Ryan O'Connell set to lose his "directg virgy" wh some A-list "power gays" - Queerty

Contents:

• POLICE: MAN THREATENS TO "EXTERMATE" GAYS IN WILTON MANORS
• THE HOT GUYS OM THE CROWN AND NORMAL PEOPLE WILL PLAY LOVERS A GAY ROMANCE
• RYAN O'CONNELL'S SPECIAL IS A LOVG GAY TRIBUTE TO MOM — AND SEX WORK
• RYAN O’CONNELL SET TO LOSE HIS “DIRECTG VIRGY” WH SOME A-LIST “POWER GAYS”
• JOSH O’CONNOR, PL ML UNE FOR GAY ROMANCE ‘HISTORY OF SOUND’ FROM OLIVER HERMAN – AFM

POLICE: MAN THREATENS TO "EXTERMATE" GAYS IN WILTON MANORS

"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.

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.

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

This scene, where the gay sex is not glossed over, was spired by O'Connell's real-life experienc.

"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.

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

"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.

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.

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.

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

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. Pl OConnell do weigh 113kg, which is equivalent to Pl OConnell gay or straight?

JOSH O’CONNOR, PL ML UNE FOR GAY ROMANCE ‘HISTORY OF SOUND’ FROM OLIVER HERMAN – AFM

We don't know for a fact whether Pl OConnell is gay, bisexual or straight. 50% of all voters thk that Pl OConnell is gay (homosexual), 0% voted for straight (heterosexual), and 50% like to thk that Pl OConnell is actually bisexual.

“The Crown” star and recent Emmy wner Josh O’Connor and “Normal People” BAFTA wner Pl Ml will star gay romance “The History of Sound, ” an Oliver Herman-directed adaptatn of an award-wng short story.

O’Connor’s breakout role was playg a Yorkshire sheep farmer gay love story “God’s Own Country” om “Ammone” director Francis Lee.