Samira Wiley Reveals She Was Accintally Outed As Gay By Her 'Orange Is The New Black' Castmate | Essence

Contents:

• HOW ‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ HELPED ME REALIZE I WAS GAY (COLUMN)
• SAMIRA WILEY REVEALS SHE WAS ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY HER 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CASTMATE
• ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, WHE, STRAIGHT, GAY, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN
• 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' WRER LREN MORELLI OUT AS GAY
• ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY
• 13 FUN PHOTOS! THE 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CAST CELEBRAT GAY PRI
• 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' STAR TAYLOR SCHILLG OUT GAY

HOW ‘ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK’ HELPED ME REALIZE I WAS GAY (COLUMN)

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SAMIRA WILEY REVEALS SHE WAS ACCINTALLY OUTED AS GAY BY HER 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CASTMATE

I cried a lot, ” Wiley nfsed, notg she went through “a journey” orr to feel fortable beg gay. Not only is Orange is the New Black highly addictg— was released on Netflix all at once, so many viewers bge-watched all 13 episos—but on top of that, tackl several ntroversial issu like sexualy, homophobia, patriarchy, class, and race, often simultaneoly.

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, WHE, STRAIGHT, GAY, AND EVERYTHG BETWEEN

(Jsi Migl for Netflix)"I realized I was gay fall 2012, one of my first days on the set, " Morelli wrote. However, Healy's fluence on Doggett is also negative sce talkg to him only strengthens her opposn to homosexualy and he nvc her that lbians are tryg to nquer the world.

'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' WRER LREN MORELLI OUT AS GAY

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK MA TV—AND ME—GAY

Alex Vse (former; kissed) - Alex and Penn are enemi Season One, thanks to her strict opposn to homosexualy. And you're not ved, bee they don't allow gay people on the rapture b! Lren Morelli, a former Orange is the New Black wrer and -executive producer, wrote an op-ed 2014 tailg her g-out journey, tled “While Wrg for Orange is the New Black, I Realized I Was Gay.

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”Tomorrow (23 Augt), DeLaria will lead Manchter’s Pri Para orr to promote “gay visibily”.

13 FUN PHOTOS! THE 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' CAST CELEBRAT GAY PRI

Dpe Hollywood’s attempts to curb her butchns, DeLaria has always remaed unpromisgly te to herself, beg the first US openly gay ic to appear on late night televisn.

'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' STAR TAYLOR SCHILLG OUT GAY

DeLaria wh fans at the San Francis Gay Pri Day June 2014“There was a stage when beg a lipstick lbian was hot, but that wasn’t me, ” she explaed.

”The 56-year-old – who has played both gay and straight rol – has always known she was a lbian, although g out was still a “difficult procs”.