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American Horror Storyoften uses the supernatural to look at the very real. The monsters in its stories -- which have ranged from alien invaders to The Antichrist himself -- tend to shine a bright on far more mundane acts of horror and cruelty. American Horror Story: Asylum, for instance, arrayed its various unreal creatures around the very actual traumas of institutional abuse, while real-world serial killers fond of Richard Ramirez and Jeffrey Dahmer possess made cameos in previous seasons. As outlandish as the series gets, its funhouse terrors usually stand in for all-too real ones.

The new season, American Horror Story: NYC has dropped any pretense of the supernatural -- at least during the first four episodes. Instead, it focuses on the most tragic corners of queer history in New York Town during the promptly 1980s when the first four episodes are set. In the process, it finds more than enough horrors to fill its quota, as well as revealing the very real dangers faced by the LGBTQIA community at that time.

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‘American Horror Story: NYC’ Finally Has a Strong Gay Main Character

American Horror Storyloves to shake things up, from a current spinoff, to a season getting split into two parts for two distinct stories. NYC isn’t different, choosing to deliver its story in an unusually slower pace and in two episodes released per week. Where Season 11 really tries something new is through Joe Mantello’s character of Gino Barelli. Set in 1981 on the edge of the AIDS crisis, Gino has no plan of what is to come. Instead, his attention is on solving a series of murders targeting gay men. He will even risk his experience to stop this threat to his community. Gino is the best addition to NYC because of how unlike he is to other gay men in prior seasons of AHS. They were rotten in many ways, oftentimes leading to their downfall. Queer women fare better and Gino raises up to their rank of authority and depth.

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Gino Barelli can’t pose that his crush Patrick (Russell Tovey) is a closeted NYPD detective. He’s pissed gay men are dying and no one cares. The character has a short fuse, which could come across

‘American Horror Story: NYC’ Review: Gays and Guts

In the first ten minutes of American Horror Story: NYC (★★★☆☆), a doctor uncovers the first signs of AIDS, a closeted leather daddy is decapitated, and Sandra Bernhard threatens someone with a knife.

If this were any other TV series, it might leave most viewers puzzled, but in the 11th season of Ryan Murphy’s crown jewel, it’s par for the course. Yet, even with its rapid-fire beginning, the most surprising aspect of this horror exhibit is how tame it feels.

Set in 1981, AHS: NYC follows Russell Tovey as Patrick, a closeted gay detective who begins realizing a series of gruesome murders may be a serial killer hunting gay men. Patrick’s partner Gino (Joe Mantello) is upset when Patrick won’t proceed on the record about the murders, and decides to apply his own power as the editor of a gay publication to try and get the public to care

Charlie Carver rounds out the central triptych as a young gay man named Adam whose friend gets abducted by the killer.

As the primary mystery ramps up, red flags rise, and the first two episodes generate a slow-burn mystery rather than diving headlong into unse

REVIEW: Queerness in 'American Horror Story'

(Note: This post will only refer to the first three seasons of American Horror Story -- partially because the fourth season is still running, but mainly because I’m boycotting it due to its increasing similarity to “Glee.”)

The first period I watched an episode of “American Horror Story,” I was tricked into it. After 50 minutes of confusion, eye-rolling, and general disdain, I swore I would never observe another episode. My confusion turned to curiosity and I couldn’t help but look up the plot of the first two seasons. Needless to state, I was still perplexed, possibly more so -- AHS plots aren’t easily summed up (or readily understandable in general). Finally, on the basis of a recommendation from people whose judgment I depend on, I decided to obtain the plunge and provide the show a endeavor. I was very fast obsessed with it, and I was pleased to find that queer characters were more than clear -- not that much of a surprise, given that one of the show’s creators, Ryan Murphy, is an out lgbtq+ man.

The gay couple in Murder House (Season 1) are my favorite AHS queer characters. Yes, they are ghosts. Yes, they bicker through 95% of t