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Wentworth Miller, who me out as gay 2013, reacts to 'Prison Break' fans wantg his character, Michael Sfield, on the seri to be gay." emprop="scriptn

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WENTWORTH MILLER REVEALS, 'I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF' FOR BEG GAY

Wentworth Miller publicly me out as gay last month, and now he's discsg his stggle g to terms wh his inty. "The first time I tried to kill myself I was 15. I waed until my fay went away for the weekend and I was alone the hoe and I swallowed a bottle of pills," Miller said a speech at the Human Rights Campaign Dner Seattle on Saturday. * wentworth miller gay scene *

ByLESLEY MESSERSeptember 9, 2013, 10:58 AMWentworth Miller speaks onstage at the "Rint Evil: Afterlife" panel discsn durg Comic-Con 2010 at San Diego Conventn Center, July 24, 2010, San Wter/Getty Imag— -- Wentworth Miller publicly me out as gay last month, and now he's discsg his stggle g to terms wh his inty. "Miller, 41, announced that he was gay a letter to the St. "I am eply troubled by the current attu toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Rsian ernment, " he wrote.

"Now, Wentworth is beg more forthg about his stggle to accept himself as a gay man, and the strs his inty ed him.

"I'd like to tell -- to watch -- more stori where gay characters are rmed by their stggl, but not fed, " he said, addg, "Not gettg sacrificed so straight characters n enjoy some kd of epiphany. ”The 48-year-old went on to tail his own ncerns about the kiss scene he posted, sayg that he was grateful that the character was wrten as gay and that there were “2 gay actors playg 2 gay superhero.

WENTWORTH MILLER ON COMG OUT AS GAY: "I FEEL MORE FULLY EXPRSED"

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” “[I]t need tweakg, ” he revealed that he actually phed for a rewre of a le which the two gay superhero qutn disclosed they were gettg married, and his character said somethg ak to: “I jt want somethg normal.

” Miller disagreed wh this amg of same-sex marriag, llg the sentiment “homonormative” and sayg that he himself do not plan to get term “homonormativy” was popularized by queer scholar Lisa Duggan a 2003 say and refers to a trend queer polics that upholds and stas “domant heteronormative assumptns and stutns” and endors “a privatized, policized gay culture anchored domticy and nsumptn. ”Some, like Miller, nsir gay marriage to be emblematic of this trend.

Matt Sayl/AP PhotoWentworth Miller is openg up about his cisn to e out as gay. I thk 's possible to have a man-csh if you're not gay or to have a csh on a guy you know to be gay if you're a woman. This exchange the send episo of “Prison Break” marks a rare moment durg the seri’ origal n that allus to the possibily of gay sex behd bars.

THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD

"Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller me out as Gay 2013, and sce then, the actor has been g his platform to advote for the rights of members of the LGBTQ muny. * wentworth miller gay scene *

Its star Wentworth Miller me out as gay 2013, stg his celebry and the seri a new light.

Three years later, “Prison Break” was revived wh an pee who happened to be gay and Mlim, as well as three openly gay actors leadg rol. He quickly beme an spirg figure an dtry that’s historilly silenced gay actors by revealg his own stggl wh suici, prsn and even a rult, his work on “Prison Break” beme immediately policized, regardls of whether he ever had any tentn of makg Michael Sfield a queer hero.

It’s meangful to see a gay male lead this kd of macho-retro universe. “‘Prison Break’ has a huge followg the Middle East, so I wanted to give viewers a season that rewards them for all the thgs they love, but at the same time mak them a ltle unfortable and root for a guy they might malign otherwise for his homosexualy.

WENTWORTH MILLER CAME OUT AS GAY 2013 — SI THE 'PRISON BREAK' STAR'S PERSONAL LIFE

The settg and qutns surroundg his prumed ath give the new season a creative boost, but the most wele surprise arriv the form of Sid (Kunal Sharma), a young Mlim man sentenced to 20 years prison for beg gay. ’ And havg gay characters the reboot is a natural progrsn.

” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them.

WENTWORTH MILLER ADDRS FANS WANTG HIS PRISON BREAK CHARACTER TO BE GAY AFTER HE STEPS DOWN

Like many LGBTQ characters on-screen the days, Sid be the latt victim of the “Bury Your Gays” trope. In addn to Miller, Augt Prew, who recently got engaged to his partner, joed the st along wh El Gamal, a gay Mlim actor.

Queer actors are typilly pigeonholed to playg rol that align wh their genr and sexualy, but here, openly gay men play everythg om heterosexual love terts to pe artists and ISIL villas.

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