The Brothers & Sisters are about to get a new brother. Well, brother-in-law.
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Matthew Rhys has no qualms playing gay on Brothers & Sisters. In fact, the only down side, the Welshman tells The Advocate, comes when people find out he's not gay.
Dennis Hensley writes:
At a burger stand in the heart of West Hollywood, Calif., Matthew Rhys was straight-bashed. Sort of, anyway. "This huge, muscley guy came up to me and went 'gay power' and sort of punched me… Then the man went, "You're gay, right?" I went, "No, I'm not." he went, "You're not? Oh, I feel betrayed…"
Rhys also tells Hensley that playing gay has some unforeseen romantic advantages.
When you’re in a relationship with a girl, you go to set and you go, ‘I’m going to make out with [Sex and the City’s] Jason Lewis.’ And they go, ‘Oh, you lucky thing,’ and they feel totally secure about it. But if you go to set and you have to make out with a hot blond girl, then you have the argument.
And what of that kiss with Jason Lewis, who reportedly didn't dig the idea. "He was a consummate professional."
In addition to the Rhys piece, the next issue of The Advocate includes a handy guide to gay-friendly businesses and a chat with actor Bobby Cannavale, who played gay on Will & Grace and in The Night Listener. Like so many journalists before him, Brandon Voss asks the requisite "dude crush" question. Cannavale's response: Derek Jeter.
We have a feeling that could be arranged…
The Iris Prize Festival kicks of in Cardiff, Wales today. Judges and audiences will screen 30 short films and offer what organizers say will be the largest gay flick prize ever: £25,000.
Of the contest, Welsh actor Matthew Rhys,who plays gay on Brothers and Sisters and patronizes the festival, says:
I'm confident the international jury will find it difficult choosing an overall winner.However, we should remember that all the film-makers who've reached the finals in Cardiff are already winners for getting this far.
We've never believed that "everyone's a winner" bullshit. The person who wins is the winner. The others are just more talented losers than the people who didn't make it. But, then again, we're cynical assholes…
• Gay Rep. Barney Frank wrote an ENDA-related guest post for The Bilerico Project.
We then began the work on passing a transgender inclusive ENDA. I was optimistic at first that we could do this, although I knew it would be hard. One of the problems I have found over the years of discussing this is an unwillingness on the part of many, including leaders in the transgender community, to acknowledge a fact: namely that there is more resistance to protection for people who are transgender than for people who are gay, lesbian and bisexual.
