Jim Parsons and the Non-Practicing Homosexual | The Brooklyn Rail
There’s an increasingly antiquated term for gay people who don’t have sex: a non-practicing homosexual. Increased LGBTQ+ acceptance has made the term something of a relic, however its spirit endures in the career of openly gay star Jim Parsons. The characters Parsons has played, on stage and screen, reflect larger questions about which ones audiences can expect to have sex—and, sometimes, how fully human they are allowed to be.