On tonight's episode of Law & Order: SVU titled "Hardwired," Rosie Perez is schedule to guest-star. The subject matter is alledly supposed to be a bit more controversial than usual, since the plot deals with pedophiles who claim their interest in children is normal like heterosexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality.
Well in a nice twist, a recurring character on the long-running series will finally confirm what we've all known as long as we've watched the show — that Special Agent George Huang, M.D. played by B.D. Wong is in fact a gay man.
The tea is spilled when Huang becomes upset that a child molester is trying to argue that being a pedophile is no different than being gay or straight and that criminalizing pedophilia is akin to domonizing gays and lesbians. This prompts Huang to say it "insults his humanity as a gay man."
I think we can go on a limb as to say we've all known what the writers have refused to gloss over for years, that Huang is gay (in fact naming him as the 22nd best gay character on television), but a publicist for the show confirmed this is the first time the show has confirmed Huang's sexuality or referenced it on the show. While the news isn't exactlly a surprise for many of us, it's still nice to have them confirm this in a positive and realistic way.
hopefully we will get to see more of openly gay actor B.D. Wong portraying Huang on SVU this season.
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