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Contents:

• 'SPECIAL': GROUNDBREAKG NEW NETFLIX SERI STARS GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
• FLIX’S ‘SPECIAL’ ULD BE THE GAYT SHOW ON TV
• NETFLIX GREEN-LIGHTS SHOW ABOUT A GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
• 'SPECIAL' CREATOR ON SHOW'S GAY, DISABLED SEX: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE SEXUAL BEGS'
• NETFLIX RELEAS SERI ABOUT GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
• ‘LEG’ REUNTS GAY MAN’S EXPERIENCE WH CEREBRAL PALSY
• ‘SPECIAL’: TRAILER FOR NEW NETFLIX SERI ABOUT GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
• NEW MEMOIR 'LEG' EXPLOR GAY PRI AND HOW THOR DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD CEREBRAL PALSY UNTIL HE WAS 30
• GREG WALLOCH, THE GAY COMEDIAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY, TALKS ABOUT HOWARD STERN
• SPECIAL TRAILER: NEW NETFLIX SERI' LEAD CHARACTER IS GAY AND HAS CEREBRAL PALSY

'SPECIAL': GROUNDBREAKG NEW NETFLIX SERI STARS GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY

Netflix’s new seri “Special” is an unnventnal edy about a gay man wh cerebral palsy.

”Special, is a distctive and upliftg new seri about a gay man, Ryan wh d cerebral palsy who cis to rewre his inty and fally go after the life he wants. NetflixO’Connell, who said he realized he is gay when he was 12, stayed closeted until his late 20s.

“I wasn't thrilled and over the moon, bee I felt like beg gay and disabled basilly set a ath sentence to my love life.

FLIX’S ‘SPECIAL’ ULD BE THE GAYT SHOW ON TV

”“I assumed that all gay men would be disgted by my disabily, and I thk that the vast majory of them tly didn't re, and I was makg to somethg that wasn't, ” he add. A gay man wh cerebral palsy.

And he do so once aga wh the send and fal season, which expands episos om short bs to s-length servgs, wh openly gay actor Jim Parsons still producg. Durg this season, which premier May 20, lead character Ryan (the actor, who is gay and livg wh cerebral palsy himself, shar his name wh the tle character) ntu his journey to self-fulfillment. Here, O’Connell talks about his hont approach to gay sex (and why he thks most gay sex on TV is “dire”), cidg to rporate a storyle on the, uh, shty part of butt play and how ’s important for him to still, after “Special, ” create stori about people livg wh disabili.

As for the gay sex on “Special”: It’s not the kd of gay sex that’s watered the fuck down to make straight people more fortable, which is why I love so much. Y, ’s fely … you n tell ’s wrten and performed by a gay person. And also, I’ve been very vol about how I only hire gay actors to play gay rol and people are like, “Um, ’s lled actg, ever heard of ?

NETFLIX GREEN-LIGHTS SHOW ABOUT A GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY

” And also, om a selfish pot of view, ’s much easier to shoot a gay sex scene wh a gay actor than is a straight actor.

I don’t wanna fuckg expla the mechanics of gay sex to a straight actor.

'SPECIAL' CREATOR ON SHOW'S GAY, DISABLED SEX: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE SEXUAL BEGS'

I jt don’t unrstand why the reprentatn of gay sex has been so dire.

NETFLIX RELEAS SERI ABOUT GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY

I’m not sayg that there’s not value to those stori ’e is a part of our existence, but I thk we’ve reached a pot where I’m like, “OK, I’m ready for to level up for gay storytellg.

‘LEG’ REUNTS GAY MAN’S EXPERIENCE WH CEREBRAL PALSY

Season 2 also explor the pleasur of beg gay.

But aga, wh me and Max Jenks, Max is a iend of me and I’ve known him for a long time and there’s jt a level of fort between the two of that, aga, is another benef of jt shootg wh gay iends. And those sex scen, even for gay actors, are still pretty choreographed, right? Aga, when you’re dog wh another gay guy, ’s pretty tuive and very easy to nstct bee we’ve all done and we’ve all been there.

I want to know everythg about that b the show, and mostly why you cid to wre a storyle volvg the part of butt sex so few gay men talk about. Honey, ’s a part of the fabric of our gay ass liv.

‘SPECIAL’: TRAILER FOR NEW NETFLIX SERI ABOUT GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY

So I thk ’s really jt important to show a gay character who don’t f the physil ials. I hope that normaliz disabily and I hope that adds more texture to the queer experience, bee a lot of ways TV is gayer than ever. I feel like you n’t sell a pilot whout cludg a gay guy there.

But I still thk that gay men are rarely allowed to be the plited ma urse of the show.

NEW MEMOIR 'LEG' EXPLOR GAY PRI AND HOW THOR DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD CEREBRAL PALSY UNTIL HE WAS 30

So I thk ’s really important that we show gay men and (their) rich terr life, not jt the ntext of them, like, shoppg or beg edic relief.

Pisso had his Blue Perd, and I’m still my Gay Disabled Perd. So, I wrote a novel lled “Jt By Lookg At Him” that is about a gay guy wh cerebral palsy who wr for TV.

Netflix announc upg edy about a gay man livg wh cerebral palsy. After producg LGBTQ-themed shows like Sense8, Sex Edutn and Grace and Frankie, Netflix land a al wh Jim Parsons to make Special, a edy about a gay man wh cerebral palsy.

GREG WALLOCH, THE GAY COMEDIAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY, TALKS ABOUT HOWARD STERN

The semi-tobgraphil edy is about “a gay man wh d cerebral palsy who cis to rewre his inty as an accint victim and fally go after the life he wants.

SPECIAL TRAILER: NEW NETFLIX SERI' LEAD CHARACTER IS GAY AND HAS CEREBRAL PALSY

Netflix Green-Lights Show About a Gay Man Wh Cerebral Palsy. " Like many people the LGBTQ muny, the "Special" creator/star was disappoted the 2017 Osr-nomated drama, specifilly s pictn of gay sex between El (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer).

More: Netflix's 'Special' hop to break new ground for disabily reprentatn on TV"It speaks to how as gay men, we’re ndned to accept the scraps of reprentatn, " says O'Connell, who unflchgly portrays gay sex his new Netflix show, streamg Friday. "I’m not throwg sha at ‘Call Me By Your Name’ bee I thk is an credible movie, but I feel like that pan away to the moon is homophobic – ’s weird.