Graham Patrick Mart – Bgraphy, Fay And Gay Rumors

Contents:

• WHY MAJOR CRIM' RTY BECK IS ONE OF THE BT GAY CHARACTERS ON {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;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJULY 7, 2014/1:04 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 7, 2014 / 1:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY MAJOR CRIM' RTY BECK IS ONE OF THE BT GAY CHARACTERS ON TV","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-07-07T17:04:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-07-07T17:04:55.000+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":"NEWS"}{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;}{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;}ON THE FACE OF , TNT'S MAJOR CRIM LOOKS LIKE JT ANOTHER POLICE PROCRAL—A CRACK TEAM OF VTIGATORS TACKLG CRIM BEYOND THE SPE OF THE NORMAL POLICE. BUT SERI CREATOR JAM DUFF HAS FED THE SHOW WH MORE HEART (AND CHARACTERIZATN) THAN YOU SEE ON CSI OR LAW & ORR—CLUDG THE ADDN OF TROUBLED GAY TEEN RTY BECK, PLAYED BY GRAHAM PATRICK {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;}RTY FIRST APPEARED ON CRIM AS THE WNS TO A VLENT CRIME AND WAS ULTIMATELY TAKEN BY DET. SHARON RAYDOR (SERI LEAD MARY MCDONNELL)—G OUT TO HER AT THE TAIL END OF LAST SEASON.  IN LAST WEEK'S EPISO, THE FORMER NAWAY HAD A PAFUL NONTATN WH HIS DG-ADDICT MOTHER, WHO TRIED TO BLAME HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN FOR ALL HER {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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_157704" ALIGN="ALIGNRIGHT" WIDTH="236"] "MAJOR CRIM" SHOWNNER JAM DUFF[/PTN]{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 TONIGHT’S EPISO, 18-YEAR-OLD RTY, WHO WORKED AS A TEEN PROSTUTE WHEN HE WAS ON THE STREETS, MULLS OVER “HOW TO SHARE A BIG SECRET WH THE SQUAD.” OUT ACTOR BILL BROCHTUP (NYPD) ALSO RETURNS AS DR. JOE BOWMAN, AN LAPD PSYCHOLOGISTWHO HAS HELPED RTY TO TERMS WH HIS PAST AND HIS {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;}DUFF, WHO IS OPENLY GAY HIMSELF, SAYS HE CREATED RTY'S BACK-STORY TO ADDRS THE HYPOCRISY SO MANY ANTI-GAY PEOPLE EMBODY:  "THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I THK HAVE CRAZY IAS ABOUT WHAT BEG GAY IS LIKE... TERRIBLY FLAWED PEOPLE TURNG AROUND AND LLG PEOPLE SI THE GAY MUNY OUTLIERS," DUFF TOLD OUT SISTER SE THE BACKLOT. "SO THAT WAS THE IA FOR RTY’S MOM. ALSO, I THK SHE’S SENSG VULNERABILY [ RTY]. WHEN YOU’RE LOSG AN ARGUMENT ON THE FACTS YOU OFTEN TURN AND MAKE AS PERSONAL AS YOU N. THAT IS A TACTIC DOMTIC FDS AND ONE THAT I’VE EXPERIENCED MYSELF. IT CREAT A REALLY FE MORAL DISTCTN."{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;}RTY'S JOURNEY HAS BEEN ANYTHG BUT STEREOTYPIL—HE EVEN HAD A GIRLIEND LAST SEASON. IF ANYTHG, RTY IS TRYG TO MAKE UP FOR HIS TRMATIC CHILDHOOD BY APPEARG AS "NORMAL" AS HE {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;}DUFF'S OWN G-OUT PROCS WAS FAIRLY TRMATIC: AFTER TELLG HIS PARENTS HE WAS GAY AT AGE 18, HIS FATHER KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOE. "I FISHED HIGH SCHOOL ON MY OWN BEE I KNEW I WAS GAY AND I KNEW WOULDN’T WORK OUT AT HOME ANY MORE," HE RELLS. "EVERYTHG ALL WORKED OUT BY THE END OF THE SEND YEAR OF ALL THAT. WE WERE A BETTER PLACE."{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;}SPEAKG OF BEG A BETTER PLACE, RATGS FOR MAJOR CRIM ARE UP—A FACT THAT DUFF ATTRIBUT, PART, TO RTY'S STORYLE. "THE SERIALIZED NATURE OF HIS STORYLE IS CREATG A SWELL VIEWERSHIP, AND ’S HELPG WH THAT SWELL," HE SAYS. "WE HAVE A EP BENCH AND I THK LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TUNG FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT Y, I DO FEEL LIKE HE’S RPONSIBLE FOR THE SERIALIZED NATURE OF THE SHOW AND THE THEMATIC RONANCE THAT THE SHOW HAS."{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
• GRAHAM PATRICK MART – BGRAPHY, FAY AND GAY RUMORS
• "MAJOR CRIM" TACKL COMG OUT AND GENR {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;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANJULY 15, 2013/1:31 PMBY JIM HALTERMANJULY 15, 2013 / 1:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"MAJOR CRIM\" TACKL COMG OUT AND GENR DYSPHORIA","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-07-15T17:31:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-07-15T17:31:15.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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 POST NTAS MORATE SPOILERS FOR TONIGHT'S EPISO OF MAJOR CRIM.**{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;}GRAHAM PATRICK MART AS RTY BECK ON TNT'S MAJOR {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;}PROCRAL CRIME DRAMAS AREN'T TYPILLY THE VENUE FOR THREE DIMENSNAL GAY CHARACTERS AND NUANCED G OUT STORI. THE POPULAR TV GENRE TENDS TO FOC MORE ON THE SE OF THE WEEK THAN CHARACTER, BUT THIS SEASON TNT’S MAJOR CRIM IS FDG A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN 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;}THE SP-OFF OF THE CLOSER IS CURRENTLY S SEND SEASON WH HIGH RATGS AND A WEEKLY PLETHORA OF WHODUN CRIMAL S DISSECTED (AND SOLVED) BY CAPTA SHARON RAYDOR (MARY MCDONNELL) AND HER TEAM, PRISED PRIMARILY OF CHARACTERS RRIED OVER OM THE CLOSER LIKE DETECTIV PROVENZA (G. W. BAILEY) AND FLYNN (TONY DENISON).{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;}AND THEN THERE’S {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;}INIALLY BROUGHT FOR ONE EPISO AT THE END OF THE CLOSER, THE TROUBLED TEEN (PLAYED BY GRAHAM PATRICK MART) WAS RRIED OVER TO MAJOR CRIM AS A REGULAR CHARACTER. (AS HE'S A MAJOR WNS A MURR SE, HE'S BEEN LIVG WH RAYDOR UNR PROTECTIVE CTODY.) RTY'S ORIENTATN HAS BEEN TH FAR UNCLEAR, BUT HIS PAST AS A HOMELS A TEEN PROSTUTE HAS CERTALY RAISED {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;}RTY IS HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THE CRIME TONIGHT’S EPISO, "BOYS WILL BE BOYS" (WRTEN BY JIM LEONARD AND OUT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JAM DUFF). THE EPISO REVOLV AROUND INTY THAT A 13-YEAR OLD MURR VICTIM NAMED MICHELLE. IT’S QUICKLY REVEALED THAT IS A PHYSLOGIL MALE WH GENR DYSPHORIA. WE ALSO LEARN THAT HER FAY MEMBERS ARE SPECTS-- AND THEY DISPLAY VAR LEVELS OF ACCEPTANCE WH MICHELLE'S GENR DYSPHORIA. RTY MAY NOT BE VOLVED THE SOLVG OF THE CRIME, BUT HE’S AROUND ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT THE QUTN OF INTY IS SOMETHG HE N VERY MUCH RELATE {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;}(L-R) GUT STAR TOM BERENGER, MART AND MARY {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 ONE SCENE OM THE EPISO, RTY DISCS THE SE WH RAYDOR’S TRANGED HBAND, PLAYED BY GUT STAR TOM BERENGER. HERE'S HOW EP AND EPISO -WRER JAM DUFF SCRIB THE SCENE:{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 TRANSGENR CHILD'S FATHER GIV HER DRS AND RTY'S LIKE ‘WHY DIDN'T YOU JT PUT A GREAT BIG TARGET ON HER BACK?’{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;}'RAYDOR'S HBAND RPONDS, ‘I THK WAS VERY BRAVE OF HER TO WEAR THOSE DRS. SOMETIM 'S AS DANGERO TRYG TO HI WHO YOU ARE AS IS WEARG SOMETHG OUTLANDISH. AND PEOPLE N'T ALWAYS HI WHO THEY ARE AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW.’{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;}RTY LOOKS AT HIM AND SAYS ‘WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?’ AND SHARON'S HBAND HAS TO STGGLE TO E UP WH AN ANSWER BEE OBVLY RTY BELIEV HE ISN'T, SOME WAYS, BATTG ON OUR TEAM. AND THAT'S A GREAT MOMENT FOR HIS CHARACTER.”{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;}WISELY MIRRORG REAL LIFE, RTY’S G OUT HAS NOT BEEN EASY OR FAST AS IS EVINT BY THE RECENT PLOT POT OF RTY TAKG ON A GIRLIEND, WHICH DUFF SAID WOULD ONLY NFE THGS MORE FOR THE TEEN. “HE'S GOG TO ASK THIS GIRL TO E STUDY WH HIM AND THGS ARE GOG TO GET SER BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM BEE SHE REALLY LIK HIM AND HE DON’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE .”{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 PLAYG RTY, MART SAID THERE IS A REASON BEHD EVERYTHG THE CHARACTER IS DOG. “RTY’S NEVER HAD NORMAL, BUT HE STRIV FOR . I THK ’S THE DRIVG FORCE BEHD EVERYTHG HE DO,” MART TOLD OM THE SHOW'S SET DURG THE FILMG OF THIS EPISO. “LAST SEASON WHEN HE REALIZ HIS MOTHER ISN’T G BACK…’S VASTATG AND NOW ‘HOW DO I MAKE THIS NORMAL?’ AND SHARON REALLY PRENTS THAT FOR HIM. I MEAN SHE’S A FANTASTIC MOTHER. SHE HAS BEEN A MOTHER AND SO ’S JT KD OF LIKE MAKG THIS LIFE, THIS NEW LIFE WORK, I THK.”{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;}RTY MAY HAVE FOUND THE MOTHER HE NEVER HAD CAPTA SHARON {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 MORE IS G THIS SEASON, AND AN UPG SE ALSO AFFECTS RTY MORE THAN MAY IALLY BE SEEN ON THE SURFACE. “WE E ACROSS A SE OF SEXUAL ABE THAT REALLY BEGS TO UNRAVEL HIM,” DUFF SAID. “WHEN YOU HAVE SEX AS A YOUNGER PERSON, WHEN YOU'RE 15, 14, 13, BOYS THK THEY WANT , AND BOYS WILL GO AFTER , BUT LEAV A SR. IT'S LIKE VLENCE. BEE WHILE OUR BODI ARE PHYSILLY READY FOR , EMOTNALLY WE ARE NOT. AND SEX WH OLR MEN, WHICH IS WHAT [RTY] WAS DOG ON THE STREETS, AS HE'S FOND OF SAYG, HE WAS A TEENAGE PROSTUTE. AND HE HAS REPRSED MEMORI [AND] HIS REPRSED FEELGS ABOUT THAT E BACK TO HNT HIM AND END UP SOLATG HIM. AND HE'S TRYG SO HARD TO BE NORMAL AND BE A GOOD KID AND 'S MORE THAN HE N HANDLE. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN VIRTUALLY ANY CHILD N HANDLE.”{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;}RTY’S STORY CERTALY ISN’T THE NORM FOR A TELEVISN CRIME DRAMA. “IT WAS AN AWKWARD THG TO PUT AT THE CENTER OF A PROCRAL,” ADMTED DUFF, WHO -CREATED THE CLOSER AND CREATED MAJOR CRIM. “BUT SERVED SO MANY VALU AT ONCE BEE I THK HELPS TO HUMANIZE THE LEAD, SHARON, HER CHARACTER. AND GAVE HER A CHALLENGE AND A CHANCE TO SEE ANOTHER SI OF HERSELF.”{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;}MART AGREED AND ADD THAT RTY HAS ALSO FOUND FAY FIGUR THE VARIETY OF TECTIV THAT RAYDOR MANAG. “SHARON IS THE IMMEDIATE FAY MEMBER, BUT BY ASSOCIATN,” MART SAID, “PROVENZA IS FELY A FATHER FIGURE AND RTY KD OF HAS MOMENTS WH EACH OF THE ST MEMBERS AND EVERYONE TAK THIS KD OF PROTECTIVE ROLE OVER HIM.”{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;}EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CREATOR JAM {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;}DUFF SAID THAT RTY’S STORY IS ONE THAT HAS TAKEN HIM BACK TO HIS OWN PAST. “IT'S REALLY PUT ME TOUCH WH THE LAMI OF MY CHILDHOOD,” HE SAID. AS A TEEN, DUFF WAS TRYG TO FIGURE HIS SEXUALY OUT AND WENT TO SOMEONE HE TST FOR HELP – A PRIT. “I THOUGHT I WAS BEG CREDIBLY BRAVE BY GOG AND TALKG TO HIM ABOUT BEE I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE REASON I WAS HAVG THE FEELGS WAS BEE THE VIL WANTED ME. I WAS A VOUT CHRISTIAN, AND J LOVED ME, AND HE WANTED TO SEPARATE ME OM J SO I ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PRAY. AND IF I PRAYED HARD ENOUGH, THE TEMPTATN WOULD BE TAKEN OM ME. SO I PRAYED LIKE MAD FOR MONTHS, ON MY KNE, MY BEDROOM.” NEEDLS TO SAY THE FEELGS DIDN’T GO AWAY (THOUGH DUFF TOLD THE PRIT THEY HAD SO HE WOULDN’T GO TO HIS PARENTS) AND HE NOW REALIZ “THAT'S HOW TENSELY I DID NOT WANT TO BE OUT OF THE NORM AND OUT OF MY RELIGN, REALLY.”{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;}AND AS FOR WHAT IS G WH RTY THROUGHOUT THE RT OF THE SEASON, EXPECT THE PHILIP STROH SE (THE ONE WHICH RTY IS THE STAR WNS) TO NTUE TO POP UP. THIS WILL PUT THE TEEN, AND PERHAPS THOSE AROUND HIM, A NOT-SO-SAFE PLACE. “I N TELL YOU THAT Y, HE IS DANGER. IT’S NOT JT SMOOTH SAILG,” MART TEASED. “THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON REALLY BACK TO HNT RTY, AND PHILIP STROH IS NOT JT SILENT A WAY.”{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;}MAJOR CRIM AIRS MONDAYS AT 9PM ON TNT. FANS N ALSO LIVE TWEET WH DUFF AND ST MEMBERS DURG TONIGHT'S {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 ST OF MAJOR CRIM RERD AN ANTI-BULLYG VIO FOR GLSEN. CHECK OUT {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

WHY MAJOR CRIM' RTY BECK IS ONE OF THE BT GAY CHARACTERS ON {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;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYJULY 7, 2014/1:04 PMBY DAN AVERYJULY 7, 2014 / 1:04 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY MAJOR CRIM' RTY BECK IS ONE OF THE BT GAY CHARACTERS ON TV","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-07-07T17:04:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-07-07T17:04:55.000+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":"NEWS"}{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;}{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;}ON THE FACE OF , TNT'S MAJOR CRIM LOOKS LIKE JT ANOTHER POLICE PROCRAL—A CRACK TEAM OF VTIGATORS TACKLG CRIM BEYOND THE SPE OF THE NORMAL POLICE. BUT SERI CREATOR JAM DUFF HAS FED THE SHOW WH MORE HEART (AND CHARACTERIZATN) THAN YOU SEE ON CSI OR LAW & ORR—CLUDG THE ADDN OF TROUBLED GAY TEEN RTY BECK, PLAYED BY GRAHAM PATRICK {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;}RTY FIRST APPEARED ON CRIM AS THE WNS TO A VLENT CRIME AND WAS ULTIMATELY TAKEN BY DET. SHARON RAYDOR (SERI LEAD MARY MCDONNELL)—G OUT TO HER AT THE TAIL END OF LAST SEASON.  IN LAST WEEK'S EPISO, THE FORMER NAWAY HAD A PAFUL NONTATN WH HIS DG-ADDICT MOTHER, WHO TRIED TO BLAME HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN FOR ALL HER {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;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_157704" ALIGN="ALIGNRIGHT" WIDTH="236"] "MAJOR CRIM" SHOWNNER JAM DUFF[/PTN]{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 TONIGHT’S EPISO, 18-YEAR-OLD RTY, WHO WORKED AS A TEEN PROSTUTE WHEN HE WAS ON THE STREETS, MULLS OVER “HOW TO SHARE A BIG SECRET WH THE SQUAD.” OUT ACTOR BILL BROCHTUP (NYPD) ALSO RETURNS AS DR. JOE BOWMAN, AN LAPD PSYCHOLOGISTWHO HAS HELPED RTY TO TERMS WH HIS PAST AND HIS {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;}DUFF, WHO IS OPENLY GAY HIMSELF, SAYS HE CREATED RTY'S BACK-STORY TO ADDRS THE HYPOCRISY SO MANY ANTI-GAY PEOPLE EMBODY:  "THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO I THK HAVE CRAZY IAS ABOUT WHAT BEG GAY IS LIKE... TERRIBLY FLAWED PEOPLE TURNG AROUND AND LLG PEOPLE SI THE GAY MUNY OUTLIERS," DUFF TOLD OUT SISTER SE THE BACKLOT. "SO THAT WAS THE IA FOR RTY’S MOM. ALSO, I THK SHE’S SENSG VULNERABILY [ RTY]. WHEN YOU’RE LOSG AN ARGUMENT ON THE FACTS YOU OFTEN TURN AND MAKE AS PERSONAL AS YOU N. THAT IS A TACTIC DOMTIC FDS AND ONE THAT I’VE EXPERIENCED MYSELF. IT CREAT A REALLY FE MORAL DISTCTN."{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;}RTY'S JOURNEY HAS BEEN ANYTHG BUT STEREOTYPIL—HE EVEN HAD A GIRLIEND LAST SEASON. IF ANYTHG, RTY IS TRYG TO MAKE UP FOR HIS TRMATIC CHILDHOOD BY APPEARG AS "NORMAL" AS HE {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;}DUFF'S OWN G-OUT PROCS WAS FAIRLY TRMATIC: AFTER TELLG HIS PARENTS HE WAS GAY AT AGE 18, HIS FATHER KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOE. "I FISHED HIGH SCHOOL ON MY OWN BEE I KNEW I WAS GAY AND I KNEW WOULDN’T WORK OUT AT HOME ANY MORE," HE RELLS. "EVERYTHG ALL WORKED OUT BY THE END OF THE SEND YEAR OF ALL THAT. WE WERE A BETTER PLACE."{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;}SPEAKG OF BEG A BETTER PLACE, RATGS FOR MAJOR CRIM ARE UP—A FACT THAT DUFF ATTRIBUT, PART, TO RTY'S STORYLE. "THE SERIALIZED NATURE OF HIS STORYLE IS CREATG A SWELL VIEWERSHIP, AND ’S HELPG WH THAT SWELL," HE SAYS. "WE HAVE A EP BENCH AND I THK LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TUNG FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT Y, I DO FEEL LIKE HE’S RPONSIBLE FOR THE SERIALIZED NATURE OF THE SHOW AND THE THEMATIC RONANCE THAT THE SHOW HAS."{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 seri creator Jam Duff has fed the show wh more heart (and characterizatn) than you see on CSI or Law & Orr—cludg the addn of troubled gay teen Rty Beck, played by Graham Patrick first appeared on Crim as the wns to a vlent crime and was ultimately taken by Det. Joe Bowman, an LAPD psychologistwho has helped Rty to terms wh his past and his, who is openly gay himself, says he created Rty's back-story to addrs the hypocrisy so many anti-gay people embody: "There are a lot of people who I thk have crazy ias about what beg gay is like...

Terribly flawed people turng around and llg people si the gay muny outliers, " Duff told out sister se The Backlot. If anythg, Rty is tryg to make up for his trmatic childhood by appearg as "normal" as he 's own g-out procs was fairly trmatic: After tellg his parents he was gay at age 18, his father kicked him out of the hoe.

GRAHAM PATRICK MART – BGRAPHY, FAY AND GAY RUMORS

"I fished high school on my own bee I knew I was gay and I knew wouldn’t work out at home any more, " he rells. Is He Gay? Mart acted as gay teen Rsell “Rty” the TNT seri which is where he kissed a male actor.

The actor revealed he had an awome experience playg the role, however, he did not openly intify as gay.

"MAJOR CRIM" TACKL COMG OUT AND GENR {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;}TVBY JIM HALTERMANJULY 15, 2013/1:31 PMBY JIM HALTERMANJULY 15, 2013 / 1:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"MAJOR CRIM\" TACKL COMG OUT AND GENR DYSPHORIA","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-07-15T17:31:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-07-15T17:31:15.000+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":"JIM HALTERMAN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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 POST NTAS MORATE SPOILERS FOR TONIGHT'S EPISO OF MAJOR CRIM.**{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;}GRAHAM PATRICK MART AS RTY BECK ON TNT'S MAJOR {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;}PROCRAL CRIME DRAMAS AREN'T TYPILLY THE VENUE FOR THREE DIMENSNAL GAY CHARACTERS AND NUANCED G OUT STORI. THE POPULAR TV GENRE TENDS TO FOC MORE ON THE SE OF THE WEEK THAN CHARACTER, BUT THIS SEASON TNT’S MAJOR CRIM IS FDG A HEALTHY BALANCE BETWEEN 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;}THE SP-OFF OF THE CLOSER IS CURRENTLY S SEND SEASON WH HIGH RATGS AND A WEEKLY PLETHORA OF WHODUN CRIMAL S DISSECTED (AND SOLVED) BY CAPTA SHARON RAYDOR (MARY MCDONNELL) AND HER TEAM, PRISED PRIMARILY OF CHARACTERS RRIED OVER OM THE CLOSER LIKE DETECTIV PROVENZA (G. W. BAILEY) AND FLYNN (TONY DENISON).{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;}AND THEN THERE’S {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;}INIALLY BROUGHT FOR ONE EPISO AT THE END OF THE CLOSER, THE TROUBLED TEEN (PLAYED BY GRAHAM PATRICK MART) WAS RRIED OVER TO MAJOR CRIM AS A REGULAR CHARACTER. (AS HE'S A MAJOR WNS A MURR SE, HE'S BEEN LIVG WH RAYDOR UNR PROTECTIVE CTODY.) RTY'S ORIENTATN HAS BEEN TH FAR UNCLEAR, BUT HIS PAST AS A HOMELS A TEEN PROSTUTE HAS CERTALY RAISED {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;}RTY IS HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THE CRIME TONIGHT’S EPISO, "BOYS WILL BE BOYS" (WRTEN BY JIM LEONARD AND OUT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JAM DUFF). THE EPISO REVOLV AROUND INTY THAT A 13-YEAR OLD MURR VICTIM NAMED MICHELLE. IT’S QUICKLY REVEALED THAT IS A PHYSLOGIL MALE WH GENR DYSPHORIA. WE ALSO LEARN THAT HER FAY MEMBERS ARE SPECTS-- AND THEY DISPLAY VAR LEVELS OF ACCEPTANCE WH MICHELLE'S GENR DYSPHORIA. RTY MAY NOT BE VOLVED THE SOLVG OF THE CRIME, BUT HE’S AROUND ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT THE QUTN OF INTY IS SOMETHG HE N VERY MUCH RELATE {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;}(L-R) GUT STAR TOM BERENGER, MART AND MARY {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 ONE SCENE OM THE EPISO, RTY DISCS THE SE WH RAYDOR’S TRANGED HBAND, PLAYED BY GUT STAR TOM BERENGER. HERE'S HOW EP AND EPISO -WRER JAM DUFF SCRIB THE SCENE:{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 TRANSGENR CHILD'S FATHER GIV HER DRS AND RTY'S LIKE ‘WHY DIDN'T YOU JT PUT A GREAT BIG TARGET ON HER BACK?’{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;}'RAYDOR'S HBAND RPONDS, ‘I THK WAS VERY BRAVE OF HER TO WEAR THOSE DRS. SOMETIM 'S AS DANGERO TRYG TO HI WHO YOU ARE AS IS WEARG SOMETHG OUTLANDISH. AND PEOPLE N'T ALWAYS HI WHO THEY ARE AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW.’{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;}RTY LOOKS AT HIM AND SAYS ‘WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?’ AND SHARON'S HBAND HAS TO STGGLE TO E UP WH AN ANSWER BEE OBVLY RTY BELIEV HE ISN'T, SOME WAYS, BATTG ON OUR TEAM. AND THAT'S A GREAT MOMENT FOR HIS CHARACTER.”{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;}WISELY MIRRORG REAL LIFE, RTY’S G OUT HAS NOT BEEN EASY OR FAST AS IS EVINT BY THE RECENT PLOT POT OF RTY TAKG ON A GIRLIEND, WHICH DUFF SAID WOULD ONLY NFE THGS MORE FOR THE TEEN. “HE'S GOG TO ASK THIS GIRL TO E STUDY WH HIM AND THGS ARE GOG TO GET SER BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM BEE SHE REALLY LIK HIM AND HE DON’T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE .”{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 PLAYG RTY, MART SAID THERE IS A REASON BEHD EVERYTHG THE CHARACTER IS DOG. “RTY’S NEVER HAD NORMAL, BUT HE STRIV FOR . I THK ’S THE DRIVG FORCE BEHD EVERYTHG HE DO,” MART TOLD OM THE SHOW'S SET DURG THE FILMG OF THIS EPISO. “LAST SEASON WHEN HE REALIZ HIS MOTHER ISN’T G BACK…’S VASTATG AND NOW ‘HOW DO I MAKE THIS NORMAL?’ AND SHARON REALLY PRENTS THAT FOR HIM. I MEAN SHE’S A FANTASTIC MOTHER. SHE HAS BEEN A MOTHER AND SO ’S JT KD OF LIKE MAKG THIS LIFE, THIS NEW LIFE WORK, I THK.”{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;}RTY MAY HAVE FOUND THE MOTHER HE NEVER HAD CAPTA SHARON {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 MORE IS G THIS SEASON, AND AN UPG SE ALSO AFFECTS RTY MORE THAN MAY IALLY BE SEEN ON THE SURFACE. “WE E ACROSS A SE OF SEXUAL ABE THAT REALLY BEGS TO UNRAVEL HIM,” DUFF SAID. “WHEN YOU HAVE SEX AS A YOUNGER PERSON, WHEN YOU'RE 15, 14, 13, BOYS THK THEY WANT , AND BOYS WILL GO AFTER , BUT LEAV A SR. IT'S LIKE VLENCE. BEE WHILE OUR BODI ARE PHYSILLY READY FOR , EMOTNALLY WE ARE NOT. AND SEX WH OLR MEN, WHICH IS WHAT [RTY] WAS DOG ON THE STREETS, AS HE'S FOND OF SAYG, HE WAS A TEENAGE PROSTUTE. AND HE HAS REPRSED MEMORI [AND] HIS REPRSED FEELGS ABOUT THAT E BACK TO HNT HIM AND END UP SOLATG HIM. AND HE'S TRYG SO HARD TO BE NORMAL AND BE A GOOD KID AND 'S MORE THAN HE N HANDLE. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN VIRTUALLY ANY CHILD N HANDLE.”{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;}RTY’S STORY CERTALY ISN’T THE NORM FOR A TELEVISN CRIME DRAMA. “IT WAS AN AWKWARD THG TO PUT AT THE CENTER OF A PROCRAL,” ADMTED DUFF, WHO -CREATED THE CLOSER AND CREATED MAJOR CRIM. “BUT SERVED SO MANY VALU AT ONCE BEE I THK HELPS TO HUMANIZE THE LEAD, SHARON, HER CHARACTER. AND GAVE HER A CHALLENGE AND A CHANCE TO SEE ANOTHER SI OF HERSELF.”{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;}MART AGREED AND ADD THAT RTY HAS ALSO FOUND FAY FIGUR THE VARIETY OF TECTIV THAT RAYDOR MANAG. “SHARON IS THE IMMEDIATE FAY MEMBER, BUT BY ASSOCIATN,” MART SAID, “PROVENZA IS FELY A FATHER FIGURE AND RTY KD OF HAS MOMENTS WH EACH OF THE ST MEMBERS AND EVERYONE TAK THIS KD OF PROTECTIVE ROLE OVER HIM.”{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;}EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CREATOR JAM {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;}DUFF SAID THAT RTY’S STORY IS ONE THAT HAS TAKEN HIM BACK TO HIS OWN PAST. “IT'S REALLY PUT ME TOUCH WH THE LAMI OF MY CHILDHOOD,” HE SAID. AS A TEEN, DUFF WAS TRYG TO FIGURE HIS SEXUALY OUT AND WENT TO SOMEONE HE TST FOR HELP – A PRIT. “I THOUGHT I WAS BEG CREDIBLY BRAVE BY GOG AND TALKG TO HIM ABOUT BEE I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY. AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE REASON I WAS HAVG THE FEELGS WAS BEE THE VIL WANTED ME. I WAS A VOUT CHRISTIAN, AND J LOVED ME, AND HE WANTED TO SEPARATE ME OM J SO I ALL I HAD TO DO WAS PRAY. AND IF I PRAYED HARD ENOUGH, THE TEMPTATN WOULD BE TAKEN OM ME. SO I PRAYED LIKE MAD FOR MONTHS, ON MY KNE, MY BEDROOM.” NEEDLS TO SAY THE FEELGS DIDN’T GO AWAY (THOUGH DUFF TOLD THE PRIT THEY HAD SO HE WOULDN’T GO TO HIS PARENTS) AND HE NOW REALIZ “THAT'S HOW TENSELY I DID NOT WANT TO BE OUT OF THE NORM AND OUT OF MY RELIGN, REALLY.”{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;}AND AS FOR WHAT IS G WH RTY THROUGHOUT THE RT OF THE SEASON, EXPECT THE PHILIP STROH SE (THE ONE WHICH RTY IS THE STAR WNS) TO NTUE TO POP UP. THIS WILL PUT THE TEEN, AND PERHAPS THOSE AROUND HIM, A NOT-SO-SAFE PLACE. “I N TELL YOU THAT Y, HE IS DANGER. IT’S NOT JT SMOOTH SAILG,” MART TEASED. “THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON REALLY BACK TO HNT RTY, AND PHILIP STROH IS NOT JT SILENT A WAY.”{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;}MAJOR CRIM AIRS MONDAYS AT 9PM ON TNT. FANS N ALSO LIVE TWEET WH DUFF AND ST MEMBERS DURG TONIGHT'S {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 ST OF MAJOR CRIM RERD AN ANTI-BULLYG VIO FOR GLSEN. CHECK OUT {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

**Graham Patrick Mart as Rty Beck on TNT's Major CrimProcral crime dramas aren't typilly the venue for three dimensnal gay characters and nuanced g out stori.

On one hand, featur a team of heterosexual ps who are unfailgly rpectful of the LGBTQ victims and spects they teract wh, along wh a medil examer who is matter-of-factly gay (jt as he’s matter-of-factly a Lato immigrant, once evcg surprise when the ps of the Major Crim Squad were unfaiar wh his favore childhood TV show). When I asked about Raydor’s relatnship wh Rty, a teenager once abandoned by his addict mother and forced to work as a htler, who Raydor has realized is gay perhaps before he knows , she told me:.