Chris Colfer Was 'Absolutely Terrified' Playg Openly Gay Glee Role

Contents:

• 'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
• WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
• GLEE PAV WAY FOR SER REPRENTATN OF GAY CHARACTERS
• CHRIS COLFER WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' PLAYG OPENLY GAY 'GLEE' ROLE KURT AS HE WASN'T YET OUT
• CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHY HE WAS ‘ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED’ TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON ‘GLEE’

'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET

LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. Standout Quote: "Odds are by the end of the school year, I'll have Blae and a Natnals trophy, and you'll have khakis and a Lima Bean apron, and that gay face.

Not only did he fy tradnal gay stereotyp by beg a football team ultra-jock, but Spencer was pletely shamels about his inty. Kurt is the first gay character to e out season one of Glee, and is badly bullied for .

WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?

However, Dave later reveals he is gay after tryg to kiss Kurt season two. "Glee" star Chris Colfer opened up about playg the openly gay character, Kurt, on a podst Thursday.

"Glee" actor Chris Colfer, 32, opened up about his fear of playg an openly gay character on the h Fox seri durg Thursday's episo of the "And That's What You Really Missed", who portrayed a character named Kurt on the show om 2009 to 2015, shared that he was "absolutely terrified" bee he hadn't e out yet.

GLEE PAV WAY FOR SER REPRENTATN OF GAY CHARACTERS

And back then, people told their clients, 'Don't play gay characters bee will your reer, '" Colfer said. "Colfer's character had many storyl that centered around his experience as a gay high school stunt. Alistair is a gay character om Glee.

Glee and gay characters. Bis offerg some long overdue happs to the endlsly victimized Kurt, who has spent much of his screen time this season on the verge of tears, the relatnship is an important step for gay characters on work televisn. Glee has already received praise and media attentn for s portrayal of gay teenagers.

CHRIS COLFER WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' PLAYG OPENLY GAY 'GLEE' ROLE KURT AS HE WASN'T YET OUT

The anti-gay bullyg plotle, which Kurt was abed by a homophobic classmate, directly acknowledged natnal ncern over last fall’s tragic number of suicis by gay teens. One of the youngt gay characters ever to appear on televisn, Kurt was praised for “changg hearts, mds, and Hollywood” a recent Entertament Weekly ver story regardg gay teens on TV. Even as gay characters started to bee a more regular fixture on work televisn the ’90s and early 2000s, they were often portrayed as asexual or lackg love liv, pecially when pared to straight characters.

If gay characters, pecially men, were relatnships, they were often sterilized, and any display of affectn was unrealistilly absent so as to rema palatable to mastream dienc. Although the s was groundbreakg the centraly of s gay characters, was severely limed s pictn of gay sexualy or romance. Two of the latt episos of Glee began to directly addrs the issue of gay mal hidg their sexualy.

When Kurt’s father exprs disfort wh Kurt havg a romantic enunter wh a guy, Kurt asks him, “So ’s not beg gay that upsets you, ’s me actg on ? This is exactly the msage shows like Will & Grace send when they ed all the sex out of homosexualy.

CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHY HE WAS ‘ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED’ TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON ‘GLEE’

Glee seems fully aware of the precent gay reprentatn on work TV, and is poised to break the boundari that have been set and give somethg more real. "I'm actually kd of grateful for , " Chris Colfer admted of playg his openly gay Glee character Kurt Hummel before he ultimately me out himself 2009.