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May 1, 2012
Lesbian storyline coming to The Bold and the Beautiful

US soap set in fashion industry has never before featured same-sex romance

The Bold and The Beautiful, a US soap set in the fashion industry, will soon introduce the first same-sex romance in its 25-year history.

The show, winner of the outstanding daytime drama Emmy for the past three years, will reveal on May 17 that the character Karen Spencer (played by returning cast member Joanna Johnson) is a lesbian and married to a woman named Danielle who will be played by soap opera veteran Crystal Chappell.

May 1, 2012
Lesbian storyline coming to The Bold and the Beautiful

US soap set in fashion industry has never before featured same-sex romance

The Bold and The Beautiful, a US soap set in the fashion industry, will soon introduce the first same-sex romance in its 25-year history.

The show, winner of the outstanding daytime drama Emmy for the past three years, will reveal on May 17 that the character Karen Spencer (played by returning cast member Joanna Johnson) is a lesbian and married to a woman named Danielle who will be played by soap opera veteran Crystal Chappell.

April 12, 2012
Sean Hayes gets snippy with reporter for asking about 'it' and 'that'

'It's 2012, you can say the word 'gay''

For eight years on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, Sean Hayes played the hilarious gay character of Jack McFarland to such perfection that he won an Emmy and was nominated for six others.

During the show's long run, Hayes declined to discuss the fact that in real life, he is also gay. But that changed two years ago when in an interview with The Advocate, he talked about being gay and insisted that he had never tried to hide that fact.

April 9, 2012
A gayer-than-ever Glee renewed for fourth season

Kurt Hummel has been joined by other LGBT characters since show's debut

Even though its ratings are down from previous years, the musical-comedy series Glee has been renewed for a fourth season, the Fox network announced Monday (9 April).

The show currently averages 8.9 million viewers but its numbers have fallen seven percent compared to the previous season.

'Glee has continued its success as a genre-defying, global cultural phenomenon,' Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly said in a statement about the renewal.

April 5, 2012
Actor expresses 'relief' as his gay soap character comes out

Chandler Massey played months of angst until moment of self-acceptance this week on NBC's Days of Our Lives

It's been nearly a year since reports first surfaced that the character of Will Horton, a member of one of the core famlies on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives, would be coming out as gay.

The storyline was delayed then slow to develop as the show got a new writing team. (This week, those writers were replaced themselves by two of the show's former writers).

All the while Emmy nominee Chandler Massey continued to bide his time in other storylines until four months ago when Will's sexuality began to be addressed.

March 6, 2012
Cherry Jones brings her acting chops to NBC's Awake

Out actress talks to Gay Star News about her return to series television

Cherry Jones is clearly one of the most acclaimed stage actresses of her generation.

She's won lead actress in a drama Tonys for the plays The Heiress and Doubt and also starred on Broadway in the plays Our Country's Good, A Moon for the Misbegotten and Imaginary Friends.

But these days, Jones is gravitating more toward television. She won an Emmy in 2009 for playing the President of the United States on 24 and now she is part of the cast of the new NBC series Awake which premiered last Thursday.

February 29, 2012
Glee suicide episode leads to more reaching out to The Trevor Project

Cast members talk to Gay Star News about episode's impact

Last week's winter finale of Glee tackled the subject of gay teen suicide when a closeted football player is outed then bullied and tries to kill himself.

The character of Dave Karofsky (played by Max Adler) is a former bully himself who channeled his own self-loathing by tormenting one of the school's most openly gay students, Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer). It is Kurt who is there for Karofsky and when he visits his former bully in the hospital, helps him imagine his future.

February 24, 2012
See today's gay kiss on Days of Our Lives

Character of Will Horton makes out with guy after playing beer pong

The first same-sex kiss in the history of the long-running NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives took place on today's (23 February) episode.

Teenager Will Horton, played by Emmy nominee Chandler Massey, makes out with a guy named Neil (played by Jesse Kristofferson) who he met while out with friends.

February 23, 2012
First gay kiss to take place this week on NBC soap

Days of Our Lives character Will Horton to lock lips with guy at party

NBC's daytime soap Days of Our Lives will air the first same-sex kiss in the show's 46-year history on Thursday (22 February) when the character of Will Horton kisses a guy he meets at a party.

Will, played by Emmy-nominated actor Chandler Massey, has been struggling with his sexuality for several months now and not yet admitted to anyone - including himself - that he is gay.

February 23, 2012
Glee star Chris Colfer heads list of top 10 gay bachelors

Others include Clay Aiken, Zachary Quinto, and Jonathan Groff

On Glee, his character of Kurt Hummel is paired with dreamy Blaine Anderson.

But off-screen, actor Chris Colfer is single and has just been voted the number one most eligible bachelor in an Out.com poll released on Thursday (22 February).

February 2, 2012
Neil Patrick Harris on juggling kids and career

TV and film star says working out schedule is 'like a Tetris game'

Neil Patrick Harris has been busy this week making a series of appearances to promote a new M&M's character named Mrs. Brown.

Still, the two-time Emmy winner and longtime star of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother says he is being more choosy about accepting work that takes him away from partner David Burtka and their twins.

January 27, 2012
Guy Pearce and Jimmy Barnes support gay marriage

Aussie stars speak out for Australian Marriage Equality campaign

Actor Guy Pearce and musician Jimmy Barnes are the latest famous Aussies to speak out in support of gay marriage on behalf of the Australian Marriage Equality campaign.

Pearce, who gained a large gay following after starring in the film Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, said support and acceptance of the LGBT community has grown since he played a drag queen in that 1994 film.

December 7, 2011
Actor relishes gay role on US soap opera

Chandler Massey's soap character coming out in dramatic fashion on NBC's Days of Our Lives

Fans of the US daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives are watching 18-year-old Will Horton begin to fall apart at the seams.

Will is reeling after seeing his mother, now married to someone else, in the throes of passion with his former stepfather. He's also just been dumped by his girlfriend largely because he refuses to sleep with her.

Yes, Will is gay - but he's not near ready to deal with it.