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#LGBTQ: Gus Kenworthy on Playing it “Straight” for “AHS:1984” (& in Real-Life)

By Trey Speegle on September 23, 2019 7:07 am

Kenworthy playing it straight on AHS:1984

Out actor/Olympian Gus Kenworthy got a lot of criticism, mostly from the LGBTQ community, after it was announced his role in the new, American Horror Story:1984, would be a straight man.

Excuse me?! THAT’S a problem?

In an ESPN essay, Kenworthy said:

“When Ryan [Murphy] announced he’d hired me to play Emma [Roberts’] boyfriend, he and I both received a lot of negative comments online.

Some people wanted to know how I was cast as a straight man or if I could play straight. Is that even a question?

I spent the first 23 years of my life playing a straight man.

Every gay man has the experience at some point in his life of pretending to be someone he’s not.

I knew as a teenager that I was gay, yet I was still sleeping with girls, pretending to be straight, playing this persona I thought I needed to be for my sport.

The stakes were so high. I remember going to crazy lengths to make people believe I was someone I was not. That’s acting.

Maybe this sounds unfair, but I feel like it’s much more OK for a gay man to play a straight role than vice versa.

Most characters are straight. Most shows are about straight people and straight lives and straight dynamics, and if there is a gay character on the show, it’s usually a sidekick.

#WhatHeSaid

Allowing a gay person to play that character does a lot in terms of visibility and breaking down perceptions and stereotypes.”

American Horror Story: 1984 premiered Sept. 18. The series trailer is below.

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That special moment when you realize you have an Olympic medal AND will be playing Emma Roberts’ boyfriend on “American Horror Story” Season 9.

A post shared by Ryan Murphy (@mrrpmurphy) on Feb 6, 2019 at 9:52am PST

(Photo, FX; via Queerty)

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