Glee Alum Kev McHale Com Out as Gay

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• 'GLEE' ALUM KEV MCHALE CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'I THK THERE WAS ZERO SURPRISE'
• 'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN'WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ... ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY,' TREVOR PROJECT TERIM CEO TELLS MTV NEWS.BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012/7:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012 / 7:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELL"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUDAY NIGHT'S WTER FALE OF "GLEE" TACKLED THE DIFFICULT TOPIC OF TEEN BULLYG AND SUICI. DAVID KAROFSKY (MAX ADLER) -- WHO BULLIED KURT (CHRIS COLFER) BEE OF HIS SEXUALY ONLY TO BE REVEALED LATER AS GAY HIMSELF -- TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER TEAMMAT AT HIS NEW SCHOOL DISVERED THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS GAY AND VICLY HARASSED HIM VERBALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAROFSKY'S ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCSFUL BUT BROUGHT THE SUBJECT TO THE FOREONT FOR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS. AND WHILE THE SHOW'S CISN TO TAKE ON THE TOPIC WAS BOLD, THE PORTRAYAL HAS SPIRED A MIXED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE VIEWERS WHO FELT THE TOPIC WAS HANDLED FTLY AND WH GREAT RE IS DAVID MCFARLAND, THE TERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NATNAL ANIZATN THAT PROVIS CRISIS AND SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG YOUTH. THE GROUP AIRED A MUCH-DISCSED [ARTICLE ID="1679649"]PSA FEATURG "HARRY POTTER" STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE[/ARTICLE] DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S CLEAR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S EPISO THAT RYAN MURPHY AND HIS TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOG THEIR REARCH TO TELL A TOUGH STORY AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE VOLVED AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNY TO AIR TREVOR'S PSA WH DANIEL RADCLIFFE," MCFARLAND TOLD MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (FEBARY 22).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS, HOWEVER, PLAED THAT THE EPISO HAD TOO MANY ADDNAL STORY L -- A TEEN WEDDG, THE REGNALS' SGG PETN AND A MAJOR CINT FOR ONE OF THE PRCIPAL CHARACTERS THAT WE WON'T SPOIL HERE -- WHICH ULTIMATELY SERVED TO OVERSIMPLIFY AND TRIVIALIZE AN IMPORTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS' OWN "GLEE" RE-PPER, KEV SULLIVAN, TOOK PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO A MENT MA BY MR. SCHUTER, WHO REVEALED THAT HIS OWN SUICI ATTEMPT WAS PROMPTED BY BEG UGHT CHEATG ON A MATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SUICI HAS SO MANY ASPECTS TO NSIR THAT NNOT BE GLOSSED OVER THE SAME HOUR THAT FEATUR A REGNAL SHOW CHOIR PETN AND A FICTNAL WEDDG," SULLIVAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCFARLAND DISAGREED, HOWEVER, SAYG HE THOUGHT THE EPISO WAS AN EXAMPLE OF RPONSIBLE STORYTELLG. "[THE TREVOR PROJECT WASN'T] TOLD ADVANCE ... WHAT THE EPISO WAS GOG TO BE, WE WEREN'T ON-SET ADVISORS TO THE EPISO," MCFARLAND ADD. "WE'VE BEEN VOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THEY WERE GOG TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT SUICI, WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ACCS TO ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SEEMED TO BE SLOPPY PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALSO RAISED SOME EYEBROWS GIVEN THE SUBJECT MATTER. AFTER A MEMBER OF MCKLEY'S CHRISTIAN STUNT CLUB (A.K.A. THE "GOD SQUAD") MENTNS THAT THEY'RE SENDG KAROFSKY AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT, WE LATER SPOT THE U BOUQUET WHEN KURT VISS THE HOSPAL. AND WHEN WARBLER SEBASTIAN ANNOUNC THAT HIS TEAM WILL BE TAKG DONATNS FOR LADY GAGA'S [ARTICLE ID="1677562"]BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN[/ARTICLE] AT REGNALS, SOME ULDN'T HELP BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN'S ANTI-BULLYG MISSN ALIGNS WELL WH THE EPISO'S MSAGE, SOME FANS QUTNED THE WISDOM OF PLUGGG THE YET-TO-LNCH ANIZATN OF A MAJOR POP STAR WHEN OTHER, LS-VISIBLE ANIZATNS HAVE MONSTRATED THEIR WORK ON THE MATTER. STILL, MCFARLAND THKS THE SHOW DID A GREAT SERVICE BY PUTTG THE TOPIC OF LGBT TEEN SUICI ON A LARGE NATNAL PLATFORM; HE'S HAPPY THE SUBJECT IS GETTG THE NATNAL ATTENTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S BEG DISCSED ON MANY PLATFORMS AND LEVELS THROUGHOUT THIS UNTRY, CLUDG ON THE RADAR SCREEN OF THE PRINT AND FIRST LADY OF THE UNED STAT," MCFARLAND SAID. "AND A STORY LIKE THIS RERC THE IMPORTANT ATTENTN THAT THIS UNTRY NEEDS TO GIVE TO WHAT IS TLY A HEALTH CRISIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE REALLY NEED TO PROVI SAFE SPAC AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH AND THAT EPISO TOLD THAT STORY BETIFULLY," HE NTUED. "MORE OF THE STORI NEED TO BE TOLD, MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. OVERALL, WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE PROVIDG SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY NEED TO FEEL SOCIALLY, EMOTNALLY AND PHYSILLY SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT HOME, THEIR MUNI AND THEIR SCHOOLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TUDAY'S EPISO OF "GLEE" THE MENTS {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
• FOX AFFILIATE: IS "GLEE" TURNG OUR KIDS GAY?
• 'GLEE': CHRIS COLFER ON SHOW'S FIRST GAY SEX SCENE

'GLEE' ALUM KEV MCHALE CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'I THK THERE WAS ZERO SURPRISE'

Standout Quote: "Odds are by the end of the school year, I'll have Blae and a Natnals trophy, and you'll have khakis and a Lima Bean apron, and that gay face. Not only did he fy tradnal gay stereotyp by beg a football team ultra-jock, but Spencer was pletely shamels about his inty.

LGBT stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr people rpectively.. Kurt and his on-aga/off-aga boyiend/now-hband Blae (Darren Criss) beme pop culture ins wh their groundbreakg gay romance. I have to say – I hope I don’t get emotnal – I always felt so rpected by Cory, and I thk beg a young gay kid, I’ve never really felt rpected very much by olr straight typ, I gus.

I feel like everyone has tried to get me to say that “Klae” or Kurt and Blae is groundbreakg, but I’ve never thought of them as groundbreakg bee there have been so many famo gay upl and famo gay weddgs the past and I feel like would be very ignorant for me to say, “Oh y, they’re a groundbreakg uple.

'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN'WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ... ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY,' TREVOR PROJECT TERIM CEO TELLS MTV NEWS.BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012/7:08 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELLFEBARY 22, 2012 / 7:08 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'GLEE' EPISO ON GAY TEEN SUICI: EXPERTS WEIGH IN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-02-23T00:08:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-JOHN-MCHELL"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TUDAY NIGHT'S WTER FALE OF "GLEE" TACKLED THE DIFFICULT TOPIC OF TEEN BULLYG AND SUICI. DAVID KAROFSKY (MAX ADLER) -- WHO BULLIED KURT (CHRIS COLFER) BEE OF HIS SEXUALY ONLY TO BE REVEALED LATER AS GAY HIMSELF -- TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF AFTER TEAMMAT AT HIS NEW SCHOOL DISVERED THE FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS GAY AND VICLY HARASSED HIM VERBALLY AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KAROFSKY'S ATTEMPT WAS UNSUCCSFUL BUT BROUGHT THE SUBJECT TO THE FOREONT FOR ALL OF THE CHARACTERS. AND WHILE THE SHOW'S CISN TO TAKE ON THE TOPIC WAS BOLD, THE PORTRAYAL HAS SPIRED A MIXED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMONG THE VIEWERS WHO FELT THE TOPIC WAS HANDLED FTLY AND WH GREAT RE IS DAVID MCFARLAND, THE TERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NATNAL ANIZATN THAT PROVIS CRISIS AND SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG YOUTH. THE GROUP AIRED A MUCH-DISCSED [ARTICLE ID="1679649"]PSA FEATURG "HARRY POTTER" STAR DANIEL RADCLIFFE[/ARTICLE] DURG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S CLEAR AFTER LAST NIGHT'S EPISO THAT RYAN MURPHY AND HIS TEAM DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOG THEIR REARCH TO TELL A TOUGH STORY AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO BE VOLVED AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNY TO AIR TREVOR'S PSA WH DANIEL RADCLIFFE," MCFARLAND TOLD MTV NEWS ON WEDNDAY (FEBARY 22).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHERS, HOWEVER, PLAED THAT THE EPISO HAD TOO MANY ADDNAL STORY L -- A TEEN WEDDG, THE REGNALS' SGG PETN AND A MAJOR CINT FOR ONE OF THE PRCIPAL CHARACTERS THAT WE WON'T SPOIL HERE -- WHICH ULTIMATELY SERVED TO OVERSIMPLIFY AND TRIVIALIZE AN IMPORTANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS' OWN "GLEE" RE-PPER, KEV SULLIVAN, TOOK PARTICULAR OFFENSE TO A MENT MA BY MR. SCHUTER, WHO REVEALED THAT HIS OWN SUICI ATTEMPT WAS PROMPTED BY BEG UGHT CHEATG ON A MATH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SUICI HAS SO MANY ASPECTS TO NSIR THAT NNOT BE GLOSSED OVER THE SAME HOUR THAT FEATUR A REGNAL SHOW CHOIR PETN AND A FICTNAL WEDDG," SULLIVAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCFARLAND DISAGREED, HOWEVER, SAYG HE THOUGHT THE EPISO WAS AN EXAMPLE OF RPONSIBLE STORYTELLG. "[THE TREVOR PROJECT WASN'T] TOLD ADVANCE ... WHAT THE EPISO WAS GOG TO BE, WE WEREN'T ON-SET ADVISORS TO THE EPISO," MCFARLAND ADD. "WE'VE BEEN VOLVED TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THEY WERE GOG TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT SUICI, WE JT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD ACCS TO ROURC TO TELL THAT STORY PROPERLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SEEMED TO BE SLOPPY PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALSO RAISED SOME EYEBROWS GIVEN THE SUBJECT MATTER. AFTER A MEMBER OF MCKLEY'S CHRISTIAN STUNT CLUB (A.K.A. THE "GOD SQUAD") MENTNS THAT THEY'RE SENDG KAROFSKY AN EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT, WE LATER SPOT THE U BOUQUET WHEN KURT VISS THE HOSPAL. AND WHEN WARBLER SEBASTIAN ANNOUNC THAT HIS TEAM WILL BE TAKG DONATNS FOR LADY GAGA'S [ARTICLE ID="1677562"]BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN[/ARTICLE] AT REGNALS, SOME ULDN'T HELP BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATN'S ANTI-BULLYG MISSN ALIGNS WELL WH THE EPISO'S MSAGE, SOME FANS QUTNED THE WISDOM OF PLUGGG THE YET-TO-LNCH ANIZATN OF A MAJOR POP STAR WHEN OTHER, LS-VISIBLE ANIZATNS HAVE MONSTRATED THEIR WORK ON THE MATTER. STILL, MCFARLAND THKS THE SHOW DID A GREAT SERVICE BY PUTTG THE TOPIC OF LGBT TEEN SUICI ON A LARGE NATNAL PLATFORM; HE'S HAPPY THE SUBJECT IS GETTG THE NATNAL ATTENTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S BEG DISCSED ON MANY PLATFORMS AND LEVELS THROUGHOUT THIS UNTRY, CLUDG ON THE RADAR SCREEN OF THE PRINT AND FIRST LADY OF THE UNED STAT," MCFARLAND SAID. "AND A STORY LIKE THIS RERC THE IMPORTANT ATTENTN THAT THIS UNTRY NEEDS TO GIVE TO WHAT IS TLY A HEALTH CRISIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE REALLY NEED TO PROVI SAFE SPAC AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR YOUTH AND THAT EPISO TOLD THAT STORY BETIFULLY," HE NTUED. "MORE OF THE STORI NEED TO BE TOLD, MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE. OVERALL, WE NEED TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE PROVIDG SAFE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY NEED TO FEEL SOCIALLY, EMOTNALLY AND PHYSILLY SAFE AND SUPPORTED AT HOME, THEIR MUNI AND THEIR SCHOOLS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON TUDAY'S EPISO OF "GLEE" THE MENTS {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

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FOX AFFILIATE: IS "GLEE" TURNG OUR KIDS GAY?

MORE: CDC: Why Gay and Bisexual Teens Are More Likely to Risk Their Health. It’s his way of assertg that to him, beg gay is not simply fed by sex, ’s fed by love.

'GLEE': CHRIS COLFER ON SHOW'S FIRST GAY SEX SCENE

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