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• THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
• PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY
• WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS, 'I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF' FOR BEG GAY
• HE’S FALLY OUT: PRISON BREAK STAR REVEALS HE’S GAY
• 'PRISON BREAK' STAR WENTWORTH MILLER OUT AS GAY -- TO RSIAN ERNMENT
• WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT: 'PRISON BREAK' STAR REVEALS HE'S GAY
• WENTWORTH MILLER, "PRISON BREAK" STAR, COM OUT AS GAY, DECLG RSIAN FILM FTIVAL INVE
• ‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY
• 'PRISON BREAK' STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light. Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol.

PRISON BREAK STAR WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT AS GAY

He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero. It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe.

“‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy. The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay. ’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn.

” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them. Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope.

WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS, 'I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF' FOR BEG GAY

In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor. Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas. ”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn.

HE’S FALLY OUT: PRISON BREAK STAR REVEALS HE’S GAY

“And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay... Prison Break actor Wentworth Miller has spoken out on the lack of queer reprentatn on the show and Hollywood general after qutg his lead role as Michael Sfield after five, who nfirmed that he is gay 2013, had played Michael, a man who liberately gets sent to prison orr to break his elr brother Lln Burrows (Domic Purcell) out, every season of the Fox drama sce began the actor announced early November that he won't be appearg any further seasons of Prison Break, explag: "I jt don't want to play straight characters.

"In and around the 'reveal' I'm gay [ real life], don't wish to play straight parts etc', I saw dozens of ments suggtg Michael leave Sara for T-bag. "Is possible, to some folks, T-Bag = 'gay' rep on Prison Break? Fd out why the Prison Break star is talkg about his sexualyByAug 21, 2013 9:47 PMTagsMatt Sayl/AP PhotoWentworth Miller has e out as gay.

"However, as a gay man, I mt cle.

'PRISON BREAK' STAR WENTWORTH MILLER OUT AS GAY -- TO RSIAN ERNMENT

"I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he ntued the letter, posted on GLAAD's webse.

Implemented last month, a ntroversial new law has banned "propaganda of nontradnal sexual relatns around mors, " cludg the public discsn of gay rights and relatnships anywhere children might hear . The anti-gay propaganda law quickly stirred up ntroversy, wh people llg for a boytt of the 2014 Wter Olympics Rsia to gay bars Los Angel and New York holdg "vodka-dumpg" protts. Hos/FOXMadonna was unsuccsfully sued by nservative groups Rsia for vlatg the propoganda law St Petersburg after she said durg a ncert there last summer that gay people should be "treated wh digny.

WENTWORTH MILLER COM OUT: 'PRISON BREAK' STAR REVEALS HE'S GAY

In an Instagram post about homophobic ments he has received, the 48-year-old actor also wrote, "On a related note... Among the gay rol he has played sce then was Leo Snart / Capta Cold, the superhero character he played The Flash and Legends of those rpondg to Miller's new msage was Domic Purcell, who plays his brother Lln Burrows the Fox drama. She wrote: "yterday @wentworthler announced he's done playg michael sfield bee as a gay man he wants to foc on playg gay characters.

Miller, who is gay, said his cisn was partly lked to the abe he gets om homophobic viewers, who are prumably unhappy to learn he’s not as straight as his character is.

WENTWORTH MILLER, "PRISON BREAK" STAR, COM OUT AS GAY, DECLG RSIAN FILM FTIVAL INVE

“If you’re hot and bothered bee you fell love wh a fictnal straight man played by a real gay one… That’s your work. Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, four years after Prison Break wrapped s origal n, a letter clg an vatn to a Rsian film ftival. He said that as a gay man, he uld not be prent on acunt of the Kreml’s treatment of LGBT+ people.

ByLESLEY MESSERSeptember 9, 2013, 10:58 AMWentworth Miller speaks onstage at the "Rint Evil: Afterlife" panel discsn durg Comic-Con 2010 at San Diego Conventn Center, July 24, 2010, San Wter/Getty Imag— -- Wentworth Miller publicly me out as gay last month, and now he's discsg his stggle g to terms wh his inty. "Miller, 41, announced that he was gay a letter to the St.

‘PRISON BREAK’ STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

"I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he wrote.

"Now, Wentworth is beg more forthg about his stggle to accept himself as a gay man, and the strs his inty ed him. LOS ANGELES — Amerin actor Wentworth Miller, bt known as the star of televisn seri Prison Break, has e out of the closet takg a public stand agast tough anti-homosexual laws Rsia. Brish-born Miller, 41, yterday (Aug 21) revealed he is gay clg an vatn to attend next month’s St Petersburg Internatnal Film his reply, ma public by gay advote group GLAAD (formerly known as the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), Wentworth wrote: “As a gay man, I mt cle.

”The untry’s print, Vladimir Put, last month passed a new law banng gay upl om om adoptg Rsian-born children. In June, he signed a bill banng “homosexual propaganda” as year’s bills, which follow a law passed last year forbiddg gay pri march Mosw, have sparked protts the untry, wh lls for athlet to boytt the 2014 Wter Olympics Sochi.

'PRISON BREAK' STAR WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS HE IS GAY

“I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, ” Wentworth add his letter to the St Petersburg ftival. Petersburg Internatnal Ftival, the actor cled an vatn to attend cg his distrs over the ernment's treatment ofActor Wentworth Miller out as gay a letter to the Rsian ernment: \"As someone who has enjoyed visg Rsia the past and n also claim a gree of Rsian anctry, would make me happy to say y.