Pri Month 2020: From 'Gay J' to marryg his man, Ian Gallagher has been a bean for the LGBTQ muny | MEAWW

Contents:

• CHURCH OF GAY J
•  PRI MONTH 2020 IAN GALLAGHER GAY J MARRY MICKY KOVICH SAVED LGBTQ TEENS ARRTED R FIRE
• CHURCH OF GAY J
• J AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN
• 'SHAMELS' CROSS NEW LE WH 'CHURCH OF GAY J'
• SHAMELS REP: 'CHURCH OF GAY J'
• SHAMELS SEASON 8 EPISO 10 REVIEW: CHURCH OF GAY J
• WAS J GAY? PROBABLY
• SHAMELS SEASON 8 EPISO 10 REVIEW: CHURCH OF GAY J
• ‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS
• 'SHAMELS' CHARACTER TAK ON ANTI-GAY CHRISTIANS: 'I'M GONNA BEAT THE F*CK OUT OF' PASTOR

CHURCH OF GAY J

He saw the boy who’s father had him set up to be kidnapped for beg gay and all the attentn om the other lost young kids jt sent him to an extreme manic spiral. The pot the show this was the most obv at is when he was preachg the gay word and the dramatic background of the r beg blown up. bis the every Fna/Steve scene, Gay J Ian were parts i fast forward.

 PRI MONTH 2020 IAN GALLAGHER GAY J MARRY MICKY KOVICH SAVED LGBTQ TEENS ARRTED R FIRE

Ian's return to the show has meant that there have been some wonrful moments, like his betiful weddg wh Mickey Milkovich, but there have been some dicey moments for the ary naway turned Gay J turned ex-nvict. Before long, he jt pletely fot about his ex and foced solely on beg Gay J. While Ian was by beg Gay J, he stopped takg his bipolar meditn as he said held back his creative potential.

Back 2010, when the US adapted the origally Brish dramedy 'Shamels', we were troduced to a shy, young teenager lled Ian Gallagher, wh a secret stache of gay porn.

And that isn't close to half of all the absolutely bizarre sh Ian has pulled on screen which rightfully earned him the tle of 'Gay J' both on screen and the fandom. Gog off his bipolar meditn for the send time life only add to his ever-soarg sh by fightg for the muny, and th was birthed Gay J — an avatar of Ian that fans have clung on to sce we met him Season 8, back 2018. And this isn't the only inic thg Ian had done that season as 'Gay J'.

CHURCH OF GAY J

After someone at Church rerds Ian's nontatn and the vio go viral, he is given the 'Gay J' moniker and begs attendg protts more equently.

At one such prott, Ian ws people over once aga by g CRT to save the life of a homophobic pastor who gets a heart attack at the venue. He and Trevor take up the task of nng a shelter for the homels and naway youths om the muny and the lodgg facily overflows wh young people gatherg mass to tch one look at the 'Gay J'. So Ian pulls his socks up and propos the hell out of Mickey to give the gay weddg of the year — by simultaneoly stagg a fake bri to make all look like a straight weddg bee the venue owner is a ragg homophobe, and Mickey's father has blown up the origal settg.

J AS AN OPENLY GAY MAN

"Church of Gay J" is the tenth episo of Season 8 of Shamels. The most astoundg fdg om the newly disvered lead dic is that J Christ was unambiguoly and openly gay.

It seems clear now that this is ls a negative repudiatn of fay and more a posive exhortatn to jo affirmatn of a gay liftyle and is at least one new parable, that of the two young men.

Before, one might have thought that, given Mary's virgy, Joseph's attu was reflectg the ambigui of his stat the fay; but now seems more probable that we have here a classic example of the Frdian triangle: over-posssive mother, hostile father, gay have we known so ltle about all of this before? The classilly ted Pl, who was himself gay, saw that same-sex activy was imil to the succs of Christiany the highly homophobic societi which he lived.

'SHAMELS' CROSS NEW LE WH 'CHURCH OF GAY J'

Photo Cred: Shamels/Showtime, Pl Sarkis Image Acquired om Showtime Prs Exprs Photo Cred: Shamels/Showtime, Pl Sarkis Image Acquired om Showtime Prs ExprsShamels tak s LGBTQ+ advocy to the next level wh Ian’s rise to power as Gay J, a poted remr that we all need someone to the fal scene of Sunday night’s new episo of Shamels, Fna joked through shell-shocked disbelief that Ian was nng a cult.

But asi om Frank palizg on his son’s relig fame, Ian’s takg down an opprsive and regrsive system of fah-based homophobia like we haven’t seen on the small nversatns about relign Season 8 of Shamels began wh Ian battlg wh Fna for the rights to an abandoned church for a new youth center, though they n be traced as far back as Frank referrg to himself as “Sat Francis. Of urse, Ian claps back at the holier than thou prit and his harrowg exercise wh direct quot om the Bible, sheddg light on the objective hypocrisi of homophobia mired the strongholds of scripture.

Ian regniz this nsistency and be a voice for the voicels, the Gay te Shamels fashn, the dramedy tackl the tertwg issu of relig eedom and LGBTQ+ rights wh s characteristic sprklg of absurdy. But as wh everythg that Shamels do, the absurdy humbl self wh a prsg polil msage between the when Ian’s beg hound by his adorg public, signg Frank’s DIY Church of Gay J t-shirts, and spirg hundreds wh a sermon featurg the words “b–ch” and “haters, ” his tent and that of the seri uldn’t be clearer: There’s a dispary between the teachgs passed down by the vout God-fearg and the simple sire to be exactly who you are of LGBTQ+ kids.

SHAMELS REP: 'CHURCH OF GAY J'

And that means savg liv om hearg who they are is s layered nstctn of fah-based homophobia and s many dangero si effects, Shamels lands on a subtle remr that we all sometim require someone or somethg to worship orr to feel seen, heard, and accepted. We n spend all day shoutg posive affirmatns and motivatnal mantras at ourselv the mirror, but receivg the same msagg om a role mol a song, book, or speech n empower an the bottom le of the Church of Gay J storyle remas the unparalleled disurse and visibily of issu that persist a society (spoiler: ours) where bakers refe to prepare a ke for a gay uple.

Jt like everyone else the seri, Ian als wh his daily life problems livg the Southsi of Chigo, while beg volved a lot of tertg storyl; rangg om simple relatnship problems to beg Gay J. The Gay J storyle was really very good bee showed the lear Ian.

Moreover, Ian, over the years, has stolen a baby and he beme Gay J before fdg himself prison. In the January 14 episo, tled "Church of Gay J, " Ian (Cameron Monaghan) fds that he is gettg more and more famo for beg a guy who will "jt kd of show up to the [gay] nversn thgs and argue wh asshol, " and his dad Frank (William H. " A few days later, Ian has a group of young gay Christians meet at his hoe and is speakg wh them, when his brother's girliend mak the offhand ment to Frank, "He's like a prophet.

SHAMELS SEASON 8 EPISO 10 REVIEW: CHURCH OF GAY J

Like hot gay J. Ian: "The Church of Gay J. He fely isn't J, and then the show go the extra step of suggtg, even as a joke, that J was gay.

WAS J GAY? PROBABLY

“Church of Gay J” begs like many recent Shamels outgs have: wh a by morng at the Gallagher hoe. Ian’s mappg out “gay-hatg” church the area; Kassidi is makg breakfast; and Frank is planng his retirement. “He’s like a prophet, and he’s super hot too, like Hot Gay J, ” op Kassidi.

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SHAMELS SEASON 8 EPISO 10 REVIEW: CHURCH OF GAY J

The name of tonight’s episo is “Church of Gay J, ” which is ftg bee is somethg of a miracle for a show s eighth season to feel as h and bemg as Shamels has durg s better moments this year.

‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

While this season certaly is more unwieldy than Shamels s unapologetilly humble (and mented) begngs, episos like “Church of Gay J” n distill the seri to s bt sence as an unlikely marriage between dark humor and poignant sentimentaly. After all, he is the episo’s “Gay J.

'SHAMELS' CHARACTER TAK ON ANTI-GAY CHRISTIANS: 'I'M GONNA BEAT THE F*CK OUT OF' PASTOR

Ian is offerg a very powerful and necsary msage: if you are Christian and gay, you shouldn’t live shame or fear. It is still a powerful one too, pecially, as Lip poted out tonight, hatg on gays is popular aga. Frank is tacklg another get rich quick scheme by “helpg” Ian via “Hot Gay J” merchandizg shirts.

This uld spiral toward some dark plac, but Hot Gay J has a genuely spirual msage. “Hot Gay J? I felt I uld not pe the sufferg of gay and lbian people at the hands of the church, over many that divisive issue a subject for Good Friday?