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Kurt Hummel

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Kurt Hummel is a singer who is bullied by the football team. He has a high vocal range, and is identified as a soprano singer. Over the course of the first season, Kurt comes out as gay and develops a crush on Finn. He also joins the football team as a kicker, with Finn's help, and the cheerleading squad as a singer, though he ultimately quits both. In the episode "Wheels", he competes with Rachel to perform "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. Kurt becomes Finn's step brother later on in the second season when their parents marry.
After Dave Karofsky bullies him into a depression early in the second season, Kurt becomes close friends with an openly gay student at Dalton Academy, named Blaine Anderson. After Karofsky kisses Kurt in the heat of an argument, Karofsky blackmails him into keeping it quiet, saying that if Kurt were to tell anyone of the kiss that they shared, he will kill him. Kurt transfers to Dalton Academy to escape further harassment as a result.
Kurt then joins Dalton's show choir, The Warblers, and falls in love with Blaine. The two then begin a relationship. Kurt eventually returns to McKinley, and they formally declare their love at the end of the second season, and at the beginning of the third season, Blaine transfers to McKinley to be with Kurt. The two are still a couple at the end of the school year, though Blaine still has another year of high school after Kurt graduates. Kurt and Rachel both apply to the same New York drama school, NYADA. Kurt becomes a finalist, and impresses the school's dean at his audition; he discovers the day of his graduation, however, that he was not accepted, though Rachel was.
In first episode of the fourth season, "The New Rachel", Kurt and Rachel get an apartment together in New York. Kurt gets an internship at Vogue.com and inadvertently pulls away from Blaine; distraught, Blaine cheats on Kurt. After confessing to Kurt of his infidelity, Kurt severs all ties.
He later tries to get into NYADA and Carmen Tibideaux asks him to perform a song on the spot to get into NYADA. He sings "Being Alive" and gets applauded for his performance and gets into NYADA. Kurt begins to mend his and Blaine's relationship in "Thanksgiving" and they spend Christmas together in New York City. He also learns that his father is suffering from cancer. He meets Adam, a British student and crushes on him briefly. He hooks up with Blaine at Will and Emma's wedding though he insists that they are not back together. Later in New York, Kurt confesses to Adam that though he tries hard to forget Blaine, he couldn't do it. Though Kurt couldn't give time to Vogue.com, his mentor Isabel is not ready to let him go. He goes to Lima for his father's tests and is relieved to learn that Burt is out of danger. And he stays for Regionals on Blaine's insistence.
Kurt later gets back together with Blaine and accepts Blaine's proposal for marriage. He goes back to New York and starts his own band "Pamela-Lansbury". He recruits Elliot, Dani, Santana and Rachel to be his bandmates. Though he is a bit skeptical about Elliot's intentions at first, later he finds a good friend in him. Later, Blaine moves in with him after his graduation and Kurt starts to feel that he is losing his identity. They both decide to take things slow and Blaine decides to move out.
Kurt gets hurt when he tries to help a gay kid from getting beaten up but he feels proud and confident after that incident. He becomes popular in NYADA and that causes insecurity in Blaine. He later assures Blaine of his love. Kurt asks Blaine to perform along with him in front of June Dolloway who takes interest in Blaine. But Kurt assures Blaine that he will support him, no matter what. Blaine lies to Kurt that he gets to perform in a showcase which is organized by June for Blaine. When Kurt learns about the lie, he lashes out on Blaine. But later, Kurt reconciles with Blaine and promises to support him. Blaine, then surprises everyone when he asks Kurt to perform the last duet with him much to June's dismay. But June likes their performance and praises them. Blaine moves in with Kurt.
Kurt breaks up with Blaine as he does not feel ready for marriage, but realizes that he is still in love with him and goes back to Lima to help Rachel revive New Directions and also get back together with Blaine. However, Blaine has moved on and is dating Dave Karofsky. Kurt later gets trapped in an elevator along with Blaine by Sue who wants to get them back together; to escape, they meet Sue's demand that they kiss each other. They ultimately resume their relationship and marry in a double ceremony with Brittany and Santana. After the glee club wins Nationals, Kurt and Blaine move to New York where he completes his schooling at NYADA and graduates. In 2020, the two of them are well-known actors who also teach students in schools to accept everyone. They become parents with Rachel as their surrogate.