Nick Arapoglou: A Hasidic boy, a straight drag queen, a gay Muppet, the Adult Toy Teen's Dad. With his backside and a n*de Chris Evans

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In Righteous Gemstones Episode 3.4, the Sex Toy Guy (Nick Vardakas) attends Keefe's Ice Cream and Wieners Party with his Dad (Nick Arapoglou).  Biker Clarence happens to be there, and  tells them that Keefe bought out his adult store's entire inventory.   Afraid of being outed, Keefe says "that's just something we used to do with the kids." Great idea, buddy.  Now they don't think you're gay, they think you're...

Later, the parents meet with Kelvin to complain that Keefe is "weird" and not qualified to be a youth leader. Dad continues: "With all the rumors swirling around you, can't you see how strange this all looks?"

"There's rumors about me?" Kelvin asks, shocked.  

Jack: And then Kelvin said...he said...

Karen: That no one knows he's gay!

The real-life Nick Arapoglou (a gay ally) was born in Huntington, New York, but moved to Atlanta as a child.  He was a Drama Club Kid in high school, appearing in an al-fresco production of Midsummer Night's Dream (in a real forest).  

He received a B.A. in drama from Indiana University in 2007, then returned to Atlanta, where he became a mainstay of the theater scene.

Nick's theatrical performances include:

A closeted gay guy in Speech & Debate (2009)

A straight guy in the queer-themed Spring Awakening (2011). 

My Name is Asher Lev (2012), based on the classic coming-of-age novel by Chaim Potok, about a Hasidic Jewish boy torn between his religion and his art.

The Gifts of the Magi (2012), based on the O. Henry story, where Nick met his future wife Caroline.

Bobby Strong in Urinetown: The Musical (2013). 

Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (2015)

The Toxic Avenger (2016), based on the 1984 movie about a slime-covered superhero.

A straight Elvis impersonator turned drag performer in The Legend of Georgia McBride (2017).

Straight Muppet Princeton and gay Muppet Rod in Avenue Q (2023), which won him the Suzi Bass Award for best actor in a musical.

Plus he has 33 acting credits listed on the IMDB, beginning with Frat Guy in the short Married Sex (2009) and Fashion School Kid (probably queer coded) in a 2011 episode of Single Ladies.  

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Magic Thomas: Special needs teen hugs Disney hunks, celebrates Pride. With Pratt, Pascal, Peter Pan, and some dudes with autism.

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I was interested in the Instagram recommendation Magic with Thomas because of the film of a very flamboyant Peter Pan hugging a fan.  A gay actor would work for a profile...

Turns out that Thomas is not Peter Pan, but the guy he's hugging: a 19 year old special needs teen with autism, whose Dad curates his Instagram page with 500,000 followers, Tiktok with 1.2 million, and Facebook with 325,000.  

In 2026, he was named #6 in the Top 100 Autistic Influencers.

As a "Disney superfan," he gets hugs and plushies from every Disneyland character you can imagine, from Shaggy (Scooby-Doo) to Alberto (Luca). And they know his name!

The Evil Queen is a favorite. A video of the two strolling through the park, while she yells "Make way for royalty," got 2.2 million views.

Notice the pride t-shirt.  Thomas also wears a "Love is Love."

Hanging with Guardians of the Galaxy Star-Lord Peter Quill.  

To get my beefcake quota, here's Chris Pratt, who plays the Star-Lord in the Guardian of the Galaxy movies (n*de on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends).

With Mr. Fantastic from The Fantastic Four.  Dad says that Thomas doesn't care about the characters, just the actors.  He likes those who provide a positive interaction, talk to him and treat him as an equal.

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Isla Monstro: Paper-doll cutout monsters, one gay, one gay-subtext, on an island in the Bermuda Triangle. With Buffy's Spike and a p*nis

  

I'm not sure what to think about Isla Monstro, completed in 2024 but streaming on Amazon Prime in 2026.  Other than the bad grammar: it should be Isla de los Monstruos.

It has a weird animations style. The people are cut-outs drawn in different styles, in a two-dimensional space. It's like playing with paper dolls from different collections. The buffed guy is "walking past" protagonist Duke (creator and writer James Schrader).

The story: After trying and failing at every job, Duke ends up an island in the Bermuda Triangle where the U.S. government was conducting genetic experiments, trying to create super-soldiers. Instead, they created monsters, so the government pulled out, abandoning over 100 test subjects (who haven't aged).

The main group, from left to right:

Reggie, who is gay.  

Dyanna, who didn't transmutate.

Duke

Sam (Harland Williams), Duke's rescuer and best friend.

Left: Harland Williams.

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Joey Pollari: American Horror Story's Ben has flirted with Nick Robinson and kissed Tab Hunter, but is he gay in real life? With Nick and Joey d*cks

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 Last night we watched the premiere of American Horror Story, Season 13, entitled "13."  It was about what you would expect from AHS: an opening where "Are you scared?" sounds like "Great skin," heavy-handed symbolism,  people introduced with their back turned so we'll be surprised when they turn around, gore, homophobia, and a lot of cute guys.  In this case, just one cute guy, Ben (Joe Pollari), who has triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13).  

Unfortunately, he is dating a girl with triskaidekaphilia (love of the number 13). For her birthday (on the 13th), she wants to visit the 13 Cayman Islands with her 12 closest friends (making 13).  Ben doesn't want to go, for obvious reasons, but at the last moment, he decides to make a mad dash to the airport, and board Flight 1313, where he is in seat 13d. The plane crashes, and everyone is killed -- except Ben.

Next he gets a job as a hospice aid to an infinitely wealthy vampire-like being whose apartment is full of Satanic imagery, plus the real Last Supper (with Jesus and 12 disciples making 13).   Meanwhile,  a coven of witches gets upset because "something wicked this way comes," a serial killer clown murders 12 students and the teacher at a clown college (making 13), and Jessica Lange resurrects a lot of characters who died in previous seasons (including two Evan Peters). 

Heck with a review. Let's just profile the hunky Joey Pollari.  

Joey was born in 1994, grew up in Minneapolis, and broke into acting after attending a scouting event -- the next day agents started calling.  After taking acting lessons and doing a guest spot on Cold Case, he landed his first starring role in Disney's Skyrunners (2009). Tyler (Joey) stumbles upon a spaceship, which gives him magical powers.  He uses them to help his older brother Nick (Kelly Blatz) win The Girl of His Dreams.  

Well, at least Tyler isn't winning a girl.

Next he starred in The In-Betweeners (2012), about four high schoolers who are inexperienced in the bedroom and want to meet girls. And more girls. It was on MTV, what do you expect?  

Eden (2014) is Lost without the paranormal: A soccer team (plus The Girl) is stranded on a desert island.  As far as I can tell, there's no gay content, but Michael Cardelle (left) shows his stuff.

The gay roles begin with the anthology series American Crime, Season 2 (2014).  A high school student is  outed when "incriminating" photos are published online.  He accuses three jocks, including Erik (Joey), of drugging and doing nonconsensual stuff with him.  Then Erik is forcibly outed, and claims that it was consensual.  Then Taylor murders one of them.  It's all very sordid, and I thought we had moved beyond "being gay is a horrible secret that can never be revealed." 

Love, Simon (2018), a movie about a closeted high schooler (Nick Robinson) who has to wrangle finding the identity of his crush and dealing with a blackmailer who threatens to reveal his secret.  Another terrible secret that must never be revealed?  I'm seeing some internalized homophobia in these portrayals

On RG Beefcake and Boyfriends: Nick's d*ck and backside.

Joey plays Lyle, a server at a restaurant who flirts with Simon, but is actually interested in his female friend. 

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