Actor Kalama Epste on Playg a Gay Teen on 'The Fosters'

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• ARE JU AND CONNOR OM THE FOSTERS GAY REAL LIFE?
• IS HAYN BYERLY GAY? HIS AGE, HEIGHT, GIRLIEND, FAY

ARE JU AND CONNOR OM THE FOSTERS GAY REAL LIFE?

Although same-sex kiss aren't exactly equent, the last has seen a proliferatn of gay characters TV edi and dramas. Byerly, who is straight, says he has learned "a lot" om playg a gay character. "I never really had, the back of my md, [been] wonrg if I was gay or straight, " he says.

A gay man himself, Paige told The Wrap that the scene reflected his early g out experience and me om a sire to provi reprentatn for gay kids. "As a gay kid you are always havg to translate, " Paige said. Meet Kalama Epste, the 16-year-old actor who recently took on the role of relig gay high schooler Noah on Freeform's The Fosters.

Epste's character is the new love tert for Hayn Byerly's Ju, a lead character on the a recurrg role on a major work drama is a tall orr for any teenager, Epste's rponsibili are only magnified by the fact he's playg gay, somethg that even a few years ago would have been the subject of much closer scty. No matter what I say, there's gog to be a big reactn onle, so I've cid to keep private as of right role on The Fosters has been your first gay role.

IS HAYN BYERLY GAY? HIS AGE, HEIGHT, GIRLIEND, FAY

What's the reactn been like om fay, iends, and fans to you playg gay? When I was high school jt a few years ago, this gay relatnship on TV would have been very taboo and haven't really gotten to see as many openly gay characters who are also relig--Noah's mom is a pastor--so this character, his church openly supports him.

So to see this kid who is openly gay, and proud of that, and n talk about this wh his muny, I thk that's great. Which is very heartwarmg and you seen your lifetime so far a major shift cultural attu toward gay people? Not necsarily slashers, but psychologil there any gay character any of those scripts?

The short film I'm wrg right now, the two leads are both gay.