The very first time I wrote about Glee for VF Daily, way back 2009, I lled both “the gayt show on televisn” and “the penultimate stage the homosexual takeover of Ameri.” But fyg all expectatns (and nventns), the past 12 months, has bee faggier. This is tly e for celebratn! And what better way to show our reverence than wh what might be the world’s gayt Top 10 list? Read on for our image-rich untdown of the Ten Gayt Glee Moments of 2010 (and a bon: the unexpectedly Not Gayt Moments).
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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
- 2010’S GAYT GLEE MOMENTSBY BRETT BERKDECEMBER 15, 2010SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE VERY FIRST TIME I WROTE ABOUT GLEE FOR VF DAILY, WAY BACK 2009, I LLED BOTH “THE GAYT SHOW ON TELEVISN” AND “THE PENULTIMATE STAGE THE HOMOSEXUAL TAKEOVER OF AMERI.” BUT FYG ALL EXPECTATNS (AND NVENTNS), THE PAST 12 MONTHS, HAS BEE FAGGIER. THIS IS TLY E FOR CELEBRATN! AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW OUR REVERENCE THAN WH WHAT MIGHT BE THE WORLD’S GAYT TOP 10 LIST? READ ON FOR OUR IMAGE-RICH UNTDOWN OF THE TEN GAYT GLEE MOMENTS OF 2010 (AND A BON: THE UNEXPECTEDLY NOT GAYT MOMENTS).SLOWDANCE [SEASON 1, EPISO 16 “HOME”]: AT THE ROLLER RK CUM KARAOKE BARET THAT APRIL RHOS SCREWED HER WAY TO OWNG, THE CHANTSE RAN THGS HER WAY—AND THAT MEANT, DURG UPL’ SKATE, VG THE FELLAS TO “GRAB A GAL. OR GRAB ANOTHER FELLA IF THAT’S THE WAY THE GOOD LORD MA YOU.” FET YOU, GWYNNY. BRG BACK APRIL RHOS!STRAIGHTENG UP [SEASON 1, EPISO 18 “LARYNGIS”]: IN A SPERATE AND MENTED ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF HIS SEXUALY, KURT DONNED CARHARTT DRAG, ATE CHILI DOGS, MA OUT WH BRTANY, AND SANG WHAT SOUND LIKE A CHEVY-TCK MERCIAL. LUCKILY, HE WAS AWOKEN OM THIS STRAIGHT STUPOR BY THE TASTE OF BRT’S LIP GLOSS (ROOT BEER!).MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISEXTREME MAKEOVER—BASEMENT EDN [SEASON 1, EPISO 20 “THEATRILY”]: IN PREPARATN FOR ROOMG WH HIS LT OBJECT, FN, KURT PERFORMED A DO-OVER ON HIS SUBTERRANEAN LAIR, RULTG A CASBAH THEME THAT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHG THE CHECHEN MOLLY RGWALD WOULD HAVE DONE TO HER BEDROOM IF PRETTY PK WERE A PLEA FOR MLIM SENTIALISM. FN, RATHER ACCURATELY, SCRIBED THE RENOVATN AS “FAGGY.”GAY MARRIAGE [SEASON 2, EPISO 8 “FURT”]: I HATE WEDDGS, AND I’M NO FAN OF CHURCH, BUT EVEN I TEARED UP AT FRANKENTEEN’S BROMANTIC ALTAR SPEECH AT BURT AND CAROLE’S NUPTIALS. STILL, I WISH KURT HAD GOTTEN HIS WISH, AND THEY’D BEEN ABLE TO RELEASE 300 LIVE DOV, FED SOLELY ON A DIET OF GLTER.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISCOLD, YET HOT (BUT STILL CHILLY) [SEASON 2, EPISO 10, “A VERY GLEE CHRISTMAS”]: KURT AND BLAE’S DUET WAS AS CLOSE TO A PERFECT GAY DATE AS TWO SHOW-TRASH-LOVG YOUNG MEN ULD GET WH THEIR CLOTH ON, THOUGH PROMPTED THE QUTN: WHAT BASE IS LOOKG-AT-ONE-ANOTHER-WH-THE-KD-OF-LONGG-THAT-SUGGTS-THAT-YOU-MIGHT-SOON-HOLD-HANDS?HOMO HOGWARTS [SEASON 2, EPISO 6 “NEVER BEEN KISSED”]: OUR FIRST GLIMPSE SI DALTON AMY REVEALED EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED: A BCE WEBER ABERCROMBIE PHOTO SHOOT, JT BEFORE EVERYONE TAK OFF THEIR CLOTH. I SMELL CHICKEN!MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISROCKY II [SEASON 2, EPISO 5 “THE ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW”]: I CHALLENGE YOU TO FD ONE THG THIS EPISO THAT WAS NOT AS QUEER AS A FAKE LOUIS VUTON BARREL BAG STUFFED WH THREE-DOLLAR BILLS.THE SU-ASIAN [SEASON 2, EPISO 1 “AUDN”]: IN WHICH THE NATURAL WONR THAT IS MIKE CHANG REVEALS YET ANOTHER PARABLE TALENT—ABS.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISTHE FULL ETHERIDGE [SEASON 2, EPISO 4 “DUETS”]: BRTANY AND SANTANA FALLY BUMPED SPANKY PANTS, BRGG MY SEND-MOST VAL GLEE FANTASY TO UN. SADLY, SPE THE EPISO’S TLE, THEY FAILED TO JO FORC TO SG MY LONG-REQUTED VERSN OF PRCE’S “COMPUTER BLUE.”CHORD OVERSTREET [SEASON 2, EVERY EPISO]: IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF TRANSFER STUNT SAM EVANS, CHORD RPORATED AN ALCHEMIL MIXTURE OF ADORABLENS, HUNKS, AND SHIRTLSNS THAT WAS LIKE A POTENT BATHTUB BATCH OF CRYSTAL METH: I SPENT EACH EPISO WAG FOR MY NEXT H. PL, HE SUBMTED GENIALLY TO THE MOST HUIATG TERVIEW EVER PERPETRATED, AND LET ME SHOOT VIO OF HIM DRIVG AROUND L.A., TOPLS. HERE’S HOPG HIS OBSSN WH ON-SCREEN PERSONAL HYGIENE NTU THE SEASON’S SEND HALF.BONUS: BEFORE YOU START PLAG ABOUT MY NOT CLUDG ANY OF THE FOLLOWG SEEMGLY HOMOPHILIC BS, ALLOW ME TO EXPLA WHY THEY DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT.BRTANY/MADGE/GAGA EPISOS: INHERENT CELEBRY-THEMED STUNT EPISOS SERVE NO REWARDS.SUE’S SUE-ON-SUE NUPTIALS: NARCISSISM IS NOT THE SAME AS LBIANISM.KURT AND RACHEL’S BABS/JUDY DUET: I STILL SAY ’S A MASH-UP, AND SPE GLEE MIC SUPERVISOR P. J. BLOOM’S SOUND ADVICE, MASH-UPS = ZERO STARS.BITE’S BURN: IF A POWER-LIFTG BULL DAGGER LIKE SHANNON BITEN’T BE A SAPPHIC SISTER ON THIS SHOW, WHO N?KAROFSKY’S BIG KISS: I ADORE MAX ADLER. BUT SEXUAL ASSLT ISN’T SEXY, UNLS ’S NSENSUAL.RELATED: MORE V.F. GLEE VERAGE THAN YOU N BEAR, CLUDG RE-PS, EXCLIVE TERVIEWS, VIOS, AND CRAZY FEATUR. YOU’VE GOT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE NEXT EPISO. I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ THEM ALL!BRETT BERK WR GAILY ABOUT CULTURE, POLICS, AND RS FOR , AND IS THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE’S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT OR FOLLOW HIM ON TWTER.BRETT BERK
- IN ITS FAL SEASON, GLEE WAS THE GAYT SHOW THAT’S EVER BEEN ON TELEVISN
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- 'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN'WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ... ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY,' TREVOR PROJECT TERIM CEO TELLS MTV NEWS.BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012/7:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012 / 7:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELL"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUDAY NIGHT'S WTER FALE OF "GLEE" TACKLED THE DIFFICULT TOPIC OF TEEN BULLYG AND SUICI. DAVID KAROFSKY (MAX ADLER) -- WHO BULLIED KURT (CHRIS COLFER) BEE OF HIS SEXUALY ONLY TO BE REVEALED LATER AS GAY HIMSELF -- TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER TEAMMAT AT HIS NEW SCHOOL DISVERED THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS GAY AND VICLY HARASSED HIM VERBALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAROFSKY'S ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCSFUL BUT BROUGHT THE SUBJECT TO THE FOREONT FOR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS. AND WHILE THE SHOW'S CISN TO TAKE ON THE TOPIC WAS BOLD, THE PORTRAYAL HAS SPIRED A MIXED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE VIEWERS WHO FELT THE TOPIC WAS HANDLED FTLY AND WH GREAT RE IS DAVID MCFARLAND, THE TERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NATNAL ANIZATN THAT PROVIS CRISIS AND SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG YOUTH. THE GROUP AIRED A MUCH-DISCSED [ARTICLE ID="1679649"]PSA FEATURG "HARRY POTTER" STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE[/ARTICLE] DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S CLEAR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S EPISO THAT RYAN MURPHY AND HIS TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOG THEIR REARCH TO TELL A TOUGH STORY AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE VOLVED AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNY TO AIR TREVOR'S PSA WH DANIEL RADCLIFFE," MCFARLAND TOLD MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (FEBARY 22).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS, HOWEVER, PLAED THAT THE EPISO HAD TOO MANY ADDNAL STORY L -- A TEEN WEDDG, THE REGNALS' SGG PETN AND A MAJOR CINT FOR ONE OF THE PRCIPAL CHARACTERS THAT WE WON'T SPOIL HERE -- WHICH ULTIMATELY SERVED TO OVERSIMPLIFY AND TRIVIALIZE AN IMPORTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS' OWN "GLEE" RE-PPER, KEV SULLIVAN, TOOK PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO A MENT MA BY MR. SCHUTER, WHO REVEALED THAT HIS OWN SUICI ATTEMPT WAS PROMPTED BY BEG UGHT CHEATG ON A MATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SUICI HAS SO MANY ASPECTS TO NSIR THAT NNOT BE GLOSSED OVER THE SAME HOUR THAT FEATUR A REGNAL SHOW CHOIR PETN AND A FICTNAL WEDDG," SULLIVAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCFARLAND DISAGREED, HOWEVER, SAYG HE THOUGHT THE EPISO WAS AN EXAMPLE OF RPONSIBLE STORYTELLG. "[THE TREVOR PROJECT WASN'T] TOLD ADVANCE ... WHAT THE EPISO WAS GOG TO BE, WE WEREN'T ON-SET ADVISORS TO THE EPISO," MCFARLAND ADD. "WE'VE BEEN VOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THEY WERE GOG TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT SUICI, WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ACCS TO ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SEEMED TO BE SLOPPY PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALSO RAISED SOME EYEBROWS GIVEN THE SUBJECT MATTER. AFTER A MEMBER OF MCKLEY'S CHRISTIAN STUNT CLUB (A.K.A. THE "GOD SQUAD") MENTNS THAT THEY'RE SENDG KAROFSKY AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT, WE LATER SPOT THE U BOUQUET WHEN KURT VISS THE HOSPAL. AND WHEN WARBLER SEBASTIAN ANNOUNC THAT HIS TEAM WILL BE TAKG DONATNS FOR LADY GAGA'S [ARTICLE ID="1677562"]BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN[/ARTICLE] AT REGNALS, SOME ULDN'T HELP BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN'S ANTI-BULLYG MISSN ALIGNS WELL WH THE EPISO'S MSAGE, SOME FANS QUTNED THE WISDOM OF PLUGGG THE YET-TO-LNCH ANIZATN OF A MAJOR POP STAR WHEN OTHER, LS-VISIBLE ANIZATNS HAVE MONSTRATED THEIR WORK ON THE MATTER. STILL, MCFARLAND THKS THE SHOW DID A GREAT SERVICE BY PUTTG THE TOPIC OF LGBT TEEN SUICI ON A LARGE NATNAL PLATFORM; HE'S HAPPY THE SUBJECT IS GETTG THE NATNAL ATTENTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S BEG DISCSED ON MANY PLATFORMS AND LEVELS THROUGHOUT THIS UNTRY, CLUDG ON THE RADAR SCREEN OF THE PRINT AND FIRST LADY OF THE UNED STAT," MCFARLAND SAID. "AND A STORY LIKE THIS RERC THE IMPORTANT ATTENTN THAT THIS UNTRY NEEDS TO GIVE TO WHAT IS TLY A HEALTH CRISIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE REALLY NEED TO PROVI SAFE SPAC AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH AND THAT EPISO TOLD THAT STORY BETIFULLY," HE NTUED. "MORE OF THE STORI NEED TO BE TOLD, MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. OVERALL, WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE PROVIDG SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY NEED TO FEEL SOCIALLY, EMOTNALLY AND PHYSILLY SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT HOME, THEIR MUNI AND THEIR SCHOOLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TUDAY'S EPISO OF "GLEE" THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- 'GLEE' DRAWS FIRE FOR GAGA, PRO-GAY EPISO
'GLEE' STAR CHRIS COLFER SAYS HE WAS 'ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED' TO PLAY A GAY CHARACTER ON THE SHOW BEE HE WASN'T OUT YET
* gay episodes of glee *
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 . However, Dave later reveals he is gay after tryg to kiss Kurt season two.
LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. "Glee" star Chris Colfer opened up about playg the openly gay character, Kurt, on a podst Thursday.
2010’S GAYT GLEE MOMENTSBY BRETT BERKDECEMBER 15, 2010SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE VERY FIRST TIME I WROTE ABOUT GLEE FOR VF DAILY, WAY BACK 2009, I LLED BOTH “THE GAYT SHOW ON TELEVISN” AND “THE PENULTIMATE STAGE THE HOMOSEXUAL TAKEOVER OF AMERI.” BUT FYG ALL EXPECTATNS (AND NVENTNS), THE PAST 12 MONTHS, HAS BEE FAGGIER. THIS IS TLY E FOR CELEBRATN! AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW OUR REVERENCE THAN WH WHAT MIGHT BE THE WORLD’S GAYT TOP 10 LIST? READ ON FOR OUR IMAGE-RICH UNTDOWN OF THE TEN GAYT GLEE MOMENTS OF 2010 (AND A BON: THE UNEXPECTEDLY NOT GAYT MOMENTS).SLOWDANCE [SEASON 1, EPISO 16 “HOME”]: AT THE ROLLER RK CUM KARAOKE BARET THAT APRIL RHOS SCREWED HER WAY TO OWNG, THE CHANTSE RAN THGS HER WAY—AND THAT MEANT, DURG UPL’ SKATE, VG THE FELLAS TO “GRAB A GAL. OR GRAB ANOTHER FELLA IF THAT’S THE WAY THE GOOD LORD MA YOU.” FET YOU, GWYNNY. BRG BACK APRIL RHOS!STRAIGHTENG UP [SEASON 1, EPISO 18 “LARYNGIS”]: IN A SPERATE AND MENTED ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF HIS SEXUALY, KURT DONNED CARHARTT DRAG, ATE CHILI DOGS, MA OUT WH BRTANY, AND SANG WHAT SOUND LIKE A CHEVY-TCK MERCIAL. LUCKILY, HE WAS AWOKEN OM THIS STRAIGHT STUPOR BY THE TASTE OF BRT’S LIP GLOSS (ROOT BEER!).MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISEXTREME MAKEOVER—BASEMENT EDN [SEASON 1, EPISO 20 “THEATRILY”]: IN PREPARATN FOR ROOMG WH HIS LT OBJECT, FN, KURT PERFORMED A DO-OVER ON HIS SUBTERRANEAN LAIR, RULTG A CASBAH THEME THAT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHG THE CHECHEN MOLLY RGWALD WOULD HAVE DONE TO HER BEDROOM IF PRETTY PK WERE A PLEA FOR MLIM SENTIALISM. FN, RATHER ACCURATELY, SCRIBED THE RENOVATN AS “FAGGY.”GAY MARRIAGE [SEASON 2, EPISO 8 “FURT”]: I HATE WEDDGS, AND I’M NO FAN OF CHURCH, BUT EVEN I TEARED UP AT FRANKENTEEN’S BROMANTIC ALTAR SPEECH AT BURT AND CAROLE’S NUPTIALS. STILL, I WISH KURT HAD GOTTEN HIS WISH, AND THEY’D BEEN ABLE TO RELEASE 300 LIVE DOV, FED SOLELY ON A DIET OF GLTER.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISCOLD, YET HOT (BUT STILL CHILLY) [SEASON 2, EPISO 10, “A VERY GLEE CHRISTMAS”]: KURT AND BLAE’S DUET WAS AS CLOSE TO A PERFECT GAY DATE AS TWO SHOW-TRASH-LOVG YOUNG MEN ULD GET WH THEIR CLOTH ON, THOUGH PROMPTED THE QUTN: WHAT BASE IS LOOKG-AT-ONE-ANOTHER-WH-THE-KD-OF-LONGG-THAT-SUGGTS-THAT-YOU-MIGHT-SOON-HOLD-HANDS?HOMO HOGWARTS [SEASON 2, EPISO 6 “NEVER BEEN KISSED”]: OUR FIRST GLIMPSE SI DALTON AMY REVEALED EXACTLY WHAT WE EXPECTED: A BCE WEBER ABERCROMBIE PHOTO SHOOT, JT BEFORE EVERYONE TAK OFF THEIR CLOTH. I SMELL CHICKEN!MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISROCKY II [SEASON 2, EPISO 5 “THE ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW”]: I CHALLENGE YOU TO FD ONE THG THIS EPISO THAT WAS NOT AS QUEER AS A FAKE LOUIS VUTON BARREL BAG STUFFED WH THREE-DOLLAR BILLS.THE SU-ASIAN [SEASON 2, EPISO 1 “AUDN”]: IN WHICH THE NATURAL WONR THAT IS MIKE CHANG REVEALS YET ANOTHER PARABLE TALENT—ABS.MOST POPULARVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHRED, WHE & ROYAL BLUE MAY BE “THE MOST EXPENSIVE B OF FAN FICTN EVER”BY SAVANNAH WALSHTHE CAST OF OPPENHEIMER AND THE REAL PEOPLE THEY PLAYBY HILLARY BISTHE FULL ETHERIDGE [SEASON 2, EPISO 4 “DUETS”]: BRTANY AND SANTANA FALLY BUMPED SPANKY PANTS, BRGG MY SEND-MOST VAL GLEE FANTASY TO UN. SADLY, SPE THE EPISO’S TLE, THEY FAILED TO JO FORC TO SG MY LONG-REQUTED VERSN OF PRCE’S “COMPUTER BLUE.”CHORD OVERSTREET [SEASON 2, EVERY EPISO]: IN HIS PORTRAYAL OF TRANSFER STUNT SAM EVANS, CHORD RPORATED AN ALCHEMIL MIXTURE OF ADORABLENS, HUNKS, AND SHIRTLSNS THAT WAS LIKE A POTENT BATHTUB BATCH OF CRYSTAL METH: I SPENT EACH EPISO WAG FOR MY NEXT H. PL, HE SUBMTED GENIALLY TO THE MOST HUIATG TERVIEW EVER PERPETRATED, AND LET ME SHOOT VIO OF HIM DRIVG AROUND L.A., TOPLS. HERE’S HOPG HIS OBSSN WH ON-SCREEN PERSONAL HYGIENE NTU THE SEASON’S SEND HALF.BONUS: BEFORE YOU START PLAG ABOUT MY NOT CLUDG ANY OF THE FOLLOWG SEEMGLY HOMOPHILIC BS, ALLOW ME TO EXPLA WHY THEY DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT.BRTANY/MADGE/GAGA EPISOS: INHERENT CELEBRY-THEMED STUNT EPISOS SERVE NO REWARDS.SUE’S SUE-ON-SUE NUPTIALS: NARCISSISM IS NOT THE SAME AS LBIANISM.KURT AND RACHEL’S BABS/JUDY DUET: I STILL SAY ’S A MASH-UP, AND SPE GLEE MIC SUPERVISOR P. J. BLOOM’S SOUND ADVICE, MASH-UPS = ZERO STARS.BITE’S BURN: IF A POWER-LIFTG BULL DAGGER LIKE SHANNON BITEN’T BE A SAPPHIC SISTER ON THIS SHOW, WHO N?KAROFSKY’S BIG KISS: I ADORE MAX ADLER. BUT SEXUAL ASSLT ISN’T SEXY, UNLS ’S NSENSUAL.RELATED: MORE V.F. GLEE VERAGE THAN YOU N BEAR, CLUDG RE-PS, EXCLIVE TERVIEWS, VIOS, AND CRAZY FEATUR. YOU’VE GOT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE NEXT EPISO. I CHALLENGE YOU TO READ THEM ALL!BRETT BERK WR GAILY ABOUT CULTURE, POLICS, AND RS FOR , AND IS THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE’S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT OR FOLLOW HIM ON TWTER.BRETT BERK
Grant Gt mak his first appearance this episo, playg a new "major" recurrg character, Sebastian Smythe, a "gay Dalton Amy Warbler who sets his sights on Blae". ... Some of the actors who played Warblers the send season, cludg Hall and Mega, returned for the third. Is Grant Gt Season 4 of * gay episodes of glee *
"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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The very first time I wrote about Glee for VF Daily, way back 2009, I lled both “the gayt show on televisn” and “the penultimate stage the homosexual takeover of Ameri. And what better way to show our reverence than wh what might be the world’s gayt Top 10 list?
IN ITS FAL SEASON, GLEE WAS THE GAYT SHOW THAT’S EVER BEEN ON TELEVISN
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * gay episodes of glee *
Read on for our image-rich untdown of the Ten Gayt Glee Moments of 2010 (and a bon: the unexpectedly Not Gayt Moments). ”Gay Marriage [Season 2, Episo 8 “Furt”]: I hate weddgs, and I’m no fan of church, but even I teared up at Frankenteen’s bromantic altar speech at Burt and Carole’s nuptials.
Still, I wish Kurt had gotten his wish, and they’d been able to release 300 live dov, fed solely on a diet of, yet Hot (but Still Chilly) [Season 2, Episo 10, “A Very Glee Christmas”]: Kurt and Blae’s duet was as close to a perfect gay date as two show-trash-lovg young men uld get wh their cloth on, though prompted the qutn: What base is lookg-at-one-another-wh-the-kd-of-longg-that-suggts-that-you-might-soon-hold-hands? Homo Hogwarts [Season 2, Episo 6 “Never Been Kissed”]: Our first glimpse si Dalton Amy revealed exactly what we expected: a Bce Weber Abercrombie photo shoot, jt before everyone tak off their cloth.
KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Here’s hopg his obssn wh on-screen personal hygiene ntu the season’s send Before you start plag about my not cludg any of the followg seemgly homophilic bs, allow me to expla why they didn’t make the cut. Brett Berk wr gaily about culture, polics, and rs for, and is the thor of The Gay Uncle’s Gui to Parentg. I have a totally unttable theory that Glee did more to normalize homosexualy than any other show TV history, perhaps more than any other mastream work of art.
But the fal season, which to an end Friday night wh a two-hour episo, is the gayt thg I’ve ever seen on televisn—and ever expect to see. Of urse, the fal cls of that last sentence pot to the biggt problem wh treatg the world of Glee as a mol post-homophobic society: It often mak no sense.
But unlike Sue, who rorted to subterfuge orr to achieve her goal of brgg Kurt and Blae back together, the wrers stated the show’s pro-gay agenda que explicly: In Episo 6, when Brtany S. Pierce still hop that Santana Lopez’s grandmother will get over her homophobia and attend their weddg, she tells her fiancee:.
'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN'WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ... ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY,' TREVOR PROJECT TERIM CEO TELLS MTV NEWS.BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012/7:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012 / 7:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELL"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUDAY NIGHT'S WTER FALE OF "GLEE" TACKLED THE DIFFICULT TOPIC OF TEEN BULLYG AND SUICI. DAVID KAROFSKY (MAX ADLER) -- WHO BULLIED KURT (CHRIS COLFER) BEE OF HIS SEXUALY ONLY TO BE REVEALED LATER AS GAY HIMSELF -- TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER TEAMMAT AT HIS NEW SCHOOL DISVERED THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS GAY AND VICLY HARASSED HIM VERBALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAROFSKY'S ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCSFUL BUT BROUGHT THE SUBJECT TO THE FOREONT FOR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS. AND WHILE THE SHOW'S CISN TO TAKE ON THE TOPIC WAS BOLD, THE PORTRAYAL HAS SPIRED A MIXED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE VIEWERS WHO FELT THE TOPIC WAS HANDLED FTLY AND WH GREAT RE IS DAVID MCFARLAND, THE TERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NATNAL ANIZATN THAT PROVIS CRISIS AND SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG YOUTH. THE GROUP AIRED A MUCH-DISCSED [ARTICLE ID="1679649"]PSA FEATURG "HARRY POTTER" STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE[/ARTICLE] DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S CLEAR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S EPISO THAT RYAN MURPHY AND HIS TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOG THEIR REARCH TO TELL A TOUGH STORY AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE VOLVED AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNY TO AIR TREVOR'S PSA WH DANIEL RADCLIFFE," MCFARLAND TOLD MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (FEBARY 22).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS, HOWEVER, PLAED THAT THE EPISO HAD TOO MANY ADDNAL STORY L -- A TEEN WEDDG, THE REGNALS' SGG PETN AND A MAJOR CINT FOR ONE OF THE PRCIPAL CHARACTERS THAT WE WON'T SPOIL HERE -- WHICH ULTIMATELY SERVED TO OVERSIMPLIFY AND TRIVIALIZE AN IMPORTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS' OWN "GLEE" RE-PPER, KEV SULLIVAN, TOOK PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO A MENT MA BY MR. SCHUTER, WHO REVEALED THAT HIS OWN SUICI ATTEMPT WAS PROMPTED BY BEG UGHT CHEATG ON A MATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SUICI HAS SO MANY ASPECTS TO NSIR THAT NNOT BE GLOSSED OVER THE SAME HOUR THAT FEATUR A REGNAL SHOW CHOIR PETN AND A FICTNAL WEDDG," SULLIVAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCFARLAND DISAGREED, HOWEVER, SAYG HE THOUGHT THE EPISO WAS AN EXAMPLE OF RPONSIBLE STORYTELLG. "[THE TREVOR PROJECT WASN'T] TOLD ADVANCE ... WHAT THE EPISO WAS GOG TO BE, WE WEREN'T ON-SET ADVISORS TO THE EPISO," MCFARLAND ADD. "WE'VE BEEN VOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THEY WERE GOG TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT SUICI, WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ACCS TO ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SEEMED TO BE SLOPPY PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALSO RAISED SOME EYEBROWS GIVEN THE SUBJECT MATTER. AFTER A MEMBER OF MCKLEY'S CHRISTIAN STUNT CLUB (A.K.A. THE "GOD SQUAD") MENTNS THAT THEY'RE SENDG KAROFSKY AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT, WE LATER SPOT THE U BOUQUET WHEN KURT VISS THE HOSPAL. AND WHEN WARBLER SEBASTIAN ANNOUNC THAT HIS TEAM WILL BE TAKG DONATNS FOR LADY GAGA'S [ARTICLE ID="1677562"]BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN[/ARTICLE] AT REGNALS, SOME ULDN'T HELP BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN'S ANTI-BULLYG MISSN ALIGNS WELL WH THE EPISO'S MSAGE, SOME FANS QUTNED THE WISDOM OF PLUGGG THE YET-TO-LNCH ANIZATN OF A MAJOR POP STAR WHEN OTHER, LS-VISIBLE ANIZATNS HAVE MONSTRATED THEIR WORK ON THE MATTER. STILL, MCFARLAND THKS THE SHOW DID A GREAT SERVICE BY PUTTG THE TOPIC OF LGBT TEEN SUICI ON A LARGE NATNAL PLATFORM; HE'S HAPPY THE SUBJECT IS GETTG THE NATNAL ATTENTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S BEG DISCSED ON MANY PLATFORMS AND LEVELS THROUGHOUT THIS UNTRY, CLUDG ON THE RADAR SCREEN OF THE PRINT AND FIRST LADY OF THE UNED STAT," MCFARLAND SAID. "AND A STORY LIKE THIS RERC THE IMPORTANT ATTENTN THAT THIS UNTRY NEEDS TO GIVE TO WHAT IS TLY A HEALTH CRISIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE REALLY NEED TO PROVI SAFE SPAC AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH AND THAT EPISO TOLD THAT STORY BETIFULLY," HE NTUED. "MORE OF THE STORI NEED TO BE TOLD, MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. OVERALL, WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE PROVIDG SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY NEED TO FEEL SOCIALLY, EMOTNALLY AND PHYSILLY SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT HOME, THEIR MUNI AND THEIR SCHOOLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TUDAY'S EPISO OF "GLEE" THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Spencer Porter, a football-playg “postmorn gay” new to the show this season, explas to Rachel that “posive reprentatns of gays the mass media have given me the nfince I need to be myself, which, turns out, is kd of an arrogant jerk. ” Even Coach Beiste, who me out as trans this season, beme a gay man. “The New York Tim says half the crease support for gay marriage is due to generatnal turnover.
'GLEE' DRAWS FIRE FOR GAGA, PRO-GAY EPISO
Grant Gt mak his first appearance this episo, playg a new “major” recurrg character, Sebastian Smythe, a “gay Dalton Amy Warbler who sets his sights on Blae”.
Gt joed Glee last season as the Dalton Amy Warblers’ openly gay lead sger. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.