crystal Episos: 76 (1977 - 1981) As the first long-nng gay character televisn, Jodie Dallas paved the way for every other character on this list. Jodie's creatn was ght wh cricism om both sis, though, as relig and gay rights groups objected to Soap's handlg of gay them. Still, Soap kept up a "tell, don't show" pictn of Jodie's sexualy throughout his many years on televisn, makg sure that viewers always knew he was gay...

Lafayette Reynolds Show: Te Blood Performer: Nelsan Ellis Episos: 81 (2008 - 2014) Wh the stereotyp of Sassy Black Friend and Sassy Gay Friend still alive and well popular culture, the character of Lafayette was ripe for tokenism.

WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?

Max Blum Show: Happy Endgs Performer: Adam Pally Episos: 57 (2011 - 2013) It's a shame Happy Endgs only held on for three seasons, bee Adam Pally's gmpy, lazy, and slouchy gay man was unlike any other gay character a work s. Jt Suarez Show: Ugly Betty Performer: Mark Inlito Episos: 85 (2006 - 2010) That work televisn featured a tweenage (and later teenage) gay kid a way that never felt like he was beg ma fun of was a great step forward.

Bian Montgomery Show: All My Children Performer: En Riegel (primarily) Episos: 1988 - 2013 Gay characters the realm of daytime drama always had an uphill climb, given that their mographic was always olr and, as a rult, more nservative. Bian's importance to gay TV characters went beyond the ton (daytime's first same-sex kiss 2003; daytime's first legal same-sex weddg 2008); she not only forced Eri Kane to grapple wh her prejudic, but she did the same for the All My Children dience.

AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL

Salvatore Romano Show: Mad Men Performer: Bryan Batt Episos: 39 (2007 - 2009) Through s warts-and-all portrayal of cy-life the 1960s, Mad Men livered a statement about gay life the pre-Stonewall era: Men remaed closeted, or they suffered the nsequenc.

Patrick Episos: 63 (2001 - 2005) A Wt Pot grad and openly gay policeman, Keh Charl fied pretty much every pop culture stereotype of a gay character durg the early days of LGBT reprentatn. He was always danger of beg relegated to the "sassy gay iend" role, but as the show went on, his relatnship wh Hannah beme as important as any of the other leads, and Andrew Rannells' performance was pable at surprisg pth at a moment's notice. Any notn that a show about gay men would have to peddle rpectabily polics went out the wdow wh the troductn of Brian Kney, played wh wildly sexy cks by Gale Harold.

Josh Show: Please Like Me Performer: Josh Thomas Episos: 32 (2013 - 2016) The creased visibily of LGBTQ characters over the last five years or so has allowed the dividual characters to feel a lot more specific, whout the burns of reprentg every gay character on TV.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Blissfully unncerned wh addrsg "issu" (yet cidly suated the real world of STD tts and three-ways), Please Like Me's Josh might be the most stereotype-averse gay character TV has livered to date. ) Performer: Hal Sparks Episos: 83 (2000 - 2005) Talk Soup host Hal Sparks seemed like an odd f to headle Showtime's big gay drama seri, but his performance as Michael was wngly nrotic and admirably imperfect.

DWIGHT HOWARD SUED BY MAN CLAIMG NBA STAR FORCED HIM TO HAVE GAY THREOME

While the world of QAF was nstantly turng up the volume, Michael's secury wh his own gay subculture while at the same time fightg the outsi opprsns of the Bh era, h necsarily close to home. Patrick Murray Show: Lookg Performer: Jonathan Groff Episos: 18 (2014 - 2015) That Patrick ranged om relatable to furiatg among the Lookg dience was a sign that the gay TV dience was begng to mand more om s entertament, but Jonathan Groff's wng portrayal the show's naive central character gave a protagonist we uld watch fuck up whout givg up on him. Santana Lopez Show: Glee Performer: Naya Rivera Episos: 113 (2009 - 2015) While at first seemed like Kurt (Chris Colfer) was gog to be Glee's lone gay ma character, the almost accintal pairg of Santana and Brtany (Heather Morris) gave Naya Rivera the platform she need to break out as one of the show's major stars.

Santana was a much-need slice of genue queer excellence on a show that sometim felt like was strag too hard to show s other gay characters the most sated light. Noah Nicholson Show: Noah's Arc Performer: Darryl Stephens Episos: 17 (2005 - 2006) It wasn't fair that Noah's Arc languished relative obscury on (pre-Drag Race) LOGO while the siarly-themed Queer As Folk got s premium Showtime perch, but for those fortunate enough to seek out, the half-hour dramedy about screenwrer Noah and his close circle of iends was a landmark for gay people of lor on TV. Mar Del Rossi Show: Degrassi: The Next Generatn Performer: Adamo Ruggiero Episos: 82 (2002 - 2009) Canadian teen drama Degrassi documented the emotnally ght high school experienc of gay kids through Mar Del Rossi.

The arc that Ugly Betty took Marc on -- om tty schemer to a kd of shadow protagonist to Betty herself s fal seasons -- was a great lson roundg out a gay character whout sacrificg his queerns for the sake of assiatn.