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ONCE UPON A TIME.. GAY CHARACTERS

This is a list of LGBTQ+ (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer) characters on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

In one ABC productn, Once Upon a Time, this character has feelgs for another prcs, technilly makg her one of the first openly gay prcs of the drama seri.

‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ REVEALS GAY STORYLE; CREATORS SAY “LOVE IS LOVE”

By the end of this episo, Ruby and Dorothy are the characters wh the first openly-gay relatnship on the seri, even sharg a kiss. Wt) alongsi Rega (Lana Parrilla), Hook (Col O’Donoghue), and Rumple (Robert Carlyle) — executive producers Adam Horowz and Edward Ksis are g the opportuny to troduce a gay character who will have a more substantial role.

GAY CHARACTER COMG TO “ONCE UPON A TIME” OR “WONRLAND” SPOFF

I don’t thk ’s an arc, ’ll be a character who is gay and that’s who they are and they exist the world.

Once Upon a Time fally ma good on s promise to clu a gay storyle season five, and was an unexpected choice. This aligns wh what the duo told The Hollywood Reporter about the gay storyle earlier this season.

The gay storyle as a b of a surprise given the show’s e of well-known and beloved characters om the Disney vlt, and follows a month that has been adly for lbians on the small screen as the “Bury Your Gays” trope took center stage after shows like The 100 and The Walkg Dead, among others, killed off lbian characters. San Diego Comic-Con revealed a lot of our favor movi and TV shows to keep an eye out for, and one particular to look forward to the g months is the addn of a gay character to the Once Upon A Time fay.

"ONCE UPON A TIME" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013/8:50 AMBY ANDREW VILLAGOMEZOCTOBER 14, 2013 / 8:50 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"ONCE UPON A TIME\" GETS GAY CHARACTER AS MULAN COM OUT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-14T12:50:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"ANDREW VILLAGOMEZ","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUNDAY'S EPISO OF ONCE UPON A TIME REVEALED WHAT EVERY GAY'S BEEN WAG FOR: A QUEER FAIRYTALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOWARD THE END OF THE EP, "QUE A COMMON FAIRY"—AND BEFORE YOU BLOW A GASKET, THAT'S A REFERENCE TO THE TRODUCTN OF TKERBELL—RUMPELSTILTSK'S SON, NEAL, ADMS THAT HE WAED TOO LONG TO TELL EMMA HE LOVED HER. 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Once Upon A Time Wonrland, a fan asked the table of actors, creators and producers about the possibily of a gay character on one of the seri.

U-T San Diego reports that producer Edward Ksis didn’t hate to answer and said while they are only jt workg on the send episo of the new spoff, fans of the magil h TV show anchise n expect a gay character to one of the two shows the future.

“In the Once universe, there will be a gay character at some pot, ” Ksis said.

WHY THE WRONG CHARACTERS WENT GAY ON ‘ONCE UPON A TIME.’

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Sunday's episo of Once Upon A Time revealed what every gay's been wag for: a queer fairytale the end of the ep, "Que a Common Fairy"—and before you blow a gasket, that's a reference to the troductn of Tkerbell—Rumpelstiltsk's son, Neal, adms that he waed too long to tell Emma he loved her. The girls hug, and Mulan walks away wh a sadned producer Edward Ksis did say there would be at least one gay character this season, and looks like Mulan's the one.

‘ONCE UPON A TIME’ WILL CLU ‘PROMENT’ GAY CHARACTER

The episo was wrten by Jane Espenson, creator of the popular gay webseri Mulan will fd another love elsewhere as she jos Rob Hood—and who knows what feelgs will be revealed by Aurora now that Mulan's partg. I had been lookg forward to Disney / ABC wrg a gay romance on s h Once Upon A Time. The negative ments all seemed to boil down to ABC g a fay show by troducg a gay romance and showg a gay kiss.

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