Ryan O'Connell's Special Is a Lovg Gay Tribute to Mom — and Sex Work

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Noted hot guys Pl Ml ('Normal People') and Josh O'Connor ('The Crown') will play lovers a historil gay romance 'The History of Sound.'

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"Everyone knows Wilton Manors is predomately gay and lbian. Sourc say Jungwirth – who reportedly is gay – is the Orlando area. Josh O'Connor and Pl Ml, two noted hunks om The Crown and Normal People, are gog to play lovers a gay romance that doubl as a World War I perd piece, and...

Special is a groundbreakg piece of on the memoir by Ryan O'Connell, I'm Special: And Other Li We Tell Ourselv, the new Netflix seri is centered on a gay man his 20s wh cerebral palsy -- a perspective that was prevly absent om the mastream media landspe.

THE HOT GUYS OM THE CROWN AND NORMAL PEOPLE WILL PLAY LOVERS A GAY ROMANCE

It's not easy datg as a gay man the already body-dysmorphic cy of Los Angel -- a pool party scene of men wh sculpted physiqu will leave many viewers wh anxiety. However, the reprentatn of a gay man wh cerebral palsy is not the only aspect of Special that's special. This scene, where the gay sex is not glossed over, was spired by O'Connell's real-life experienc.

RYAN O'CONNELL'S SPECIAL IS A LOVG GAY TRIBUTE TO MOM — AND SEX WORK

"Through Special, O'Connell set out to stigmatize sex work as well as gay sex.

Inspired by HBO's Girls, which showed how sex among straight people n be plited, O'Connell wanted to pict that level of sex plexy for the gay muny. "I don't know why people are still aaid of gay sex, " he said.

"I don't know why gay sex n't be shown for what is, which is, awkward, funny, sexy, embarrassg -- sometim all at the same time, wh two mut. "In addn to brgg a more realistic reprentatn of gay sex to televisn, O'Connell is also hopg to brg a posive reprentatn for those wh disabili.

RYAN O’CONNELL SET TO LOSE HIS “DIRECTG VIRGY” WH SOME A-LIST “POWER GAYS”

We love to see the gays wng, so we’re thrilled to hear that Queerty favore Ryan O’Connell‘s novel Jt By Lookg At Him will be adapted to a feature film. A the productn pany -found by gay super-producer Greg Berlanti, a. But Berlanti’s not the only gay TV royalty volved Jt By Lookg At Him; the film will -star the one-and-only Jim Parsons.

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Bt known as The Big Bang Theory‘s Sheldon, Parsons been makg some big mov to the film world of late, cludg the upg gay romance Spoiler Alert.

Related: Jim Parsons previews gay dramedy ‘Spoiler Alert, ’ reveals touchg personal nnectn. In a post about the announcement, O’Connell shared his excement over workg wh “power gays” Berlanti and Parsons, sayg he “met [them] separately the first year I moved to LA and told my secure twenty-somethg self that my voice had value. The bt power gays look after the powerls on….

O’Connell will play the lead role of Ellt, a gay televisn wrer wh cerebral palsy, and the edy will follow him as he attempts “to fd love and nnectn a world that wasn’t built for him. “When Ryan pched Jt By Lookg At Him his sgular style— his words, a Nora Ephron movie wh a ton of gay sex—we were immediately hooked by his hilar, totally origal, empathetic visn for the film, ” says the print of FilmNatn.

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