Meet Steve Howey, the Straight Actor Who Came Out as Gay

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Steve Howey, the Shamels star, hop to end stigma -- and toxic masculy -- by playg gay and speakg out.

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‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

Cameron Monaghan's gay character Ian Gallagher ma fans wonr if he and his on-screen partner Noel Fisher are gay real life — fd out. * gay brother in shameless *

Fans have wonred: Is Cameron Monaghan gay? Ian Gallagher actor Cameron Monaghan has never dated his on-screen love tert Noel Fisher and is not gay real life. Cameron Monaghan Plays an Openly Gay Man on 'Shamels, ' but Is He IRL?

Is Ian om 'Shamels' gay real life? On the show, he plays Ian, the third olst Gallagher siblg whose stggl to e out as gay was ptured on Season 1. Article ntu below advertisementOn 'Shamels, ' Cameron Monaghan plays Ian, a character who me out as gay Season the past seasons, we've watched how Cameron's on-screen character, Ian, and his partner, Mickey, have tried to bat reprsn and societal stigma to build a better relatnship.

The actor might be playg a gay character on the show, but he maly dated women the past. He never do anythg that's stereotypilly perceived as 'gay. ' He's tough, he's street smart, and he's pretty much unlike any gay teenager on televisn right now, " Cameron told Vany Fair.

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

Is Ian om 'Shamels' gay real life? Actor Cameron Monaghan obtaed unmatched populary wh his portrayal of Ian, who me out Season 1. * gay brother in shameless *

Article ntu below advertisement"I'm not gay myself, but 's a role I'm very happy to play. I'm always happy to support the gay muny. And I thk a lot of teens — and a lot of gay teens, pecially — will really relate to the role, " Cameron add.

For Shamels star Steve Howey, speakg out for what he knows is right has bee an art form, one that is unpredictable but always strik a December, the Texas-born actor me out on Twter, he says, to fight the stigma behd sayg the words "I'm gay. " His tweet, which read simply "I'm gay and proud, " sparked dialogue and a fair amount of nfn about the straight, married father of tws -- but he isn't bothered by fans thought Howey, who plays gay Netflix's Game Over, Man!, might have been textg character, but he sists, "My whole pot was to be a champn, a supporter, of the movement. Howey plays Rich, a "bad guy and a goon" who happens to be gay and works alongsi his lover (Mac Brandt), another eccentric thug.

"The fact that he and Brandt both play agast type -- hypermascule bad guys who happen to be gay -- is part of the movie's charm. Movg forward, he hop to tackle more challengg rol that brg awarens to stori ls told -- like that of his bt iends, Nick and Jim, a gay uple, whose kids go to the same school as Howey's tws.

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Probably the origal gay brother on televisn, Jack is Andie’s younger siblg. In the Amerin one, when his olr brother Lip disvers a che of gay pornography the room they share, he first tri to set him up wh a girl. Though they are technilly not siblgs, Sarah Manng’s clone Cosima is openly gay throughout the show and is plenty of relatnships wh girls.

And while Nate is g to terms wh the prospect of his own ath, David is stgglg to e to terms wh beg gay.

At the end of season one, the btal murr of a young gay man spurs him to e out of the closet. One of the most inic and long-lastg gay upl on televisn, Mchell and Cameron have, some ways, more of a functnal marriage than that of Mchell’s younger sister Claire and hband Phil. In season one, Gea reveals to Lily and Serena that Eric is gay.

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