Barbie Latza Na on the murr of the pope’s bodyguard—and the possible gay love triangle that triggered .
Contents:
- GAY LOVE TRIANGLE ENDS MURR
- IN A GAY LOVE TRIANGLE, EVERYONE GETS POKED, BUT NOBODY IS HAPPY
- 25 BT GAY AND LGBTQ+ ROMANCE MOVI OF ALL TIME, RANKED
- “ONE LIFE TO LIVE”’S GAY LOVE TRIANGLE IS TLY GROUNDBREAKG {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 BRENT HARTGEROCTOBER 30, 2009/3:15 PMBY BRENT HARTGEROCTOBER 30, 2009 / 3:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"“ONE LIFE TO LIVE”’S GAY LOVE TRIANGLE IS TLY GROUNDBREAKG TELEVISN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-10-30T19:15:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-10-30T19:15:16.000+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":"BRENT HARTGER","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;}{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;}IF YOU’VE EVER DOUBTED HOW QUICKLY THE WORLD N CHANGE ONCE AN IMPASSE IS BROKEN, NSIR THE CREDIBLE SE OF THE ABC SOAP OPERA ONE LIFE TO LIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FEATURG A PLITED LOVE TRIANGLE AMONG THREE GAY MALE CHARACTERS. NEXT WEEK, TWO OF THEM ARE PLANNG TO PARTICIPATE A MASS “PROTT” GAY WEDDG CEREMONY THAT WILL ALSO CLU A (FAKED) LBIAN MARRIAGE VOLVG ONE OF THE SHOW’S LONG-TIME FEMALE {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;}BUT JT TWO YEARS AGO, VIEWERS OF THE CBS SOAP AS THE WORLD TURNS WERE GROWG CREASGLY TRATED BEE SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE PRODUCERS OF THAT SHOW WERE NOT ALLOWG S TWO GAY TEEN CHARACTERS TO KISS — A NTROVERSY THAT EVENTUALLY SPILLED OVER TO THE MASTREAM {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;}AS THE WORLD TURN’S GAY KISSG MORATORIUM WAS FALLY BROKEN ON APRIL 23, 2008 — 211 ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THE CHARACTERS KISSED FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT EVEN THEN, WAS HARD TO IMAGE HOW QUICKLY, AND HOW PLETELY, AMERI’S DAYTIME DRAMA LANDSPE WOULD BE PLETELY {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;}EARLIER THIS YEAR A MAJOR GAY STORYLE POPPED UP ON THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS, ALTHOUGH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PUT ON THE BACKBURNER AND HASN'T LIVED UP TO EXPECTATNS. AND WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN DISAPPOTED BY THE RECENT WRG ON AS THE WORLD TURNS, THE TWO BOYIENDS ARE NO LONGER SHY ABOUT SHARG ON-SCREEN TIMACY (AND EVEN FALLY WENT “ALL THE WAY” JANUARY OF THIS YEAR).{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;}BUT ’S ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE WHERE THE MAJOR GAY ACTN HAS {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;}KYLE LEWIS, PLAYED BY BRETT CLAYWELL, HAD A LLEGE AFFAIR WH OFFICER OLIVER FISH (PLAYED BY CHRIS EVANS’ HANDSOME BROTHER STT EVANS), BUT BACK THEN, OLIVER WASN’T READY TO E OUT AS {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;}NOW, YEARS LATER, HE’S FALLY ADMTED TO HIMSELF WHO HE IS, E OUT AND STILL CLEARLY RRI A TORCH FOR HIS FORMER FLAME. PROBLEM IS, KYLE HAS MOVED ON TO THE ARMS OF NICK, PLAYED BY NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ, WHO, LAST MONTH, PROPOSED TO KYLE ON BEND KNEE — A SOAP OPERA {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;}THIS MEANT WE WE HAD DAYTIME TELEVISN'S FIRST GAY MALE LOVE TRIANGLE. (ATWT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE THIS SUMMER BETWEEN LE, NOAH AND NOAH'S LLEGE PROFSOR, BUT THE SHOW GOT LD FEET AND NEVER WENT THERE.) LOVE TRIANGL, LONG A STAPLE OF DAYTIME DRAMA, OFTEN OFFER UP SOME OF SOAP'S BT AND MOST BELOVED STORYL. THAT GAY MEN HAVE FALLY BEEN ADMTED TO THIS NER CIRCLE OF THE SOAP WORLD IS A FE {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 LIFE TO LIVE'S NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ, BRETT CLAYWELL, AND STT EVANS {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;}{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;}SURE, ONE LIFE TO LIVE'S MAYOR-PRETENDG-TO-A-LBIAN--ORR-TO-W-VOT STORYLE IS PATENTLY RIDICULO, EVEN BY SOAP OPERA {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;}BUT THE WAY THE SHOW HAS TREATED S GAY CHARACTERS IS REMARKABLE ON A NUMBER OF {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;}FIRST, THERE’S SIMPLY THE FACT THAT THE GAY CHARACTERS ARE {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;}SUCH MAJOR AIR-TIME. ACRDG TO RODRIGUEZ AN TERVIEW EARLIER THIS YEAR , THE CHARACTER OF NICK {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;}ORIGALLY BROUGHT FOR A MERE FOUR-EPISO {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;}“I'D FISHED MY FOUR [EPISOS] AND I KNEW I'D HAD A REALLY {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;}TIME, AND PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY I GOT LLED AND THEY SAID THEY {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;}GOG TO WRE SOME MORE STUFF SO JT HANG LOOSE,” HE {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;}GIVEN THE PUBLICY THAT AS THE WORLD TURNS HAD REAPED WH THEIR {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;}CHARACTERS, THE PRODUCERS OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE CLEARLY SAW 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;} A PROMENT GAY STORYLE. BUT UNLIKE WH AS THE WORLD TURNS, {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;}HAS BEEN ALMOST NO NTROVERSY — AND NO HT THAT THE WORK {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;}ADVERTISERS HAVE BALKED. THAT ALONE IS {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;}NEXT PAGE! NICK BE MORE THAN JT A "THIRD WHEEL"! {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;}"SOAPS HAVE A HISTORY OF EXPLORG SOCIAL ISSU, AND THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRS WHERE GAY ISSU ARE NCERNED,” SUE JOHNSON, ABC’S VICE PRINT OF DAYTIME PROGRAMMG TOLD TV GUI. “WHEN WE WANTED BIAN TO KISS LENA ON [ALL MY CHILDREN], WE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO MAKE HAPPEN. IT SEEMS PEOPLE ARE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAYS NOW.... WE’RE GETTG A LOT OF PRS FOR OUR GAY STORYLE AND WE LIKE THAT, BUT ’S NICE TO THK WE’LL SOON SEE THE DAY WHEN THIS IS NO LONGER A BIG AL."{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;}BUT ADDN TO SUPPORTG S GAY CHARACTERS GENERAL, ONE LIFE TO LIVE HAS ALSO TEGRATED THEM TO THE SHOW’S GREATER DRAMATIC AMEWORK — NTRARY TO PREV SOAPS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCED OF “SEGREGATG” THEIR GAY CHARACTERS TO THEIR OWN SGLE STORYLE, WHICH SELF GETS VERY {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;}IN FACT, ONE LIFE TO LIVE ACTRS PATRICIA MCERI MA HEADL, AND WAS REPLACED THE ROLE OF CARLOTTA, WHEN SHE LEARNED THAT HER CHARACTER WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF GAY {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;}MUCH OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE'S STORY SO FAR HAS VOLVED “GAY” ISSU LIKE G OUT AND DISCRIMATN — WELL-TROD DRAMATIC TERRORY EVEN SOAP OPERAS. BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE BEG CREASGLY WELL-ROUND BY ANY {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;}“ORIGALLY, I WAS JT THERE TO BE A THIRD WHEEL TO KYLE AND FISH, WHICH IS STILL [NICK’S] MA FUNCTN, BUT ALL OF A SUDN THEY REALLY EXPAND HIM,” RODRIGUEZ EXPLAS. “HE NOW HAS A JOB, HE HAS A LAST NAME, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACTIVIST AS WELL. SO FIRST TIME BACK AFTER ALL THAT, I'M SHOOTG WH SIX-TIME EMMY-WNER ERIKA SLEZAK [VICTORIA BUCHANAN]. I WAS JT LIKE, ‘OKAY! I DIDN'T THK THAT'S WHERE THIS WAS GOG.’”{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;}BASILLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME HISTORY, YOU ULD MAKE A SE THAT A SOAP OPERA’S GAY CHARACTERS ARE BEG TREATED EXACTLY LIKE S HETEROSEXUAL {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;}FALLY, THERE’S THE TERTG FACT THAT TWO OF THE SHOW’S THREE GAY CHARACTERS ARE PLAYED BY OUT GAY MEN: STT EVANS AND NICK {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;}WILL KYLE MARRY NICK NEXT WEEK’S MASS GAY WEDDG? IT’S A PRETTY GOOD BET THAT OLIVER WILL HAVE SOMETHG TO SAY WHEN THE PREACHER ASKS IF THERE’S ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANY REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN’T BE {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;}IN OTHER WORDS, ’S A TYPIL SOAP OPERA STORYLE. BUT THE FACT THAT ’S GAY MEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS STORY ISN’T TYPIL AT {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
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- VATIN MURR MYSTERY: WAS IT A GAY LOVE TRIANGLE?BARBIE LATZA NA ON THE MURR OF THE POPE’S BODYGUARD—AND THE POSSIBLE GAY LOVE TRIANGLE THAT TRIGGERED .BARBIE LATZA NAUPDATED JUL. 13, 2017 11:08PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 14, 2011 6:31AM EST AP PHOTOON MAY 4, 1998, FIVE SHOTS RANG OUT SI A PRIVATE APARTMENT TUCKED WH THE FORTIFIED WALLS OF VATIN CY ROME. DEAD WERE ALOIS ESTERMANN, THE NEWLY APPOTED MANR OF THE ELE SWISS GUARD ARMY THAT PROTECTS THE POPE; ESTERMANN’S VENEZUELAN WIFE, GLADYS MEZA ROMERO, A FORMER MOL; AND CEDRIC TORNAY, WHO WAS A RPORAL THE SWISS GUARD. NO ONE HEARD THE SHOTS, ACRDG TO NEIGHBORS WHO WERE TERVIEWED AFTER THE MURRS, BUT THE THREE BODI WERE ENOUGH PROOF TO SOLVE THE CRIME, AT LEAST ACRDG TO THE VATIN. THE HOLY SEE’S OFFICIAL LE WAS THAT RPORAL TORNAY HAD KILLED ESTERMANN AND HIS WIFE BEFORE PUTTG HIS 7MM PISTOL TO HIS MOUTH AND BLOWG HIS BRAS OUT. THE MOTIVE WAS SIMPLE, THEY SAID. TORNAY HAD BEEN PASSED UP BY ESTERMANN FOR A PROMOTN AND ULD NOT NTA HIS RAGE. BUT THE TTH BEHD THE VATIN’S SWISS GUARD MURRS IS FAR MORE PLEX, SAYS TORNAY’S MOTHER, MUGUETTE BDAT. EARLIER THIS MONTH SHE PLEAD TO POPE BENEDICT XVI TO REOPEN THE SE AND CLEAR HER SON’S NAME. IN A BRIEF TERVIEW WH THE DAILY BEAST, SHE SAYS HER SON WAS THE VICTIM OF A VER-UP, NOT THE PERPETRATOR OF A MURR-SUICI. “MY SON IS NOT THE MAN BEHD SUCH A MURR,” SHE SAID. “HE WAS NOT CRAZY AND VENGEFUL. HE WAS ACTUALLY A VICTIM THIS CRIME.”BDAT HAS WRTEN A LETTER TO THE CURRENT POPE THE HOPE HE WILL REOPEN THE SE. SHE BELIEV THAT BEE BENEDICT WAS A KEY ADMISTRATOR THE VATIN HIERARCHY DURG HER SON’S MURR VTIGATN, HE MAY BE WILLG TO REVTIGATE THE SE FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY. “HE MIGHT WANT CLEAR HIS NSCIENCE,” SHE SAYS. “IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THG TO DO.”WHEN HAPPENED, THE SWISS GUARD MURR SHOOK ROME TO S RE. BEE VATIN CY IS A SOVEREIGN NATN, HAS S OWN POLICE AND VTIGATIVE UNS. THE POPE IS THE HEAD OF STATE, AND NO ONE THE PAPAL ADMISTRATN HAS TO ANSWER TO ANYONE OUTSI THE VATIN WALLS—EVEN THOUGH THE TY NATN IS TUCKED SI THE CY OF ROME. SECRECY SHROUD THE SE OM THE MOMENT THE NEWS BROKE. IN THE HOURS AFTER A VATIN SIR LEAKED THE NEWS OF A MURR, LOL ITALIAN JOURNALISTS SPECULATED THAT THEN–POPE JOHN PL II HIMSELF HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF A GUNMAN’S WRATH. IT TOOK NEARLY 24 HOURS FOR THE VATIN TO CLARIFY THAT HAD BEEN THE HEAD OF THE POPE’S PROTECTIVE ARM WHO HAD BEEN KILLED A MURR-SUICI AND NOT THE POPE HIMSELF. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, REPORTERS FOLLOWED SEVERAL LEADS A YET- UNSOLVED QUT FOR THE TTH ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. SEVERAL BOOKS HAVE BEEN PENNED ABOUT THE SE, BUT NONE SO FAR HAVE TLY SOLVED THE CRIME. IT WAS NO SECRET WH THE SWISS GUARD THAT ESTERMANN WAS A BISEXUAL WHO HAD A WEAKNS FOR YOUNG RECS AND HAD ALLEGEDLY JT END A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH TORNAY, WHO WAS 23 AT THE TIME. ONE THEORY IS THAT WHEN ESTERMANN TURNED HIS AFFECTNS TO ANOTHER YOUNG REC, TORNAY ALLEGEDLY LOST HIS TEMPER AND KILLED ESTERMANN AND HIS WIFE A JEALO RAGE. IN A BOOK ON THE SE LLED VERBUM DEI ET VERBUM GAY ("GOD'S WORD, GAY WORD"), THOR MASSIMO LACCHEI WR THAT THE DAYS BEFORE THE MURRS, HE HAD OBSERVED ESTERMANN AND TORNAY AT WHAT HE SCRIB AS A GAY BNCH AND HAD LATER TERVIEWED TORNAY, WHO HE SAID WAS CLEARLY ATTACHED TO HIS SUPERR. HE SAYS, ''THEY WERE SO TIMATE AND IENDLY FOR A SUBORDATE AND A PTA.”ANOTHER THEORY IS THAT ESTERMANN WAS AT THE RE OF A POWER STGGLE WH THE SWISS GUARD SELF. ON ONE SI WAS THE üBER-NSERVATIVE OP DEI MOVEMENT, AND ON THE OTHER A MASONIC SECT WH GROWG STRENGTH WH THE ELE GUARD. ESTERMANN, WHO WAS APPOTED AS THE GUARDS’ NEW MANR JT HOURS BEFORE HE WAS MURRED, WAS UGHT THE MIDDLE, ACRDG TO A BOOK LLED BLOOD LI THE VATIN, WRTEN BY ANONYMO THORS WHO CLAIM TO BE PRITS AND SIRS WHO LIVE SI THE VATIN WALLS. THEY MATA THAT TORNAY WAS ATTACKED AND DRAGGED TO THE VATIN CELLAR, WHERE HE WAS “SUICID” BY MANDOS AND THEN LATER PLACED ESTERMANN’S APARTMENT AFTER THE REAL ASSAILANTS DID THEIR DIRTY WORK. THEY NCLU, “THE ELEMENT THAT UNRM THE OFFICIAL TTH IS THE FACT THAT NO ONE HEARD THE FIVE LOUD SHOTS FIRED BY THE POWERFUL PISTOL FOUND UNR CEDRIC TORNAY’S BODY.”TORNAY’S MOTHER BELIEV THE SEND THEORY MORE THAN THE FIRST, BUT KNOWS THE TTH ULD LIE SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLE. SHE SAYS HER SON WAS THE PAWN OF MORE POWERFUL ENTI AND GOT UGHT THE CROSSFIRE A SUATN HE LIKELY KNEW NOTHG ABOUT. SHE NI HER SON’S HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WH HIS BOSS, BUT NCES THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN TOO TSTG AND THEREFORE EASILY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. EHER WAY, SHE IS TERMED TO FD THE TTH ABOUT HER SON.POPE BENEDICT XVI HAS NOT YET RPOND OFFICIALLY TO TORNAY'S MOTHER’S LETTER. HER LAWYER LUC BROSSOLLET SAYS SHE WILL NOT LET GO. “THE SE IS FULL OF SUPPRSED EVINCE, NTRADICTNS, AND LI,” HE SAID RECENTLY. “IT’S TIME TO FD THE SHAMEFUL TTH.” BARBIE LATZA NA
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GAY LOVE TRIANGLE ENDS MURR
For Natnal Comg Out Day, Valente's Day or Pri Month, here are our picks for the bt gay/LGBT romance movi of all time, ranked. * gay love triangle *
It’s the strange paradox of homosexual iendships: your bro’s are also your ho’s. It’s the oppose of pretty girls havg ugly iends to make themselv feel better; gay men try to surround themselv wh a bevy of butt-lov’ beti.
IN A GAY LOVE TRIANGLE, EVERYONE GETS POKED, BUT NOBODY IS HAPPY
* gay love triangle *
Our iends are a rerve harem – the boyiends-to-be se the current love-of-my-life turns out only to be the love-of-the-first-part-of-my-sophomore-year-of-llege. Yale may be the Gay Ivy, but “one four” is a bunch of bull.
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)Bt Gay/LGBTQ Romantic Movi of All TimeNew Le Cema25. Fire Island (2022)Pri and Prejudice leans to pri Spa Night and Driveways director Andrew Ahn's magnificent rom- (wrten by star Joel Kim Booster) that loosely adapts Jane Aten for gay mec. Love, Simon (2018)You may never fd a film more quietly revolutnary than Love, Simon, the first-ever Hollywood stud-released picture centered on a gay teen.
Stranger by the Lake has so much on s bra that would be entirely rctive to jt label a "gay movie. If you’ve ever doubted how quickly the world n change once an impasse is broken, nsir the credible se of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, which is currently featurg a plited love triangle among three gay male characters. Next week, two of them are planng to participate a mass “prott” gay weddg ceremony that will also clu a (faked) lbian marriage volvg one of the show’s long-time female jt two years ago, viewers of the CBS soap As the World Turns were growg creasgly trated bee seemed clear that the producers of that show were not allowg s two gay teen characters to kiss — a ntroversy that eventually spilled over to the mastream the World Turn’s gay kissg moratorium was fally broken on April 23, 2008 — 211 eleven days after the characters kissed for the first time.
“ONE LIFE TO LIVE”’S GAY LOVE TRIANGLE IS TLY GROUNDBREAKG {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 BRENT HARTGEROCTOBER 30, 2009/3:15 PMBY BRENT HARTGEROCTOBER 30, 2009 / 3:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"“ONE LIFE TO LIVE”’S GAY LOVE TRIANGLE IS TLY GROUNDBREAKG TELEVISN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-10-30T19:15:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-10-30T19:15:16.000+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":"BRENT HARTGER","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;}{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;}IF YOU’VE EVER DOUBTED HOW QUICKLY THE WORLD N CHANGE ONCE AN IMPASSE IS BROKEN, NSIR THE CREDIBLE SE OF THE ABC SOAP OPERA ONE LIFE TO LIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FEATURG A PLITED LOVE TRIANGLE AMONG THREE GAY MALE CHARACTERS. NEXT WEEK, TWO OF THEM ARE PLANNG TO PARTICIPATE A MASS “PROTT” GAY WEDDG CEREMONY THAT WILL ALSO CLU A (FAKED) LBIAN MARRIAGE VOLVG ONE OF THE SHOW’S LONG-TIME FEMALE {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;}BUT JT TWO YEARS AGO, VIEWERS OF THE CBS SOAP AS THE WORLD TURNS WERE GROWG CREASGLY TRATED BEE SEEMED CLEAR THAT THE PRODUCERS OF THAT SHOW WERE NOT ALLOWG S TWO GAY TEEN CHARACTERS TO KISS — A NTROVERSY THAT EVENTUALLY SPILLED OVER TO THE MASTREAM {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;}AS THE WORLD TURN’S GAY KISSG MORATORIUM WAS FALLY BROKEN ON APRIL 23, 2008 — 211 ELEVEN DAYS AFTER THE CHARACTERS KISSED FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT EVEN THEN, WAS HARD TO IMAGE HOW QUICKLY, AND HOW PLETELY, AMERI’S DAYTIME DRAMA LANDSPE WOULD BE PLETELY {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;}EARLIER THIS YEAR A MAJOR GAY STORYLE POPPED UP ON THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS, ALTHOUGH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PUT ON THE BACKBURNER AND HASN'T LIVED UP TO EXPECTATNS. AND WHILE SOME HAVE BEEN DISAPPOTED BY THE RECENT WRG ON AS THE WORLD TURNS, THE TWO BOYIENDS ARE NO LONGER SHY ABOUT SHARG ON-SCREEN TIMACY (AND EVEN FALLY WENT “ALL THE WAY” JANUARY OF THIS YEAR).{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;}BUT ’S ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE WHERE THE MAJOR GAY ACTN HAS {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;}KYLE LEWIS, PLAYED BY BRETT CLAYWELL, HAD A LLEGE AFFAIR WH OFFICER OLIVER FISH (PLAYED BY CHRIS EVANS’ HANDSOME BROTHER STT EVANS), BUT BACK THEN, OLIVER WASN’T READY TO E OUT AS {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;}NOW, YEARS LATER, HE’S FALLY ADMTED TO HIMSELF WHO HE IS, E OUT AND STILL CLEARLY RRI A TORCH FOR HIS FORMER FLAME. PROBLEM IS, KYLE HAS MOVED ON TO THE ARMS OF NICK, PLAYED BY NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ, WHO, LAST MONTH, PROPOSED TO KYLE ON BEND KNEE — A SOAP OPERA {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;}THIS MEANT WE WE HAD DAYTIME TELEVISN'S FIRST GAY MALE LOVE TRIANGLE. (ATWT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ONE THIS SUMMER BETWEEN LE, NOAH AND NOAH'S LLEGE PROFSOR, BUT THE SHOW GOT LD FEET AND NEVER WENT THERE.) LOVE TRIANGL, LONG A STAPLE OF DAYTIME DRAMA, OFTEN OFFER UP SOME OF SOAP'S BT AND MOST BELOVED STORYL. THAT GAY MEN HAVE FALLY BEEN ADMTED TO THIS NER CIRCLE OF THE SOAP WORLD IS A FE {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 LIFE TO LIVE'S NICHOLAS RODRIGUEZ, BRETT CLAYWELL, AND STT EVANS {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;}{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;}SURE, ONE LIFE TO LIVE'S MAYOR-PRETENDG-TO-A-LBIAN--ORR-TO-W-VOT STORYLE IS PATENTLY RIDICULO, EVEN BY SOAP OPERA {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;}BUT THE WAY THE SHOW HAS TREATED S GAY CHARACTERS IS REMARKABLE ON A NUMBER OF {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;}FIRST, THERE’S SIMPLY THE FACT THAT THE GAY CHARACTERS ARE {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;}SUCH MAJOR AIR-TIME. ACRDG TO RODRIGUEZ AN TERVIEW EARLIER THIS YEAR , THE CHARACTER OF NICK {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;}ORIGALLY BROUGHT FOR A MERE FOUR-EPISO {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;}“I'D FISHED MY FOUR [EPISOS] AND I KNEW I'D HAD A REALLY {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;}TIME, AND PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY I GOT LLED AND THEY SAID THEY {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;}GOG TO WRE SOME MORE STUFF SO JT HANG LOOSE,” HE {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;}GIVEN THE PUBLICY THAT AS THE WORLD TURNS HAD REAPED WH THEIR {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;}CHARACTERS, THE PRODUCERS OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE CLEARLY SAW 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;} A PROMENT GAY STORYLE. BUT UNLIKE WH AS THE WORLD TURNS, {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;}HAS BEEN ALMOST NO NTROVERSY — AND NO HT THAT THE WORK {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;}ADVERTISERS HAVE BALKED. THAT ALONE IS {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;}NEXT PAGE! NICK BE MORE THAN JT A "THIRD WHEEL"! {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;}"SOAPS HAVE A HISTORY OF EXPLORG SOCIAL ISSU, AND THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRS WHERE GAY ISSU ARE NCERNED,” SUE JOHNSON, ABC’S VICE PRINT OF DAYTIME PROGRAMMG TOLD TV GUI. “WHEN WE WANTED BIAN TO KISS LENA ON [ALL MY CHILDREN], WE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS TO MAKE HAPPEN. IT SEEMS PEOPLE ARE MORE ACCEPTG OF GAYS NOW.... WE’RE GETTG A LOT OF PRS FOR OUR GAY STORYLE AND WE LIKE THAT, BUT ’S NICE TO THK WE’LL SOON SEE THE DAY WHEN THIS IS NO LONGER A BIG AL."{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;}BUT ADDN TO SUPPORTG S GAY CHARACTERS GENERAL, ONE LIFE TO LIVE HAS ALSO TEGRATED THEM TO THE SHOW’S GREATER DRAMATIC AMEWORK — NTRARY TO PREV SOAPS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ACCED OF “SEGREGATG” THEIR GAY CHARACTERS TO THEIR OWN SGLE STORYLE, WHICH SELF GETS VERY {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;}IN FACT, ONE LIFE TO LIVE ACTRS PATRICIA MCERI MA HEADL, AND WAS REPLACED THE ROLE OF CARLOTTA, WHEN SHE LEARNED THAT HER CHARACTER WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF GAY {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;}MUCH OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE'S STORY SO FAR HAS VOLVED “GAY” ISSU LIKE G OUT AND DISCRIMATN — WELL-TROD DRAMATIC TERRORY EVEN SOAP OPERAS. BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE BEG CREASGLY WELL-ROUND BY ANY {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;}“ORIGALLY, I WAS JT THERE TO BE A THIRD WHEEL TO KYLE AND FISH, WHICH IS STILL [NICK’S] MA FUNCTN, BUT ALL OF A SUDN THEY REALLY EXPAND HIM,” RODRIGUEZ EXPLAS. “HE NOW HAS A JOB, HE HAS A LAST NAME, HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN ACTIVIST AS WELL. SO FIRST TIME BACK AFTER ALL THAT, I'M SHOOTG WH SIX-TIME EMMY-WNER ERIKA SLEZAK [VICTORIA BUCHANAN]. I WAS JT LIKE, ‘OKAY! I DIDN'T THK THAT'S WHERE THIS WAS GOG.’”{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;}BASILLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME HISTORY, YOU ULD MAKE A SE THAT A SOAP OPERA’S GAY CHARACTERS ARE BEG TREATED EXACTLY LIKE S HETEROSEXUAL {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;}FALLY, THERE’S THE TERTG FACT THAT TWO OF THE SHOW’S THREE GAY CHARACTERS ARE PLAYED BY OUT GAY MEN: STT EVANS AND NICK {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;}WILL KYLE MARRY NICK NEXT WEEK’S MASS GAY WEDDG? IT’S A PRETTY GOOD BET THAT OLIVER WILL HAVE SOMETHG TO SAY WHEN THE PREACHER ASKS IF THERE’S ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANY REASON WHY THEY SHOULDN’T BE {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;}IN OTHER WORDS, ’S A TYPIL SOAP OPERA STORYLE. BUT THE FACT THAT ’S GAY MEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS STORY ISN’T TYPIL AT {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
Earlier this year a major gay storyle popped up on The Young and the Rtls, although was subsequently put on the backburner and hasn't lived up to expectatns.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
And while some have been disappoted by the recent wrg on As the World Turns, the two boyiends are no longer shy about sharg on-screen timacy (and even fally went “all the way” January of this year) ’s on One Life to Live where the major gay actn has Lewis, played by Brett Claywell, had a llege affair wh Officer Oliver Fish (played by Chris Evans’ handsome brother Stt Evans), but back then, Oliver wasn’t ready to e out as, years later, he’s fally admted to himself who he is, e out and still clearly rri a torch for his former flame. Problem is, Kyle has moved on to the arms of Nick, played by Nicholas Rodriguez, who, last month, proposed to Kyle on bend knee — a soap opera meant we we had daytime televisn's first gay male love triangle. That gay men have fally been admted to this ner circle of the soap world is a fe Life to Live's Nicholas Rodriguez, Brett Claywell, and Stt Evans Sure, One Life to Live's mayor-pretendg-to-a-lbian--orr-to-w-vot storyle is patently ridiculo, even by soap opera the way the show has treated s gay characters is remarkable on a number of, there’s simply the fact that the gay characters are gettgsuch major air-time.
“I'd fished my four [episos] and I knew I'd had a really greattime, and pretty much immediately I got lled and they said they weregog to wre some more stuff so jt hang loose, ” he the publicy that As the World Turns had reaped wh their gaycharacters, the producers of One Life to Live clearly saw the potential a proment gay storyle. "Soaps have a history of explorg social issu, and there’s been a lot of progrs where gay issu are ncerned, ” Sue Johnson, ABC’s vice print of daytime programmg told TV Gui.
It seems people are more acceptg of gays now.... We’re gettg a lot of prs for our gay storyle and we like that, but ’s nice to thk we’ll soon see the day when this is no longer a big al.
LOVE TRIANGLE (WH A GAY/BI CHARACTER) [MDL RATG SORTED]
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VATIN MURR MYSTERY: WAS IT A GAY LOVE TRIANGLE?BARBIE LATZA NA ON THE MURR OF THE POPE’S BODYGUARD—AND THE POSSIBLE GAY LOVE TRIANGLE THAT TRIGGERED .BARBIE LATZA NAUPDATED JUL. 13, 2017 11:08PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 14, 2011 6:31AM EST AP PHOTOON MAY 4, 1998, FIVE SHOTS RANG OUT SI A PRIVATE APARTMENT TUCKED WH THE FORTIFIED WALLS OF VATIN CY ROME. DEAD WERE ALOIS ESTERMANN, THE NEWLY APPOTED MANR OF THE ELE SWISS GUARD ARMY THAT PROTECTS THE POPE; ESTERMANN’S VENEZUELAN WIFE, GLADYS MEZA ROMERO, A FORMER MOL; AND CEDRIC TORNAY, WHO WAS A RPORAL THE SWISS GUARD. NO ONE HEARD THE SHOTS, ACRDG TO NEIGHBORS WHO WERE TERVIEWED AFTER THE MURRS, BUT THE THREE BODI WERE ENOUGH PROOF TO SOLVE THE CRIME, AT LEAST ACRDG TO THE VATIN. THE HOLY SEE’S OFFICIAL LE WAS THAT RPORAL TORNAY HAD KILLED ESTERMANN AND HIS WIFE BEFORE PUTTG HIS 7MM PISTOL TO HIS MOUTH AND BLOWG HIS BRAS OUT. THE MOTIVE WAS SIMPLE, THEY SAID. TORNAY HAD BEEN PASSED UP BY ESTERMANN FOR A PROMOTN AND ULD NOT NTA HIS RAGE. BUT THE TTH BEHD THE VATIN’S SWISS GUARD MURRS IS FAR MORE PLEX, SAYS TORNAY’S MOTHER, MUGUETTE BDAT. EARLIER THIS MONTH SHE PLEAD TO POPE BENEDICT XVI TO REOPEN THE SE AND CLEAR HER SON’S NAME. IN A BRIEF TERVIEW WH THE DAILY BEAST, SHE SAYS HER SON WAS THE VICTIM OF A VER-UP, NOT THE PERPETRATOR OF A MURR-SUICI. “MY SON IS NOT THE MAN BEHD SUCH A MURR,” SHE SAID. “HE WAS NOT CRAZY AND VENGEFUL. HE WAS ACTUALLY A VICTIM THIS CRIME.”BDAT HAS WRTEN A LETTER TO THE CURRENT POPE THE HOPE HE WILL REOPEN THE SE. SHE BELIEV THAT BEE BENEDICT WAS A KEY ADMISTRATOR THE VATIN HIERARCHY DURG HER SON’S MURR VTIGATN, HE MAY BE WILLG TO REVTIGATE THE SE FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY. “HE MIGHT WANT CLEAR HIS NSCIENCE,” SHE SAYS. “IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THG TO DO.”WHEN HAPPENED, THE SWISS GUARD MURR SHOOK ROME TO S RE. BEE VATIN CY IS A SOVEREIGN NATN, HAS S OWN POLICE AND VTIGATIVE UNS. THE POPE IS THE HEAD OF STATE, AND NO ONE THE PAPAL ADMISTRATN HAS TO ANSWER TO ANYONE OUTSI THE VATIN WALLS—EVEN THOUGH THE TY NATN IS TUCKED SI THE CY OF ROME. SECRECY SHROUD THE SE OM THE MOMENT THE NEWS BROKE. IN THE HOURS AFTER A VATIN SIR LEAKED THE NEWS OF A MURR, LOL ITALIAN JOURNALISTS SPECULATED THAT THEN–POPE JOHN PL II HIMSELF HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF A GUNMAN’S WRATH. IT TOOK NEARLY 24 HOURS FOR THE VATIN TO CLARIFY THAT HAD BEEN THE HEAD OF THE POPE’S PROTECTIVE ARM WHO HAD BEEN KILLED A MURR-SUICI AND NOT THE POPE HIMSELF. IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, REPORTERS FOLLOWED SEVERAL LEADS A YET- UNSOLVED QUT FOR THE TTH ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE REALLY HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. SEVERAL BOOKS HAVE BEEN PENNED ABOUT THE SE, BUT NONE SO FAR HAVE TLY SOLVED THE CRIME. IT WAS NO SECRET WH THE SWISS GUARD THAT ESTERMANN WAS A BISEXUAL WHO HAD A WEAKNS FOR YOUNG RECS AND HAD ALLEGEDLY JT END A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH TORNAY, WHO WAS 23 AT THE TIME. ONE THEORY IS THAT WHEN ESTERMANN TURNED HIS AFFECTNS TO ANOTHER YOUNG REC, TORNAY ALLEGEDLY LOST HIS TEMPER AND KILLED ESTERMANN AND HIS WIFE A JEALO RAGE. IN A BOOK ON THE SE LLED VERBUM DEI ET VERBUM GAY ("GOD'S WORD, GAY WORD"), THOR MASSIMO LACCHEI WR THAT THE DAYS BEFORE THE MURRS, HE HAD OBSERVED ESTERMANN AND TORNAY AT WHAT HE SCRIB AS A GAY BNCH AND HAD LATER TERVIEWED TORNAY, WHO HE SAID WAS CLEARLY ATTACHED TO HIS SUPERR. HE SAYS, ''THEY WERE SO TIMATE AND IENDLY FOR A SUBORDATE AND A PTA.”ANOTHER THEORY IS THAT ESTERMANN WAS AT THE RE OF A POWER STGGLE WH THE SWISS GUARD SELF. ON ONE SI WAS THE üBER-NSERVATIVE OP DEI MOVEMENT, AND ON THE OTHER A MASONIC SECT WH GROWG STRENGTH WH THE ELE GUARD. ESTERMANN, WHO WAS APPOTED AS THE GUARDS’ NEW MANR JT HOURS BEFORE HE WAS MURRED, WAS UGHT THE MIDDLE, ACRDG TO A BOOK LLED BLOOD LI THE VATIN, WRTEN BY ANONYMO THORS WHO CLAIM TO BE PRITS AND SIRS WHO LIVE SI THE VATIN WALLS. THEY MATA THAT TORNAY WAS ATTACKED AND DRAGGED TO THE VATIN CELLAR, WHERE HE WAS “SUICID” BY MANDOS AND THEN LATER PLACED ESTERMANN’S APARTMENT AFTER THE REAL ASSAILANTS DID THEIR DIRTY WORK. THEY NCLU, “THE ELEMENT THAT UNRM THE OFFICIAL TTH IS THE FACT THAT NO ONE HEARD THE FIVE LOUD SHOTS FIRED BY THE POWERFUL PISTOL FOUND UNR CEDRIC TORNAY’S BODY.”TORNAY’S MOTHER BELIEV THE SEND THEORY MORE THAN THE FIRST, BUT KNOWS THE TTH ULD LIE SOMEWHERE THE MIDDLE. SHE SAYS HER SON WAS THE PAWN OF MORE POWERFUL ENTI AND GOT UGHT THE CROSSFIRE A SUATN HE LIKELY KNEW NOTHG ABOUT. SHE NI HER SON’S HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WH HIS BOSS, BUT NCES THAT HE MAY HAVE BEEN TOO TSTG AND THEREFORE EASILY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF. EHER WAY, SHE IS TERMED TO FD THE TTH ABOUT HER SON.POPE BENEDICT XVI HAS NOT YET RPOND OFFICIALLY TO TORNAY'S MOTHER’S LETTER. HER LAWYER LUC BROSSOLLET SAYS SHE WILL NOT LET GO. “THE SE IS FULL OF SUPPRSED EVINCE, NTRADICTNS, AND LI,” HE SAID RECENTLY. “IT’S TIME TO FD THE SHAMEFUL TTH.” BARBIE LATZA NA
But the fact that ’s gay men at the center of this story isn’t typil at all. In a book on the se lled Verbum Dei et Verbum Gay ("God's Word, Gay Word"), thor Massimo Lacchei wr that the days before the murrs, he had observed Estermann and Tornay at what he scrib as a gay bnch and had later terviewed Tornay, who he said was clearly attached to his superr. She ni her son’s homosexual affair wh his boss, but nces that he may have been too tstg and therefore easily taken advantage of.
Alex planned to lose his virgy to his girliend, Claire, but then he met Ellt… a gay who was openly to Alex. Sam and Kunal pretend to be a gay uple to sublet space Neha’s amazg apartment, but both end up fallg for the betiful Neha, who is obliv to all of this.
And at 18 years old he me out as a gay man. "I thk, he didn't que know what he was the begng when we first met and then kd of jt, 'OK, I'm gay. Lucian Frd had a famoly plex love life fatherg children wh many women but before all that there was a passnate, secret and endurg gay relatnship volvg two other young artists, a new exhibn wrer and curator Julian Mach has pieced together a story the artist tried to supprs and one, he argu, which helps better unrstand the art of story volv Frd, Adrian Ryan and John Mton who as young, handsome artists their 20s had, Mach says, a closens and sexual timacy which is ltle known and Ryan self-portra.
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Others, cludg the artist David Tdle, who beme a iend of Frd’s the 1940s, have nfirmed the has been said to have had a number of gay affairs, cludg wh the poet Stephen Spenr.
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