Atralian actor Josh Thomas plays gay a new way his show, 'Please Like Me'

Contents:

• THE TV SHOW THAT'S MAYBE 'TOO GAY' FOR ATRALIA—BUT PERFECT FOR AMERI
• JOSH THOMAS ON 'HOW TO BE GAY'
• COMEDIAN JOSH THOMAS DISCS HOMOPHOBIA THE GAY MUNY
• LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER
• JOSH HARRIS GAY PRI PARA PHOTOS REVEAL MUCH
• BRISBANE TEACHER STT SHERWOOD OUTED AS GAY PORN STAR AARON CAGE

THE TV SHOW THAT'S MAYBE 'TOO GAY' FOR ATRALIA—BUT PERFECT FOR AMERI

The Atralian edian Josh Thomas was at the olst gay bar New York, batg how much to say about a breakup. ’ ” On “Please Like Me, ” which he played a gay twentysomethg also named Josh, he rtaged the breakup almost word for wh many ntemporary edians, mg unpleasant experienc for humor—even tragic on—is send nature to Thomas. He began velopg “Please Like Me” nsultatn wh the Atralian Broadstg Corporatn, which eventually missned a first then, he was his early twenti, and jt begng to acknowledge the fact that he was gay.

JOSH THOMAS ON 'HOW TO BE GAY'

As part of this reckong, Thomas rewrote the pilot of “Please Like Me, ” changg the sexualy of his character—and the work found self posssn of a s wh a gay lead. “The superpower I had wh ‘Please Like Me’ is that the gay person was based on me, ” Thomas told me.

” He joked, “It’s, like, ‘Well, you’re gay, so that’ll be noble. “I was, like, ‘Why are GLAAD better thori on homosexualy than I am? He relled rmg Freeform executiv, “I am a top-tier homosexual.

They’re not more gay than me. DID YOU KNOW: In gay slang a feme top is lled a "bloe".

COMEDIAN JOSH THOMAS DISCS HOMOPHOBIA THE GAY MUNY

Also extremely gay. 2009: have to make k for gay weddgs.

Photo of Josh Thomas by Michael MullerJosh Thomas's face is all over New York Cy b, so may seem logil that his new televisn show, Please Like Me (which already aired the his native Atralia but premier on Pivot Augt 1) would be a proverbial Sex and the Cy--but wh gay guys. I also have an olr brother, and he's gay.

LGH YOUR FEARS AWAY WH 7 OF THE FUNNIT GAY COMEDIANS EVER

I wasn't wrg to get [gay] marriage legalized Atralia.

Also, jt gettg to watch gay storyl about--that's somethg, when you're gay, to get exced about. Gay storyl are still kd of rare or is supposed to create some shock factor.

Yeah, havg an opportuny to let people watch a gay romance--that's what I really like watchg, and that's what I wanted to make.

JOSH HARRIS GAY PRI PARA PHOTOS REVEAL MUCH

They would pla that 's not "gay enough.

BRISBANE TEACHER STT SHERWOOD OUTED AS GAY PORN STAR AARON CAGE

" They wish there was another episo where we jt talk about gay feelgs. Please Like Me has drawn parisons to Girls and Louie, and s h take on gay characters may be exactly what U.

After four years velopment, had stggled to fd a sizeable dience Down Unr, where was mored that s own work thought was "too gay" for be fair, there are enough boy-on-boy makeouts and bare butts sttered throughout the show's six half-hour episos to em nsirably edgy. Yet what mak Please Like Me such a rehg show -- and such a rehg take on LGBT characters -- is that really isn't "too gay" at all. Rather, provis a wele alternative to other shows featurg gay male characters by treatg s protagonist not as a token or as a ment on stereotyp, but as a du who happens to be to other dus -- and that's jt the kd of character Amerin televisn uld e.

Fans acced the ABC of banishg the seri bee of s gay ntent, and though the ABC would quickly ny the claims, even Thomas wasn't entirely nvced. "I don't know if what they were sayg was, 'Josh, the show is a b sh, ' or, 'Josh, the show has too much suici and gay sex .