Gay p-up G Kenworthy fends choice to play straight actg role | SBS Voic

gay characters ahs 1984

The openly gay athlete-turned-actor says he has faced cricism om the LGBTIQ+ muny for playg a straight character the first episo of FX seri Amerin Horror Story: 1984

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THE 5 GAYT MOMENTS FROM THE "AHS: 1984" PREMIEREHERE'S TO PUTTG THE "MP"—AND THE "WOOD"— CAMP {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 LTER FABIAN BRATHWAESEPTEMBER 19, 2019/12:42 {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:4500PX;WIDTH:6000PX;}KURT ISWARIENKO FXAMERICAN HORROR STORY: 1984 -- PICTURED: G KENWORTHY AS CHET CLANCY. CR: KURT ISWARIENKO FXBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAESEPTEMBER 19, 2019 / 12:42 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE 5 GAYT MOMENTS FROM THE \"AHS: 1984\" PREMIERE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-09-19T16:42:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-09-19T16:42:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","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;}THE LATT STALLMENT OF AMERIN HORROR STORY PREMIERED LAST NIGHT, AND WHILE WE N BATE IF WE REALLY NEED AN '80S SLASHER ADDN TO THIS ANTHOLOGY SERI (WE DIDN'T), WE N ALL AGREE ON ONE THG: THIS IS GONNA GET REAL {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;}FROM THE OPENG AEROBICS MONTAGE, TO G KENWORTHY'S EQUENT AND REPEATED SHIRTLSNS, TO CODY FERN'S FEATHERED HAIR—AS WELL AS THE REQUISE UNRLYG HOMOEROTIC TENSNS—THIS MP IS MP. SO WHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE ARE THE FIVE GAYT MOMENTS OM THE PILOT OF AMERIN HORROR STORY: {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;}"HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BODY LIKE THIS?"{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;}G KENWORTHY PLAYS CHET, A BEEFKE WOULD-BE OLYMPIAN WHO WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR "PEEG A PHARMACY." IN THIS PLETELY GRATUO BUT STILL HIGHLY APPRECIATED SCENE, HE RIPS OFF HIS SHIRT TO SHOW ALL THE HARD WORK HE'S DONE THAT WON'T BE SRG HIM ANY MEDALS AT THE 1984 GAM. BUT THAT SIX-PACK DO SRE MAJOR DROOL POTS OM EMMA ROBERTS' {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;}ABS VERS {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;}CHET PULLS THE OLST GAY TRICK THE BOOK WHEN HE GETS RAY (DEAR WHE PEOPLE'S DERON HORTON) TO SHOW HIM HIS ABS, PLANTG THE SEED FOR WHAT IS SURE TO BEE A BIG OL' QUEER SEQUOIA. REGARDLS OF WHAT THE TER HAS TO {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;}THIS TOTALLY RAD INTRO {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;}AEROBICS! SPANX! NEON! QUTNABLE HAIR CHOIC! AS WE'VE LEARNED OM POSE, RYAN MURPHY LOV A RETRO TRODUCTORY MONTAGE, AND WHAT BETTER WAY FOR TO MEET THE FUTURE RPS THAN WH THEIR GYRATG PELVIS BEG THST AND THST AND THST TO OUR FAC. THE '80S ARE BACK, BABY!{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;}TREVOR'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;}SPEAKG OF THGS BEG BACK: HEY, MATTHEW MORRISON. SPORTG A VERY SEXY AND ERA-APPROPRIATE MTACHE, THE FORMER GLEE ACH PLAYS ACTIVI DIRECTOR TREVOR, KNOWN FOR, AS MONTANA (BILLIE LOURD) REFERS TO , HIS "ELEPHANT'S TNK." TURNS OUT THAT DICK-STRACTG APPENDAGE GOT HIM KICKED OUT OF A JANE FONDA WORKOUT VIO. THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE AND FRANKIE GO {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;}THIS OPENG {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 A FLASHBACK TO 1970, WE SEE THE ORIGAL KIDS WHO GOT SLGHTERED AT CAMP REDWOOD, CLUDG THE THREE GETTG … S. YOU KNOW THOSE '80S SERIAL KILLERS DON'T LIKE ANYONE HAVG SEX, LET ALONE SOME POLYAMORO SH. THE POOR HORNY BASTARDS NEVER STOOD A {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

"I spent the first 23 years of my life playg a straight man,” the Olympian, who is gay, wrote an ESPN say. * gay characters ahs 1984 *

A list of all gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer characters Amerin Horror Story. This uld be a nod to shownner Ryan Murphy, who is himself an openly gay man. “When Ryan [Murphy] announced he’d hired me to play Emma’s boyiend, he and I both received a lot of negative ments onle, ” wrote Kenworthy, who me out as gay a 2015 ESPN terview.

”“Every gay man has the experience at some pot his life of pretendg to be someone he’s not, ” he ntued.

GAY P-UP G KENWORTHY FENDS CHOICE TO PLAY STRAIGHT ACTG ROLE

“I knew as a teenager that I was gay, yet I was still sleepg wh girls, pretendg to be straight, playg this persona I thought I need to be for my sport. After wng an Emmy for playg gay serial killer Andrew Cunanan “The Assassatn of Gianni Versace: Amerin Crime Story, ” Darren Criss vowed to no longer play queer characters an effort to make space for LGBTQ actors the dtry. On the flip si, Kenworthy said he believ “’s much more OK for a gay man to play a straight role than vice versa.

”“Most shows are about straight people and straight liv and straight dynamics, and if there is a gay character on the show, ’s ually a sikick, ” he wrote.

“Allowg a gay person to play that character do a lot terms of visibily and breakg down perceptns and stereotyp.... There aren’t many openly gay actors gettg st straight parts. The etyle skier is an Olympic silver medalist and the first actn-sports star to publicly e out as gay.

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