‘Gotham’ Actor Cory Michael Smith Comes Out as Queer

Shocker.

OP comes out as someone unable to do a search

The plot of the move sounds like a rip-off of a "Touched by an Angel" episode.

He's awesome on Gotham. I love that crazy show.

R2, this thread is better... better title and picture. I saw the other thread and had no idea who it was and scrolled on by. THIS original poster knew what he was doing, unlike the other one. So I'm going to stay in this thread, thanks.

Context matters. Good subject lines matter. Good links and photos matter.

In Ireland queer means very.

I'm guessing this sorta ambiguous statement means he can backtrack depending on job offers.

R6 Have you read the interview? He literally talks about his own coming out. How is it even remotely possible to backtrack from this? The only thing he can "backtrack" on is that he's bi instead of gay. He is certainly not straight though, straight people don't come out.

[Quote]He says his family handled his coming out with “a lot of love,” though it took “a lot of time.”

He acknowledged the interview by retweeting this. If he was wrongly outed I think he would have said something.

He also thanked his fans after the article came out.

[Quote]y’all tweeting #loveforCMS are giving me LIFE 🙌🏻 thanks for showing up with all that kindness and generosity 🤙🏻 i’m a lucky fella ✌🏻

The plot of the move sounds like a rip-off of a "Touched by an Angel" episode.

I was just thinking about that episode .Total ripoff

R7 - he identified as queer not gay. Some gay men may identify as queer, I do, but not all queer men are gay. He has had a relationship with a woman covered by the entertainment media.

R11 Yes, that's what I said. I don't know if he's bi or gay, all I know is he's not straight. He is attracted to men and sleeps with men. That's all I need to know.

What does it mean if you come out as queer. It seems so vague.

R13 Not straight, could mean either bi or gay.

Is this Billy Eichner's college roommate and best friend?

the guy that plays the penguin is gay right? Or is he just a really feminine straight guy?

Could they have found a goofier headshot?

R12 - that's not exactly what you said. I'm not going to speak for Smith but I know men who identify as queer who would never claim to be bisexual, gay or straight.

R180, by definition, you're either one of those, or just asexual. "Queer" doesn't mean a damn thing.

He's got a weirdly nice body.

R7 I have met heterosexual people-college students, and university professors who are heterosexual who identify as queer, or even pansexual, even though they are not trans, and are completely heterosexual.

I personally didn't understand it?

R21 I am a gay male academic and I constantly run into the types you describe. Usually poseurs and opportunists with some convoluted selection of Judith Butler, Foucault, Eve Sedgwick sound bites to explain how they are "queer." Save me from them.

R22 - - that sounds tedious as all get out!

R22 I was getting my undergraduate degree in English when I met most of these people. I've worked as a writer/editor, educator, and research assistant, and am thinking about going to law school or grad school, what should I do? I know that academia is extremely cut-throat, and if I go to grad school I would personally not want to get a Masters or PhD. in English literature even though some of my old professors said that I should.

The one academic I encountered who said he was queer said he was this despite being heterosexual and not trans, because he would write about drugs, and he would endlessly quote Foucault and Derrida.

All I'm saying is I doubt he would have come out to his family if he was mostly straight.

He could made up the history about the" coming out to his family ", we dont know.

R25 you never know. I know bisexual men who have told me (I'm a Kinsey 3) how they are a Kinsey 1-2 and they came out to their families and friends.

[quote] "Queer" doesn't mean a damn thing.

Maybe not to you, but to others it does.

What is more important, progress or keeping the homophobic status quo alive but at least people still call themselves gay?

Queer goes into the direction where sexual identity no longer is such a big divisive deal where people are being singled out because of it.

R26 Take off your tinhat.

[Quote]He tears up while recounting how, while shooting, he kept a book of photos of men who were dying at that time, men who were just like Adrian. Who, had he been born then, could have been him.

Could have been him = he has sex with men. That's all I need to know.

[quote]Some gay men may identify as queer. I do, but not all queer men are gay.

Which is why, if you are gay, it is better to say "gay." Then people will know what you're talking about.

[quote]Which is why, if you are gay, it is better to say "gay."

Gay = Discrimination

Queer = ?

Try making sense, r32.

ET Canada calls him gay.

[Quote]Gotham star #CoryMichaelSmith comes out as gay while promoting new movie #1985

R16 yes, the actor who plays Penguin is openly out and gay.

Yay, gay!

R28, bullshit. If it means anything, please define it. You can't. Because everyone thinks it means something different, and the literal definition is simply "odd" or "not normal". DUH. IT's a stupid label, and a hateful one anyway, a slur and smear like 'fag'.

When someone says they're "queer", that tells you exactly nothing. It's utterly useless, and offensive to a lot of people.

I’m queer!

If LGBTQ means anything at all, then Queer does not mean Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgendered. I think it means turQuoise-haired, but since T was taken, they had to make another choice.

It's why I use "LGBT" and ignore all the freakin' stupid letters after that.

Ask a dozen people what 'queer' means to them, and you'll get 13 different answers.

It's ridiculous nonsense to try and claim 'queer' is something independent and additional, some extra categorization that isn't already covered by LGBT.

He will NEVER have a "boyfriend" in the next 15 years of his career.

Fuck that "Queer" shit!

[quote] If it means anything, please define it. You can't.

OMG! Are you really THAT stupid? The whole point is that it basically means nothing. You can't discriminate against something that basically means nothing. Who do you single out when it means nothing and includes everybody? Who is superior or inferior within a group that means nothing?

Today we are stuck with straight (superior) vs. gay (inferior) in the future it's queer. No straight, no gay. No superior vs. inferior.

No straight, r42? Let us know how that worked out for you, oh, ten or fifteen years from now.

r41, are you kidding? If he were mostly straight he'd just say he was straight while secretly dating men.

[quote]Today we are stuck with straight (superior) vs. gay (inferior) in the future it's queer.

But there will be no punctuationeveryone willwrite run-onsentences.

R42 is off his meds and is making zero sense.

And gay is not 'inferior' dumbass.

[quote]Today we are stuck with straight (superior) vs. gay (inferior)

If you find gays inferior, that's your problem.

Also, why isn't it "superiour" or "inferiour" in England?

F&F OP for not doing a search.

[quote] And gay is not 'inferior' dumbass.

Uh, which world are you living in? Our society is built on piting one group against another one. White vs. Black, Straight vs. Gay, Christians vs. Muslims, etc. You really think we live in a society where gay people are considered equal to straight people?

FF r48 (not really) for failing to recognize the superiority of this thread, however much later it appeared.

Fuck you R48. You can do a search all you want and you won't find the other thread, because it doesn't mention GOTHAM, and nobody fucking knows this guy's name.

THIS is the new official thread, because that other thread SUCKS. The title and picture and text used in the OP of the other thread TELLS YOU NOTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

You should F&F the OP of the other thread for failing to choose a meaningful subject line and failing to provide any context.

R49, and you somehow think using the pejorative smear "queeer" is BETTER?!? What the fuck drugs are you on?

Interestingly enough, the OP of this thread was actually posting in "Cory Michael Smith Comes Out," and then decided to post this one.

Actor Cory Michael Smith comes out ISHC

Actor Cory Michael Smith comes out R15 = I.B. Singer

Actor Cory Michael Smith comes out Bye, r19.

Actor Cory Michael Smith comes out Who, watching The Riddler, did not think Cory was gay?

Not only that, but the OP of this thread was R10 in the original thread and was posting on it on Thursday. So he simply decided to create a duplicate thread to be an attention whore.

"Don't TAINT me, Gays! I'm QUEER!!!!! I've had Emelia Clarke!!!!! Pussy hound!!!!!"

r52, when there is no distinction between straight people and gay people (and it's just people) then there is no means of picking on people based on who they sleep with.

But I guess that's what you still hold on to: Getting picked on for being gay. But I have bad news for you: Millennials don't want to go through the same shit as you. That's why they came up with a different approach. They think it's the right approach for them while you hold on to your bitterness and pain (QUEER is triggering me!) like it's a lifesaver. They are the future while you most likely die sooner than them.

r53, though I did post "I.B. Singer" and "Who, watching The Riddler, did not think Cory was gay?", I am not the OP of ^ this ^ thread. I probably posted "ISHC," too, but I'm sure I'm not the only PWSHC.

R53 thinks that "Millennials" came up with a new strategy for labelling themselves. LOL!

[quote]They are the future while you most likely die sooner than them.

Water is wet.

Spring is warmer than winter.

And millennials will live longer than boomers and Xers. Glad you've joined up, r56, you and your superior thinking skills.

Sure R57. Sure.

The term "queer" has been around for eons. It wasn't invented by millennials. I remember people using here 20 years ago when I started posting on this board.....no one cared or was offended by it back then. Easily offended Republicans gays started pretending to be offended by it because it's an umbrella term that includes trans people and the freeper trolls like to bitch about anything connected to trans people.

r59, I hope your witty sarcasm gets you laid someday. You really need it.

No, moron r60. Ignoredar the OP. None of your "evidence" is evidenced. You don't have to start a thread to be able to perceive its superiority.

R54, if he hadn't posted this thread, I never would have gotten involved. I saw the other thread scroll by, but didn't recognize the picture or the name, so just kept scrolling by. Gotham is one of my favorite shows, so I would have missed this news completely. THIS is the better thread. And I'm glad it was posted.

Now fuck off with your bullshit, thanks and bye.

Cory dated Emilia Clarke.

R56 is just stupid and annoying.

R65 has never heard of BEARDS!

"They're ALL straight!"

[quote]Fuck you R48. You can do a search all you want and you won't find the other thread, because it doesn't mention GOTHAM, and nobody fucking knows this guy's name.

LOL he needs a children's show to be in the subject header because he can't remember actors' names.

The pic in the original thread did not render Cory recognizable. I honestly thought it was some current-day Alan Strang, in some production in Pacoima or Petaluma.

He likes pussies too.

R69 = OP making excuses for his constant need for validation

R68 just fuck off please. Jesus. What is WRONG with you?

How stupid do you have to be to think Gotham is a "childrens show"??

He likes pussies too.

R34 Queer means gay in Canada.

I agree R61. Queer Nation was formed by members of ACT UP in 1990. In 1996 I attended a national meeting of the Human Rights Campaign in preparation for the 1996 election. It was prior to that meeting that LGB leaders had agree to drop transgender from ENDA because that would guarantee its passage. Of course it didn't. People were still arguing about that decision. So yeah these terms and arguments are hardly the fabrication of millennials. .

I can't explain why I'm gay. I don't think you can even argue that because a man has sex with other means they aren't straight. Certainly we know there are conditions where men will have sex with other men and as soon as those conditions end, they won't. I expect people to accept I'm gay and to believe me when I say it. I don't expect them to demand to explain why I become romantically involved with men and not with women.

I extend the same respect to people who identify as queer and nothing else. For me being queer means not being heteronormative. Which is why I identify as queer and gay.

R42. You might be stuck with it, on my planet bisexuality also exists but people call themselves queer because they aren't believed when they say so.

It's a deliberately ambiguous statement, like Lee Pace, who said he has dated men and women before then stating he was "queer" so he is bisexual then? . It's just people who don't want to label themselves gay or bi for whatever reasons, usually financial / professional.

Later on down the line if he or Pace get a big movie role the can always date a woman for the pr without the threat of being called homophobic, fake or closeted. Queer is a sorta loop hole for gay celebs who want to be out but have the credible option to go back in, it's a new sorta glass closet.

The whole thing is total bullshit.

[quote]You might be stuck with it, on my planet bisexuality also exists but people call themselves queer because they aren't believed when they say so.

That's a good point. Do straight people, and gay people, treat bisexuals as their equals? Do you think this matters in the Queer Community where everyone just defines as queer?

Since I am gay, I could not opine as to what happens in "the queer community."

R78 Why are you so sure that if a man has sex with another man, the only reason he can want to have sex with a woman after that is for a professional or social reason and not romantically or for pleasure? This is a baffling attitude and the same goes for bisexual women except in reverse. People are sure that once a woman tries having sex with a man, she'll reject sex with women.

R79 Hell no, bisexual people get crapped on by both straights and gays. Straight people simply put bisexuals in the same big old perverted box as gays, and gays just seem to hate bisexuals to the point where they deny their existence. Like the old saying goes, if you claim you are bi, you are either confused or lying. A bi man is a liar who is really gay, and a bi woman is just a straight slut.

I'm not sure I like the word queer, though, but I understand why people use it.

"Queer" = non-word used by either cowards or bisexual attention whores.

Emilia was linked to her Breakfast at Tiffany's Broadway co-star, Cory, in March 2014. According to Page Six, the two were seen holding hands and slow-dancing at Vanity Fair's Oscars party.

I wish Cory Monteith had come out. "Queer" would have been enough.

R83 The better question is was she his actual girlfriend, or just a beard? Like I have said a million times on this thread and the other one, my guess is he's at the very least bi, as he talks about coming out to his family. Most of the people who come out are either bi or gay (though I'm aware some attention whoring straight "edgy" people use the term too and some of them come out as "queer").

Why are you so sure that if a man has sex with another man, the only reason he can want to have sex with a woman after that is for a professional or social reason and not romantically or for pleasure?

Well then he'd be bisexual. Why not just come out as bi in the first place.?

R86 And everything you said in the previous post would also apply to coming out as bisexual. In fact "no, dude, you are really gay, you only came out as bi to pretend like you still have an option" is the number one thing bi men hear from both straight and gay people.

So what's the difference? At least when you come out as queer, people don't start calling you a liar or claim that being queer doesn't exist.

R86 Ask him that. I wish he did. Same with Pace, at least Pace clarified it by saying he's dated both men and women in the past. I don't understand why Cory couldn't have said that? It's like everyone on this thread have mentioned: he only did it so it's possible to backtrack. He can go official if he gets a boyfriend, but he can also say in interviews in the future that he was "misquoted" or he didn't mean it [italic]that way[/italic]. It's a cowardly way to come out by not really coming out.

R86 I forgot to say that although I do believe the only reason he came out as "queer" was for professional reasons, others have their reasons to come out as queer. I don't think bisexual is a good description for the Kinsey 1s or 5s, but I don't feel like queer is a good replacement for bi either. And yes, he could have come out as "queer" because he didn't want to say his relationship with Clarke was fake, if that's what it was.

Well r87, bisexuality is its own valid sexuality, if someone comes out as bi, then obviously they can have either girlfriends or boyfriends down the line and be totally genuine, no one would call them out on it or at any ate they certainly should not call them out on it.

If Cory came out as bi, there would be no ambiguity and he could go on to date either men or women.

Fuck this queer shit, is word salad so these chickens don't have to admit they like cock lots more than flange Fuck this chicken....well actually most probably would. Queer is a worthless nonsense term

R90 Every thread on DL with the word bisexual in it will prove that people who think like you are in the minority even among non-straights. There is this actor, forgot his name, who is openly bi, actually he talks a lot of about "bi erasure" and yet both media and DL calls him a gay liar all the time.

I'm a gay man.

I am not queer.

R40 exactly that's why I don't like queer and do not use it at all. To many people it's also a slur but I have met gay men who used terms like f____t and faerie, which they claimed were political to them somehow? I asked them, so since I am a bisexual man would calling myself a switch-hitter, or fence-sitter be a political term to you?

R91, yes and Larry Kramer has been batshit crazy for decades, and even likes to revise history claiming that he single-handedly was the only person in the 1980s that did anything for gay and bisexual men who were HIV+ or dying from AIDS.

R92, is it Alan Cumming?

R94 Yes, I believe that's him, and I believe the reason is that he has a man as a romantic partner now. If he had a girlfriend, people would be a little more inclined to believe him, because in their minds there is absolutely zero reason for a "really straight" man to call himself bisexual. Or perhaps they'd just say he does it to look edgy.

So queer is easier all the way. Bisexual is a lying liar in denial who is going through a phase while fucking anything that moves. You call yourself bisexual but you are now with someone your own sex? LOL finally you admitted it. You. Are. Gay. You call yourself bisexual but you are now with someone of the opposite sex? Get out of my gay bar, heteronormative attention whore. Pansexual is known mostly in the gender-studies circles. Queer is easy and free. Queer doesn't owe anything to anyone, you call yourself queer and no one is trying to force a definition onto you.

Cory and his favourite bird

r11, do you have any doubt he sucks cock? Gay, queer--whatevs.

Does anyone have any gossip? Is he a top or bottom? Is he good in the sack? DLers must know something. Come on New York gays, don't let me down!

He said this a few years ago, so I guess he didn't come out now because he was always out? Either way, what I gather from his statement is that he is probably bi, considering he didn't know what to label himself.

[Quote]He also doesn't hesitate to complicate his own sexuality, musing, "I think I've labeled myself everything at this point. A psychologist would have a field day with me, which is why I'll never go to one."

Great to see so many openly bi dudes

He's very nice-looking.

r100, he didn't come out as bi.

R102 "Sexual ambiguity is exciting," Smith says. "I wish there were more people who were more outspokenly bisexual or gender-fuckers. I enjoy being in pieces that push that line."

He came out as sexually ambiguous which is code for bisexuality. Read between the lines.

The Riddler, Penguin and Isabella - A Bisexual Triangle

R103 That is from the article a few years ago, right? He didn't say anything like that in the interview where he came out as queer, in fact he didn't follow up "queer" with anything, which left people confused if he was bi or gay.

You know what that means bi . For the world they’re in a straight realationship and are fucking men on the side . You have all the perks of being straight and not the backlash of being gay . Gay people fought for acceptance and these bi ‘s have everything . Bi people should be erased .

R106 At least he's sorta out though, many bi people never come out, especially in Hollywood. Sadly I think there's a big chance he will continue to only date women publicly, so he can be perceived as straight despite coming out as "queer". I hope he proves me wrong though. I really want him to go public if he has a bf or gets one in the future.

DL - the home of linear thinking.

R108 What's that supposed to mean?

I'm a gay queer homosexual!

R109 - let me give you an example. The Kinsey Scale. It's a line. One dimension. The model was based upon the assumption sexuality can be described as a straight line. Then people were placed upon the line. Why start with that assumption? Why limit our thinking to that model. Why assume the only factor in one's sexuality is the level of attraction to the same sex vs. the level of attraction to the opposite sex?

Why not add other dimensions like gender?

When you start adding other dimensions to the model why assume people land on one location and stay there?

Because that's true for 99% of people, R111.

Get over it.

And really, you're going to think someone being attracted to the male sex, but not the male gender, is something that happens often enough to even care about? Yeah right.

R111 Fuck off with that gender bs. Gender is not real. There are two biological sexes - male and female. Anything else (except the few cases of intersexuals) is made up nonsense.

Man who doesn't think he's a woman plays "trans woman" role- EVIL CIS! Only trans should play trans!

Able-bodied man accepts role as man with significant disabilities eg.paraplegia, - EVIL ABLEIST! Only disabled should play disabled!

Hetero man plays troubled, closeted gay man in movie about AIDS, evoking memories of the struggles gay men have endured and the homophobia suffered........ -"No no, I'm not straight! I'm ... um... "queer". I'm not 'appropriating' or profiting from your real experiences, only to return to my totally accepted straight life, with an Oscar-bait gay-bait award.!

And "Why yes, I do happen to be dating a woman now, but I never said I was gay! Only queer. And anyway, she's non-binary, genderqueer, demi-boy, androqueer, transboi yada yada"

"Fuck off with that gender bs. Gender is not real. There are two biological sexes - male and female. Anything else (except the few cases of intersexuals) is made up nonsense."

Funny to see this kind of thing on a gay board, since a lot of people think gay men are not real men.

"Hetero man plays troubled, closeted gay man in movie about AIDS, evoking memories of the struggles gay men have endured and the homophobia suffered..."

He's not hetero. If he was he wouldn't come out as anything. Plenty of straight actors have played gay characters without coming out as anything other than straight....why would this guy be any different?

"I do happen to be dating a woman now"

He's not dating a woman.

[Quote]He's not dating a woman.

How do you know?

[Quote]Funny to see this kind of thing on a gay board, since a lot of people think gay men are not real men.

Sexuality is not the same as gender. Gay men are men. Trans women are men.

"How do you know?"

How do you know he IS dating a woman? If he was dating a woman he'd just say he's straight. Actors do NOT benefit from being known as bi, gay, "fluid" or anything other than straight.

So are people saying he is a trans chaser.

R119 I don't, but I never claimed he wasn't. If he's dating a man, who is it?

He could be dating a trans-woman.

R112 - assume what you say is true about 99% Your position is that if it's good enough for the majority it is good enough for the minority. See any problem with that?

R113 - when did gender become "not real?"

I know Cory. Nice guy, a bit of a party boy. New boyfriend every 3 weeks. Completely gay.

r124 then why does he refer to himself as 'queer'?

R124 Finally some gossip! Please tell us more. Does he have a boyfriend right now?

He's really cute and has lovely skin.

Sad to hear he's a whore, per R124, but I guess I should have expected it.

Trolls trolling with their shits for brains: Trans are the worst, am I right or what? Queer is triggering! Those damn Millennials should get off my lawn!

It's all about pit one group against the other and then watch the sparks fly making these cretins feel all powerful. Quite sad actually.

"If he's dating a man, who is it?"

If he's dating a woman, who is it?

"then why does he refer to himself as 'queer'?"

Why would he call himself queer if he was straight?

Interesting Instagram account he just followed. Lots of male nudity. I guess he really is a 'mo.

Admiring male nudity is not gay, it’s progressive!

Isn't he giving homophobes an excuse to call gay men queer?

What's the deal with Austin and Cory? I thought Austin was with Kevin, but now I'm wondering if there's something between him and Cory. They keep liking each other's posts on Instagram.

He's an enigma like his character, Ed Nygma, in Gotham.

R134 Nice find. He actually has a really good voice.

Cory seems to flirt a lot with Robin.

Wow, I never saw this news coming!

I ran across this profile of him from 2012 when he was doing publicity for the New York run of the play Cock, which was about a bisexual man cheating on his male partner with a woman and was quite controversial for obvious reasons. Anyway, the article was by a gay author in a local gay rag so you would think Cory would be prepared to answer questions about his own sexuality but the interview quickly devolves into farce as he dances around the question to the growing frustration of the author. He became more adept at PR and press management in the years since but he comes across as much more likable and less polished than in later articles. I think he has adopted this queer angle as a better PR tactic to remain vague on his own gayness rather than to just flat out refuse to answer the questions, especially as he has had several gay roles. The Parker Posey and college drag youtube anecdotes were not very subtle digs by the peeved theatre queen who had to spend an entire day with Cory and didn't get to write the coming out piece that he was probably expecting. He probably posts on DL theater threads....

A year later he was a bit more forthcoming to that hipster rag Paper which ran a brief puff piece along with some trendy fashion product placement that Paper specializes in...

R136 Yeah, there's no way they haven't at the very least fucked.

I'm sure they are if Robin's in an open marriage.

R141 I don't think that Robin and his husband are in an open marriage. At 0:44, Robin mentioned that his husband doesn't like the real life shipping of Smaylor.

[R118]

Gay men don't date Transwomen.

^ in my experience, out gay men don't date transwomen but some closeted or in denial ones do

R124 Is he a top or bottom?

Do all the gays know each other or something? First Cory liked Austin McKenzie's IG posts, now he started following Kevin McHale. Wonder if he talked to Austin, maybe said he was interested or something, and Austin said he was dating Kevin? BTW, Cory's IG has been really gay lately. Not his posts, more like his follows, likes etc. I haven't been following him for that long, but did he used to out himself before he came out as "queer"? Or did he start to gay it up once he came out?

He follows a former gay porn star (twink genre); see link.

Oh and he also follows totally straight and total non-pervert Bruce Weber!

R147 So what is his type, twinks?

Unlike much of DL I don't actually mind tattoos. I just have one caveat: No tattoos on face, neck or hands. It just screams white trash. Having tattoos everywhere else is fine imo.

Sorry, that was meant to go in the Shawn Mendes thread.

He looks fugly in OP's photo.

R148 ...

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♥ ♥ ♥

I swear he sometimes resembles James Franco; the squinty eyes, perhaps?

R152 Speaking of that, look at Camren's reaction in this gif, isn't it weird?

Here too..

James Franco resemblance.

R156 Lol the beginning of that GIF! She Almost looks like she’s clutching her pearls.

R159 She looks uncomfortable when Cory touches Robin. The others just think it's cute lol.

Cory has a big dick.

They certainly flirt a lot. More gifs at the link.

Also they are amused about the ”Smaylor” term themselves! Just saying it random out loud at this live thing

[quote] Cory has a big dick.

Is it cut or uncut?

Cory seems like he wants to steal Robin away from his husband.

If Robin wasn't married they'd probably hook up.

He's like Columbus, he discovered something millions of people already knew about.

Flirting again.

Robin seems to have a hard time resisting Cory's charms.

Robin is a big flirt himself. He used to flirt with Ben Mckenzie (as illustrated at 1:55 and 2:25 at the video clip below).

When they were playing the game Marry, Fuck or Kill with Gotham's villains, The Riddler, Penguin and the Joker, Ben said that he would marry Penguin at 0:00. Robin and Cory said that they would marry each other at 2:35.

To me it has been mostly Cory flirting with Robin, and not the other way around. We all know Cory loves to touch Robin, lol. But in this he actually winks back. More gifs at the link.

R169 He can flirt with Ben as much as he wants, it will never go anywhere. Ben is straight (despite what DL thinks, he knocked up his co-star aka straight). At least Cory is gay (well.. "queer"). Though I don't really think anything has ever happened and probably never will if Robin is happily married.

R156 ehhh, I'm gay yet if I was in such a situation, I also find 'distractions' to interviews to be off putting, so I'd potentially act like her - acknowledging its cute but being 'okayyyy lets go continue'.

Cory acts like a love-crazed puppy around Robin. It's funny that he acts this way in the middle of an interview or in front of other cast members as if there is no one else around.

The following is a picture of Robin with his husband and Cory.

R174 Cory keeps his hands to himself around Robin's husband.

Robin's husband hangs out with the cast of Gotham.

The Riddler and Penguin - Dusk Till Dawn

Cory needs to stop being a skanky, husband thief!

Gotham looks like a gay ol time.

If only it were more gay

R144

It would make more sense for them to date a Transman. What are they dating them for, their cock? They present as female.

Enough talk about trans this and trans that. I'm pretty sure he's into men (you know.. dicks). Just look at his Instagram likes and follows.

I'm pretty sure that he's into men too.

Cory tweeted at 7:37 PM - 12 Jun 2015.

I 💚 @robinlordtaylor and his beautiful face.

R183 Yeah, he isn't really hiding anything on Instagram. He follows a ton of gay actors, male models etc.

Here's the other thread. It had gone missing.

He can't resist touching Robin.

touching robin huh ;)

also robin is toucy back here and there ^ stroking cory’s tigh for one in that set

They would have probably hooked up if Robin wasn't married. I wonder if Cory is seeing anyone right now though. Does anyone have any gossip?

Cuddling in the middle of a photo shoot

Cory presenting ass.

He has really gayed up his Instagram since coming out, not only is he presenting, he also started following gays like Kevin McHale and Keiynan Lonsdale and he liked one of NPH's posts.

Maybe he can tell Kevin McHale to officially come out.

He couldn't say "I love you" to a woman on tonight's episode. HAH!

Cory likes flirting with Ben too.

Cory just likes flirting with all the guys

Ben is so fucking hot. I've been a fan since The OC, and LOVED him in "Southland". I'd flirt with him too if I could.

His scene in the car with Frances McDormand in HBO’s Olive Kitteredge is devastating and convinced me of his considerable talent.

Cory saying he came out 13 years ago in this interview, so when he was 18 years old! It just hasn't been like "public announced" until now.

When the cast of Gotham played the game, Marry, Fuck or Kill with Batman's villains, the Riddler, the Penguin and the Joker, Ben McKenzie said at 0:19, that he would marry Robin and totally fuck (boff) Cory.

But who wouldn't want to fuck Cameron Monaghan?

He has really gayed up his Instagram these last few weeks. He has liked a ton of gay or gay related posts. I actually thought he was on his way to clarify his "queer" statement. Then today he liked one of Emilia Clarke's posts. Ugh.. WHY WHY WHY WHYYYYY?! Now all the idiot fangirls will think they're together. Even though he came out. THIS is exactly why I wish he would have come out as gay, if that's what he is. They are clearly trying to heterosexual up his image on Gotham too, making him the love interest of Lee and doing interviews with the actress playing her. This is so fucking annoying. I don't usually like to call anyone a coward, he was brave to come out, but I wish he would have clarified exactly what he meant by "queer", the word can mean fucking anything today. And as I said: the fangirls will believe he's into Emilia now even though a guy took an intimate photo of him in a bed shirtless. Forget all that.. he's TOTALLY STRAIGHT now because he liked Emilia's Instagram post! (Their logic, not mine).

R199 Ugh interviewers like that annoy me. SHUT UP for a minute and let him talk ffs. I wanted to hear about his coming out, either publicly like he did recently in the interview, or 13 years ago to his family. But no.. the interviewer interrupted him and instead talked about gay superheroes. UGH. SO annoying.

Who is Billy Wheelan?

Whoever he is, he's cute

Another photo with Billy Wheelan

Are they more than friends? Billy Wheelan seems gay by his Instagram posts.

Billy's definitely gay

He's fighting with fans on Twitter now.

r209 Over what?!

Real cutie.

R210 He pissed off the straight fangirls who rabidly ship "Nygmobblepot" by reminding them his character has only been with women. Then he tried to reasonably respond to some of them, which of course is a terrible fucking idea, so now they're attacking him for being homophobic or some stupid shit like that.

is Da-veed gay or just his character?

The idiot writers can blame themselves if Gotham gets cancelled. Nobody wants to see the Riddler and Lee hook up, yet here we are. I know she's probably just using him, but the damage is done. They managed to piss off all the fangirls. They had a brilliant opportunity to make Nygmobblepot canon. Riddler and Penguin have amazing chemistry, but nope of course we can't have gays on a comic book show! Lesbians are totally ok though.. of course.

enough of this BS..there is NO such thing as queer...you are straight...gay or bi...pick one! you are not re-inventing the wheel here....bi is spectrum for some others it is a starting point since some ppl are too afraid there "gayness" own it and stop creating new labels...this is NOT brain surgery...this is exactly like calling men and women who do NOT want to transition "cis" that is BS it there men and women and then there are trans...fuck these millennials think they so "special" so original...when in reality they are just boring fucks

[quote]Ben McKenzie said at 0:19, that he would marry Robin and totally fuck (boff) Cory.

Thank you. We would otherwise not have known what he meant by "fuck."

R214 Hopefully, the backlash from the fangirls will get the writers to change the storyline to a bisexual love triangle involving Penguin where Penguin convinces the Riddler that Lee is only using him.

The backlash reminds me of the backlash that the Supergirl cast faced after the cast said that the SuperCorp ship (the ship name of Supergirl and Lena Luther (the owner of L Corp) won’t happen and mocked the shippers at Comic Con. Jeremy Jordan the instigator of the mockery had to apologize twice to the shippers.

R217 All Jeremy did was say that Kara and Lena were just friends in a jokingly manner. And even though Katie and Melissa were part of that, he was the only one that got the massive amount of backlash which forced him into apologizing (for nothing) so the angry lesbians would stop tweeting at him to kill himself.

R218 Why the hell are the lesbians angry?! They have A TON of representation on tv already! So what if one show won't make a character lesbian?! You have lesbians on almost every show these days! Gay male characters.. not so much. Even if a show happens to have gay male characters they are hardly ever allowed to kiss or have sex, unlike the lesbos that get to have sex all the time.

Yeah. The entire CW Arrowverse is full of lesbians. Gay men need representation too.

R214 It's hard for the writers of Gotham to please everyone.

Part of the problem stems from homophobic, hypocrital, straight fanboys who threatened to boycott the show if Penguin or Riddler are portrayed as gay characters. The reason that the fanboys give for not accepting the gay portrayal of Penguin or Riddler is that it's different from the original story. The fanboys are okay with making the female characters lesbian because the female characters are not part of the canon. In fact, they are okay with anything that deviates from the original story as long as they don't make the male characters queer.

The Penguin character was introduced in 1941 and the Riddler was introduced in 1948 at a time when homosexuality was illegal so of course the characters couldn't be portrayed as gay or bisexual. Because Gotham takes place in modern times, I think that it's possible to portray the characters as being in the closet and then coming out of the closet.

Robin calls out on the fanboys' hypocrisy and homophobia in the following clip at 0:48.

More Cory and Robin Circus

Good for Robin for calling out the bigoted fanboys on their shit.

"Gettin’ Bi (feat. Pete Gardner)" by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cast

Ugh.. here we go again 🙄

sexy !!!

very good in gotham

A Study in Nygmobbepot

Is this his bf?

R227 Clearly, the writers are queerbaiting. Cory was too naive to realize it when he was trying to prove to the fangirls on Twitter that the writers aren't queerbaiting.

R229 Queerbaiting has been seen as an approach by creators to both appeal to the queer market and to "avoid the backlash that comes with writing queer characters." It is done as a strategy to increase profit margins.

Edward Nygma -- Bi Bi Bi

Queerbaiting is also a survival tactic that is used in a highly competitive industry.

Visiting the homophobic country Belize. What a fucking idiot. He's literally supporting a bigoted place with his money. He couldn't have chosen any other place to spend his time?! WTF?!

From Wikipedia:

[Quote]Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Belize face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Same-sex sexual activity was illegal in Belize until 2016, when the Supreme Court declared Belize's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional.

[Quote]Belize also has a law prohibiting foreign homosexuals from entering the country, although the law has never been enforced.[3] However, the court ruling striking down the sodomy law also stated that the Constitution barred discrimination based on one's sexual orientation. The Supreme Court ruling is currently being appealed to the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Right, R233. Done paying attention to him. Thanks!

R233 is an insufferable SJW. Save it for Tumblr, twat.

[quote]Belize also has a law prohibiting foreign homosexuals from entering the country, although the law has never been enforced.[3] However, the court ruling striking down the sodomy law also stated that the Constitution barred discrimination based on one's sexual orientation. The Supreme Court ruling is currently being appealed to the Caribbean Court of Justice.

r234, well, he's not homosexual and 'queer' isn't a sexual orientation, so he's all good.

I went to have drinks after a dinner event a few months ago with friends and he was with a few other fellow aquatints and was absolutely as gay as gay can gay.

Cory and Ben McKenzie

Here's the tweet where Cory said that the Riddler is not a gay character and that the romantic love will not be reciprocated in his relationship with the Penguin.

R240 Guessing he deleted those tweets since I can't seem to find them (or maybe I'm just not looking hard enough)

Can't imagine the het fangirls took them well.

R241 I think that he deleted all those tweets. But in R240, I think that he was tweeting to a gay fanboy.

R241 Sorry, my mistake, I think that he was tweeting to a fangirl and not a fanboy.

Making everyone around them feel like a third wheel

They want a Nygmobblepot kiss to happen and we know it.

R245 I think they would have gotten together in real life if Robin wasn't already married. They clearly like each other.

Naked

At Heroes Fan Fest this weekend in London

R248 They'd probably be a couple if Robin wasn't married.

Cory acting like they are a couple at Heroes and Villains Fan Fest this weekend in London

Cory and a young fan at the Heroes and Villains Fan Fest

The cast having dinner together with Robin's husband in London this weekend

Recent photo of Cory's boyfriend

R253 Cute.

r251 My heart just about melted. Cutest fan photo ever and I'll fight you on that one.

r252 Fuck, Robin's husband is H-O-T!

r253 So is his boyfriend the one we suspected, that is... the one who takes photos of him on his Insta?

R255 No, his boyfriend is not the Instagram photographer. His boyfriend is in the photo in R252, sitting beside Cory.

Here's a better picture of Cory's boyfriend. He's sitting beside Cory.

Another fan photo from HVFF

I think that the guy on the right is Cory’s new beau. He looks very similar to the guy sitting beside Cory at R257.

R259 Yeah, pretty sure it's the same guy. Anyone identify him yet?

In the following clip at 25:24, Morena Baccarin mentions that Ben McKenzie got so drunk one evening on his birthday party with the cast members that he sat on Cory’s lap and started feeling Cory’s boobs.

Maybe, Ben is sexually fluid too. After all, he did say that he would fuck Cory when the cast members were playing Marry, Fuck or Kill at R200.

I want to see some Nigma/Alfred action

R261 might explain Morena Baccarin’s sometimes annoyed expression in the presence of Cory especially during their on-screen scenes.

Ben really likes Cory.

Walmart was trying to sell a Laminated POSTER PRINT with Famous Quotes from Cory without his consent.

Rampant rumors that Ben was gay when he got his start on "The O.C."

Isn't he from Austin? You think he knows Colton Haynes?

Trailer for his new movie.

He looks hot here.

Who is the guy on the left?

Did they date at one point? Here's a pic.

And here's another.

BUmp

Does anyone here have any gossip on him? Who is he dating?

Years ago, Smith was a detestable cock tease to this playwright whose play he was appearing in. He totally led the poor sod on, even hanging out with him at his place, only to leave the guy with a cold dry dick. Smith also played with what he was--bi, maybe, or maybe he was gay or maybe really was bi...a total little douche.

R274 Interesting, thanks. Do you know anything more? He claims he's queer, does that mean bi or gay? Is he dating anyone now?

Cory fan twitter account

R275 He has (or at least had, dunno atm) a boyfriend. I don't think DL has managed to identify him yet though.

(The dude he's holding hands with)

And here he is again, sitting next to Cory.

Thanks, R278. His boyfriend is cute.

New boyfriend? Check out his Instagram story.

WTF is up with his Instagram story complaining about expensive taxi rides? He sounds like a Republicunt.

You're a Republicunt if you complain about expensive taxi rides?

New role.

R282 He also liked a tweet that made fun of Bernie Sanders. I get the distinct feelings he's a conservative.

r284 Dems on Twitter have been making fun of Bernie for a couple of months now, so that by itself definitely doesn't mean he's a homocon.

Some of you have gone with this Republican bullshit. Or you write like Susan Sarandon spews shit.

Some of us who are not only hard core dems but to the left of our past presidents and nominees think Sanders is a complete ass. He and his supporters don't want to be Democrats, don't understand why open primaries allow anyone (including Republicans) to come in and fuck up the outcomes and yet he wants to run as a Democrat without trying to work within and transform the party before storming in demanding to be the candidate. Sanders became a Democrat to run for President and then IMMEDIATELY switched back to being an Independent in 2016 and STILL has not switched party affiliations.

So right now,once again, we have to wonder: Will he become a Democrat again and switch affiliations just so he can not have three major candidates? Will he run as a 3rd Party candidate and guarantee a Republican president?

Cory could easily be a HRC supporter. Or a Booker, Buttigeig, Harris or Warrent supporter.