Michael Novotny

Trustworthy and sweet, Michael is everybody's best friend, and the perpetual Boy Wonder to Brian Kinney's Super (Anti) Hero. He just needs to get over Brian... and come out of the closet completely.

"The thing you need to know is: It's all about sex!"

"Senior year, we were gonna be in a band and you were going to be the next Robert Smith"

Brian: Let's get a picture.

Michael: That's for kids.

Brian: Come on, Mikey.

Michael: It's stupid.

Brian: It wasn't stupid when we used to lock ourselves in your room, reading Captain Astro and Galaxy Lad, wishing we were invincible like them. And pretending that no earthly force could ever separate us, like them. And swearing that we'd always be there for each other. Like them.

Michael: You remember that?

Michael: “I don't wanna be a saint! I wanna be a ruthless, heartless sh!t who fcuks whoever he wants without conscience or remorse.”
Brian: “I'm sorry, that position's already been filled.”

Michael's mother, Debbie: Debbie, as a single mother, raised Michael the best way she knew. She loved and accepted her son, even knowing he was queer from a very early age. Michael's biggest problem with his mom is her habit of getting too involved in his life a little too much...especially his love life. Despite his irritation with his mother, Michael will always be there for her, and often wishes he could do more for her. However, there are still times when his mother's crassness embarrasses him. Ultimately, Michael wouldn't trade his mother for anything, as he's as proud of her as he is of him.

Ben Bruckner is more than just eye candy for Michael. A professor of gay studies at Carnegie Mellon University, Ben is smart, sexy, funny and warm. He's the perfect mate for Michael, once that he got over the fact that Ben's HIV positive. They even adopted a young boy, Hunter, who was hustling on the streets.

Jenny rebecca: Michael is the father of the 2nd child of Mel and Lindz.

Brian: “Just give me one valid reason why any queer in his right mind would want to bring a kid into this world.”

Michael: “To piss off straight people”