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Contents:
- THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
- CHECHEN COURT RUL POLICE ABDUCTN OF TWO GAY REFUGE IS LEGAL
- CHECHEN POLICE TA 20 DISTURBG BID TO TRACK DOWN GAY TORTURE VICTIMS’ PARENTS
- THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
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. 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.
CHECHEN COURT RUL POLICE ABDUCTN OF TWO GAY REFUGE IS LEGAL
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.
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.
CHECHEN POLICE TA 20 DISTURBG BID TO TRACK DOWN GAY TORTURE VICTIMS’ PARENTS
” Sharma echoed Miller’s sentiment, appldg the wrers for cludg the story gay Mlim man a televisn landspe that typilly eras them.
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.
THE UNEXPECTED GAY LEGACY 'PRISON BREAK' IS LEAVG BEHD
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. ”As “Prison Break” heads to what uld be s seri fale on Tuday night, beg a mastream actn show that actively embrac gayns might jt be s greatt cultural ntributn. “And then there’s other people, who love Michael Sfield but maybe they don’t love gay people, and now they’re wonrg if that means somethg, that they’re hero worshippg this character that’s played by an actor they know is gay...
In a follow-up Instagram post this week, Miller addrsed fans who suggted his character on the show, Michael Sfield, uld simply have e out as gay and started hookg up wh sexually-ambiguo reemed villa T-Bag – spe much of the plot hgg on his romance wh wife Sara Tancredi. “Is possible, to some folks, T-Bag = ‘gay’ rep on PB? Fet the homophob + zealots (bec f**k them) – for the queer kids, the queer adults who will never e out bec g out = ath their part of the world… is T-bag the bt they n expect?
In a prev post, Miller spoke about the prsure he felt to “erase” his gayns while workg on Prison Break.