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- '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?
- CHRIS COLFER'S KIDS' BOOK A TALE OF MAGIC IS FIGHTG EX-GAY THERAPY
- CHRIS COLFER GAY, BOYIEND, RELATNSHIP- INTERTG FACTS INCLU
- OPENLY GAY CHRIS COLFER IS IN A RELATNSHIP! BOYIEND IS AN ACTOR
- CHRIS COLFER MARRIED, GAY, NET WORTH
'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
"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.
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WHICH GLEE CHARACTERS ARE GAY IN REAL LIFE?
His latt book, A Tale of Magic..., which centers on people persecuted for practicg magic, "is an allegory for beg gay, " Colfer told The Advote a recent terview. A myster savr, Madame Weatherberry, rcu Brystal om tament and recs her on a missn to change the hearts and mds of the the followg terview, Colfer discs how antigay polics of the real world spired his magil allegory, which he lls a "manifto for passn.
CHRIS COLFER'S KIDS' BOOK A TALE OF MAGIC IS FIGHTG EX-GAY THERAPY
How do you thk fictn -- your novel particular -- n fight agast antigay forc like "ex-gay" therapy the real world?
For me, the magic A Tale of Magic is an allegory for beg gay. The role of Kurt as a fashnable gay untertenor earned him Bt Supportg Actor a Seri, Miseri or Televisn Film at the 2011 Goln Globe Awards.
CHRIS COLFER GAY, BOYIEND, RELATNSHIP- INTERTG FACTS INCLU
Supports LGBTI Communy; Confirmatn Of Beg Gay! The 28-year-old actor portrays a gay character the TV seri. In an terview wh The Advote In October 2009, he hted about beg a gay.
OPENLY GAY CHRIS COLFER IS IN A RELATNSHIP! BOYIEND IS AN ACTOR
He also said that g out was hard high November 2009, he nfed the fans when he didn't addrs beg an openly gay and claimed that openg about his private would make people hard to believe about his onscreen durg an terview for Entertament Weekly 2015, Chris nfirmed his sexualy when he said, "I always felt so rpected by Cory, and I thk beg a young gay kid, I’ve never really felt rpected very much by olr straight typ, I gus. "He also admted that playg the part of a gay uld sk his reer. He further told the magaze that playg a gay role was taboo for an artist of any age at that time.
CHRIS COLFER MARRIED, GAY, NET WORTH
However, he later went to say a gay character, which was well-received by the dienc.