Matthew Rhys On His 'Rehg' Gay Character On 'Brothers & Sisters' | HuffPost Voic

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• IN SURPRISG PLOT-TWIST, "BROTHERS & SISTERS" TAK ON HIV/{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;}LIFEBY BRENT HARTGERMAY 17, 2010/1:54 AMBY BRENT HARTGERMAY 17, 2010 / 1:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IN SURPRISG PLOT-TWIST, \"BROTHERS & SISTERS\" TAK ON HIV/AIDS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-05-17T05:54:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-05-17T05:54:33.000+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":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}WARNG: THIS ARTICLE NTAS SPOILERS FOR THE "ON THE ROAD AGA" EPISO OF BROTHERS & SISTERS. {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;}THE ATH OF ROBERT MCCALLISTER (ROB LOWE) SUNDAY NIGHT'S SEASON FALE OF BROTHERS & SISTERS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE WORST-KEPT SECRETS TELEVISN {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;}BUT THE SAME EPISO, "ON THE ROAD AGA," NTAED ANOTHER A PIVOTAL PLOT-TWIST THAT UGHT MANY VIEWERS BY PLETE {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;}UNCLE SL, PLAYED BY RON RIFK, IS {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;}HE JOS AN EXTREMELY SMALL NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS ON SCRIPTED AMERIN TELEVISN WHO HAVE EVER BEEN INTIFIED AS HIV-POSIVE. THE LAST SUCH CHARACTER, AT LEAST SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE TV PROJECT, MAY HAVE BEEN THE CHARACTER OF VCE TAYLOR (ANTHONY AZIZI) ON THE 2005-2006 SERI {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;}OTHER REGULAR GAY OR BISEXUAL HIV-POSIVE CHARACTERS TV HISTORY CLU LEE CAMPBELL ON THE BT YEARS (A CANADIAN IMPORT THAT AIRED ON THE N 2007), AND SEVERAL CHARACTERS ON THE SHOWTIME SERI QUEER AS {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;}TELEVISN'S HIGHT PROFILE REGULAR HIV-POSIVE CHARACTERS EVER WERE PROBABLY JEANIE BOULET (GLORIA RBEN) ON E.R. AND ROBERT CALDWELL (MARK HARMON) ON ST. ELSEWHERE. SPEEDY, ALSO KNOWN AS MIA DEARN, IS AN HIV-POSIVE SUPERHERO TRODUCED ON THE LATT SEASON OF SMALLVILLE ( A MEO).{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;}STILL, THE CHARACTERS, LIKE MOST HIV-POSIVE CHARACTERS ON TV TO DATE, ARE HETEROSEXUAL — PERHAPS REFLECTG THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY'S AMBIVALENCE TOWARD HIV/AIDS AND THEIR RELUCTANCE TO RERCE THE MISTAKEN NOTN THAT AIDS IS A "GAY" {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;}BUT BY REPEATEDLY PROMOTG THE WELL-TENTNED IA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAY TO GET HIV/AIDS, HOLLYWOOD HAS RERCED ANOTHER MISPERCEPTN: THAT MOST S OF HIV FECTN THE U.S. WERE NOT AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHEN, FACT, THEY WERE (AND STILL ARE).{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;}IN LAST NIGHT'S BROTHERS & SISTERS EPISO, SL IS NTACTED BY AN OLD IEND (AND ONE-TIME ROMANTIC TERT) VIA FACEBOOK. WHEN KEV AND STTY SUALLY POT OUT OM THE IEND'S PROFILE THAT HE'S BEEN LIVG WH AIDS FOR MANY YEARS, LEADS SL TO ADM THAT HE'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN TTED FOR THE VIS THAT {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;}SL ADMS THAT, S EARLIER, HE HAD HAD A SERI OF RANDOM, UNPROTECTED SEXUAL ENUNTERS THAT RULTED BEE OF WISPREAD IGNORANCE ABOUT THE FACTS OF HIV/AIDS AND HIS OWN EPLY TERNALIZED {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;}AFTER MUCH PROMPTG BY THE WALKER FAY, SL FALLY AGRE TO GET TTED. AT THE TTG CENTER, HE LEARNS THAT IS POSSIBLE TO RRY THE VIS FOR MANY YEARS WHOUT SHOWG SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE (AND THAT HIV-FECTN RAT ARE CURRENTLY RISG AMONG THE ELRLY THANKS TO SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT DGS).{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;}LATER, AFTER PHONG TO GET THE RULTS OF HIS TT (SOMETHG NOT ALLOWED MOST TTG CENTERS), SL TELLS THE FAY THAT HE IS FE, THAT HE HAS TTED {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;}BUT THE FAY IS LATER VOLVED A R CRASH AT THE END OF THE EPISO — AN ACCINT THAT ENDS UP TAKG ROBERT MCCALLISTER'S LIFE. SL IS JURED AS WELL AND IS BLEEDG, BUT WHEN KEV APPROACH TO HELP HIM, HE SAYS, "DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU N'T."{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;}IN OTHER WORDS, HE HAS LIED ABOUT THE RULTS OF HIS TT. HE IS HIV-POSIVE, AND HIS BLOOD IS {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;}CURRENTLY, GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN MAKE UP HALF OF ALL HIV FECTNS THE U.S. AND SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF OF NEW FECTNS, ACRDG TO THE {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;}ESTIMAT OF THE NUMBER OF GAY MEN CURRENTLY LIVG WH HIV RANGE OM TEN PERCENT TO FORTY PERCENT CERTA CI. A 2010 STUDY OF GAY MEN WASHGTON D.C. FOUND THAT 14% OF GAY MEN THAT CY ARE {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 NIGHT'S BROTHERS & SISTERS PLOT-TWIST, G THE LAST EPISO OF THE SEASON, GIV THE SHOW AN OPPORTUNY TO AL WH AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN IGNORED BY MASTREAM TELEVISN FOR FAR TOO LONG: HIV FECTN AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE {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;}IT ALSO GIV THE SHOW A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHG TERTG WH RON RIFK, A TALENTED ACTOR WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN LTLE TO DO ON THE SHOW TO DATE, SPE THE REVELATN THAT HE IS GAY EARLY THE SEND {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;}ACRDG TO HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE SHOW HAS BEEN RENEWED FOR A FIFTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MATTHEW RHYS ON HIS 'REHG' GAY CHARACTER ON 'BROTHERS & SISTERS'
• THERE ARE 3 GUYS PLAYG GAY ON B&S, ARE ANY OF THEM GAY REAL LIFE?

IN SURPRISG PLOT-TWIST, "BROTHERS & SISTERS" TAK ON HIV/{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;}LIFEBY BRENT HARTGERMAY 17, 2010/1:54 AMBY BRENT HARTGERMAY 17, 2010 / 1:54 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IN SURPRISG PLOT-TWIST, \"BROTHERS & SISTERS\" TAK ON HIV/AIDS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-05-17T05:54:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-05-17T05:54:33.000+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":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{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;}WARNG: THIS ARTICLE NTAS SPOILERS FOR THE "ON THE ROAD AGA" EPISO OF BROTHERS & SISTERS. {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;}THE ATH OF ROBERT MCCALLISTER (ROB LOWE) SUNDAY NIGHT'S SEASON FALE OF BROTHERS & SISTERS MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE WORST-KEPT SECRETS TELEVISN {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;}BUT THE SAME EPISO, "ON THE ROAD AGA," NTAED ANOTHER A PIVOTAL PLOT-TWIST THAT UGHT MANY VIEWERS BY PLETE {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;}UNCLE SL, PLAYED BY RON RIFK, IS {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;}HE JOS AN EXTREMELY SMALL NUMBER OF GAY CHARACTERS ON SCRIPTED AMERIN TELEVISN WHO HAVE EVER BEEN INTIFIED AS HIV-POSIVE. THE LAST SUCH CHARACTER, AT LEAST SUCH A HIGH-PROFILE TV PROJECT, MAY HAVE BEEN THE CHARACTER OF VCE TAYLOR (ANTHONY AZIZI) ON THE 2005-2006 SERI {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;}OTHER REGULAR GAY OR BISEXUAL HIV-POSIVE CHARACTERS TV HISTORY CLU LEE CAMPBELL ON THE BT YEARS (A CANADIAN IMPORT THAT AIRED ON THE N 2007), AND SEVERAL CHARACTERS ON THE SHOWTIME SERI QUEER AS {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;}TELEVISN'S HIGHT PROFILE REGULAR HIV-POSIVE CHARACTERS EVER WERE PROBABLY JEANIE BOULET (GLORIA RBEN) ON E.R. AND ROBERT CALDWELL (MARK HARMON) ON ST. ELSEWHERE. SPEEDY, ALSO KNOWN AS MIA DEARN, IS AN HIV-POSIVE SUPERHERO TRODUCED ON THE LATT SEASON OF SMALLVILLE ( A MEO).{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;}STILL, THE CHARACTERS, LIKE MOST HIV-POSIVE CHARACTERS ON TV TO DATE, ARE HETEROSEXUAL — PERHAPS REFLECTG THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY'S AMBIVALENCE TOWARD HIV/AIDS AND THEIR RELUCTANCE TO RERCE THE MISTAKEN NOTN THAT AIDS IS A "GAY" {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;}BUT BY REPEATEDLY PROMOTG THE WELL-TENTNED IA THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAY TO GET HIV/AIDS, HOLLYWOOD HAS RERCED ANOTHER MISPERCEPTN: THAT MOST S OF HIV FECTN THE U.S. WERE NOT AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHEN, FACT, THEY WERE (AND STILL ARE).{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;}IN LAST NIGHT'S BROTHERS & SISTERS EPISO, SL IS NTACTED BY AN OLD IEND (AND ONE-TIME ROMANTIC TERT) VIA FACEBOOK. WHEN KEV AND STTY SUALLY POT OUT OM THE IEND'S PROFILE THAT HE'S BEEN LIVG WH AIDS FOR MANY YEARS, LEADS SL TO ADM THAT HE'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN TTED FOR THE VIS THAT {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;}SL ADMS THAT, S EARLIER, HE HAD HAD A SERI OF RANDOM, UNPROTECTED SEXUAL ENUNTERS THAT RULTED BEE OF WISPREAD IGNORANCE ABOUT THE FACTS OF HIV/AIDS AND HIS OWN EPLY TERNALIZED {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;}AFTER MUCH PROMPTG BY THE WALKER FAY, SL FALLY AGRE TO GET TTED. AT THE TTG CENTER, HE LEARNS THAT IS POSSIBLE TO RRY THE VIS FOR MANY YEARS WHOUT SHOWG SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE (AND THAT HIV-FECTN RAT ARE CURRENTLY RISG AMONG THE ELRLY THANKS TO SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT DGS).{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;}LATER, AFTER PHONG TO GET THE RULTS OF HIS TT (SOMETHG NOT ALLOWED MOST TTG CENTERS), SL TELLS THE FAY THAT HE IS FE, THAT HE HAS TTED {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;}BUT THE FAY IS LATER VOLVED A R CRASH AT THE END OF THE EPISO — AN ACCINT THAT ENDS UP TAKG ROBERT MCCALLISTER'S LIFE. SL IS JURED AS WELL AND IS BLEEDG, BUT WHEN KEV APPROACH TO HELP HIM, HE SAYS, "DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU N'T."{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;}IN OTHER WORDS, HE HAS LIED ABOUT THE RULTS OF HIS TT. HE IS HIV-POSIVE, AND HIS BLOOD IS {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;}CURRENTLY, GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN MAKE UP HALF OF ALL HIV FECTNS THE U.S. AND SLIGHTLY MORE THAN HALF OF NEW FECTNS, ACRDG TO THE {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;}ESTIMAT OF THE NUMBER OF GAY MEN CURRENTLY LIVG WH HIV RANGE OM TEN PERCENT TO FORTY PERCENT CERTA CI. A 2010 STUDY OF GAY MEN WASHGTON D.C. FOUND THAT 14% OF GAY MEN THAT CY ARE {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 NIGHT'S BROTHERS & SISTERS PLOT-TWIST, G THE LAST EPISO OF THE SEASON, GIV THE SHOW AN OPPORTUNY TO AL WH AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN IGNORED BY MASTREAM TELEVISN FOR FAR TOO LONG: HIV FECTN AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN, PARTICULARLY AMONG THE {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;}IT ALSO GIV THE SHOW A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHG TERTG WH RON RIFK, A TALENTED ACTOR WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN LTLE TO DO ON THE SHOW TO DATE, SPE THE REVELATN THAT HE IS GAY EARLY THE SEND {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;}ACRDG TO HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE SHOW HAS BEEN RENEWED FOR A FIFTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

The ath of Robert McCallister (Rob Lowe) Sunday night's season fale of Brothers & Sisters may have been one of the worst-kept secrets televisn the same episo, "On the Road Aga, " ntaed another a pivotal plot-twist that ught many viewers by plete Sl, played by Ron Rifk, is jos an extremely small number of gay characters on scripted Amerin televisn who have ever been intified as HIV-posive.

MATTHEW RHYS ON HIS 'REHG' GAY CHARACTER ON 'BROTHERS & SISTERS'

The last such character, at least such a high-profile TV project, may have been the character of Vce Taylor (Anthony Azizi) on the 2005-2006 seri regular gay or bisexual HIV-posive characters TV history clu Lee Campbell on The Bt Years (a Canadian import that aired on The N 2007), and several characters on the Showtime seri Queer as Folk. Speedy, also known as Mia Dearn, is an HIV-posive superhero troduced on the latt season of Smallville ( a meo), the characters, like most HIV-posive characters on TV to date, are heterosexual — perhaps reflectg the entertament dtry's ambivalence toward HIV/AIDS and their reluctance to rerce the mistaken notn that AIDS is a "gay" by repeatedly promotg the well-tentned ia that you don't have to be gay to get HIV/AIDS, Hollywood has rerced another misperceptn: that most s of HIV fectn the U. Were not among gay and bisexual men when, fact, they were (and still are) last night's Brothers & Sisters episo, Sl is ntacted by an old iend (and one-time romantic tert) via Facebook.

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Currently, gay and bisexual men make up half of all HIV fectns the U. Estimat of the number of gay men currently livg wh HIV range om ten percent to forty percent certa ci.

A 2010 study of gay men Washgton D. Found that 14% of gay men that cy are night's Brothers & Sisters plot-twist, g the last episo of the season, giv the show an opportuny to al wh an issue that has been ignored by mastream televisn for far too long: HIV fectn among gay and bisexual men, particularly among the also giv the show a chance to do somethg tertg wh Ron Rifk, a talented actor who has been given ltle to do on the show to date, spe the revelatn that he is gay early the send season.