In BBC Sherlock, was Moriarty really gay or he was jt pretendg to be one? - Quora

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• IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?
• 'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!
• ANDREW STT, "SHERLOCK HOLM" MORIARTY, IS "A GAY PERSON"{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;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 17, 2013/1:03 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 17, 2013 / 1:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDREW STT, \"SHERLOCK HOLM\" MORIARTY, IS \"A GAY PERSON\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-17T06:03:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-17T06:03:29.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}WELL SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE MAY NOT HAVE SPELLED OUT WHAT HAPPENED BEHD CLOSED DOORS ON BAKER STREET, BUT ANDREW STT, WHO PLAYS JAM "JIM" MORIARTY ON THE BBC DRAMA SHERLOCK, HAS SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN BY G OUT TO THE INPENNT, ON {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;}STT, 37, TOLD THE PAPER:{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;}MERCIFULLY, THE DAYS PEOPLE DON'T SEE BEG GAY AS A CHARACTER FLAW. BUT NOR IS A VIRTUE, LIKE KDNS. OR A TALENT, LIKE PLAYG THE BANJO. IT'S JT A FACT. OF URSE, 'S PART OF MY MAKE-UP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TRA ON . I AM A PRIVATE PERSON; I THK THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE AN {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 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECRECY, AND I'M NOT A SECRETIVE PERSON. REALLY I JT WANT TO GET ON WH MY JOB, WHICH IS TO PRETEND TO BE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SIMPLE 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;}WHILE LOOKED LIKE HOLM DISPATCHED MORIARTY THE LAST SEASON OF SHERLOCK, DON'T UNT OUT DASTARDLY VILLA OUT YET—HE'S SOMETHG OF A FAN {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;}“MORIARTY ME AS A REAL SURPRISE TO PEOPLE," SAYS STT. “HE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE NVENTNAL VILLA THG. HE IS WTY, AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT. HE IS ALSO A PROPER MATCH FOR SHERLOCK. HE'S VERY MERCURIAL, TOO... HE CHANG ALL THE TIME.”{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;}EVEN IF WE'VE SEEN THE LAST OF STT ON SHERLOCK, HIS DANCE RD IS HARDLY EMPTY:  HE'S ABOUT TO STAR AS KGB SPY VIKTOR KOSLOV THE BBC2 COLD WAR DRAMA LEGACY, AIRG NOVEMBER {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;}APPARENTLY HIS RSIAN ACCENT IS TOP-NOTCH. HE TELLS THE INPENNT:{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;}THERE ISN'T A HUGE AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE OF RSIANS SPEAKG ENGLISH AS A SEND LANGUAGE, SO I STARTED LOOKG AT VLADIMIR PUT VIOS ON YOUTUBE. BUT THEN PUT TRODUCED ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN THIS SUMMER – SO, BEG A GAY PERSON, I SWCHED TO RUDOLF NUREYEV VIOS STEAD. IT WAS ANOTHER NUREYEV FECTN OF SORTS!{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;}OH, WE'RE LIKG ANDREW STT MORE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

IS JAM MORIARTY GAY, BBC'S SHERLOCK?

In S01E03, when he meets Sherlock, Sherlock duc him as gay.

So, is Jim really gay? In BBC Sherlock, was Moriarty really gay or he was jt pretendg to be one? A few months ago, the mors started aga: Did Benedict Cumberbatch jt out Sherlock as gay?!

'SHERLOCK' -CREATOR: FOR THE LAST TIME, HOLM IS NOT GAY!

But some thought that Cumberbatch was htg that Sherlock is gay, a misnceptn that's the foc of plenty of onle fanfictn, and that the show ocsnally self plays wh. But everyone wants to believe he's gay. He's not gay.

The scy fan fictn created by lovers of h tective drama Sherlock has long been a talkg pot, but now Andrew Stt, who plays villa Moriarty, has e out support of Irish actor, 37, told gay liftyle magaze Attu that he fds the erotic, often explic, stori entertag. ”Stt, who is openly gay, scribed his character’s relatnship wh Benedict Cumberbatch’s superslth as “very tertg”. Well Sir Arthur Conan Doyle may not have spelled out what happened behd closed doors on Baker Street, but Andrew Stt, who plays Jam "Jim" Moriarty on the BBC drama Sherlock, has solved the mystery of his sexual orientatn by g out to The Inpennt, on, 37, told the paper:Mercifully, the days people don't see beg gay as a character flaw.

But then Put troduced anti-gay legislatn this summer – so, beg a gay person, I swched to Rudolf Nureyev vios stead. Sherlock is a show so steeped homoerotic sexual tensn that surely one of the st members had to be gay. Watson)--told the paper that he is ed "a gay person.

ANDREW STT, "SHERLOCK HOLM" MORIARTY, IS "A GAY PERSON"{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;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 17, 2013/1:03 AMBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 17, 2013 / 1:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDREW STT, \"SHERLOCK HOLM\" MORIARTY, IS \"A GAY PERSON\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-17T06:03:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-17T06:03:29.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}WELL SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE MAY NOT HAVE SPELLED OUT WHAT HAPPENED BEHD CLOSED DOORS ON BAKER STREET, BUT ANDREW STT, WHO PLAYS JAM "JIM" MORIARTY ON THE BBC DRAMA SHERLOCK, HAS SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN BY G OUT TO THE INPENNT, ON {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;}STT, 37, TOLD THE PAPER:{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;}MERCIFULLY, THE DAYS PEOPLE DON'T SEE BEG GAY AS A CHARACTER FLAW. BUT NOR IS A VIRTUE, LIKE KDNS. OR A TALENT, LIKE PLAYG THE BANJO. IT'S JT A FACT. OF URSE, 'S PART OF MY MAKE-UP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO TRA ON . I AM A PRIVATE PERSON; I THK THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE AN {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 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECRECY, AND I'M NOT A SECRETIVE PERSON. REALLY I JT WANT TO GET ON WH MY JOB, WHICH IS TO PRETEND TO BE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. SIMPLE 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;}WHILE LOOKED LIKE HOLM DISPATCHED MORIARTY THE LAST SEASON OF SHERLOCK, DON'T UNT OUT DASTARDLY VILLA OUT YET—HE'S SOMETHG OF A FAN {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;}“MORIARTY ME AS A REAL SURPRISE TO PEOPLE," SAYS STT. “HE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE NVENTNAL VILLA THG. HE IS WTY, AND PEOPLE LIKE THAT. HE IS ALSO A PROPER MATCH FOR SHERLOCK. HE'S VERY MERCURIAL, TOO... HE CHANG ALL THE TIME.”{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;}EVEN IF WE'VE SEEN THE LAST OF STT ON SHERLOCK, HIS DANCE RD IS HARDLY EMPTY:  HE'S ABOUT TO STAR AS KGB SPY VIKTOR KOSLOV THE BBC2 COLD WAR DRAMA LEGACY, AIRG NOVEMBER {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;}APPARENTLY HIS RSIAN ACCENT IS TOP-NOTCH. HE TELLS THE INPENNT:{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;}THERE ISN'T A HUGE AMOUNT OF FOOTAGE OF RSIANS SPEAKG ENGLISH AS A SEND LANGUAGE, SO I STARTED LOOKG AT VLADIMIR PUT VIOS ON YOUTUBE. BUT THEN PUT TRODUCED ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN THIS SUMMER – SO, BEG A GAY PERSON, I SWCHED TO RUDOLF NUREYEV VIOS STEAD. IT WAS ANOTHER NUREYEV FECTN OF SORTS!{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;}OH, WE'RE LIKG ANDREW STT MORE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

But then Put troduced anti-gay legislatn this summer--so, beg a gay person, I swched to Rudolf Nureyev vios stead.

SHERLOCK HOLM 3 WILL REPORTEDLY CONFIRM HOLM AND WATSON ARE GAY

"Mercifully, the days people don't see beg gay as a character flaw. Sherlock, unaware he is Moriarty, "duc" that he is gay (though this was a plot by Moriarty), which upsets Molly. Moriarty was a man who would rort nstantly to humour regardls of the suatn, pecially when mockg people for fallg for his ceptns - when he faced off agast Sherlock at the swimmg pool, he tnted Sherlock wh the fact that he managed to nvce the tective he was gay.