Tony Padilla, played by Christian Navarro, has a sgular role '13 Reasons Why.' As a gay, Latx, Catholic teen, his inty matters.
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- '13 REASONS WHY' MA TONY A GAY, LATX, CATHOLIC TEEN — HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS
- IS TONY GAY '13 REASONS WHY'? HERE'S HOW THE TV SHOW ADDS LGBTQ CHARACTERS.
- IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS
- CHRISTIAN NAVARRO - GAY RUMORS EXPLAED AND RELATNSHIP DETAIL WH MORE FACTS
'13 REASONS WHY' MA TONY A GAY, LATX, CATHOLIC TEEN — HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS
* is tony gay 13 reasons *
Tony, who is Latx and (as we fd out later) gay, was at high risk of beg pigeonholed to the role of the diversy iend, a plot be hont, that’s where I thought Tony would end up. Tony, who is both, is a character that reprents an important part of the Latx muny, a facet I pletely regnized as a gay Latx Tony, I saw a faiar stggle to rencile gayns, machismo, and the Catholicism that is so prevalent our culture. He wasn’t jt aaid of acknowledgg his gayns.
When his voice cracked, and when he fally let his guard down, he was not met wh ridicule, but wh open a brown gay kid receive that kd of support at a moment of vulnerabily ma me want to stand up and clap, bee I knew how much I need to see that when I was younger. Characters' motivatns were altered, the timele was stretched and the ncln was left more open-end to allow for a potential send of the most notable differenc, however, was how much queerer the show beme, wh the addn of several explicly gay characters who eher weren't the source material or whose sexualy was changed. It's played for lghs episo eight, when Clay is surprised to learn Tony is gay.
He's not the most observant guy, to say the major gay characters are eher not primarily fed by their sexualy — like Tony's boyiends, Ryan and Brad — or their stori are hardly nsired humoro. Cononted over her actns the fifth episo, Courtney tells Clay she uldn't e out, spe havg two gay dads herself. Netflix’s new seri 13 Reasons Why has started a lot of discsns about teen suici and rape, but also addrs sexualy, which has left a lot fans wonrg whether the character Tony is gay.
IS TONY GAY '13 REASONS WHY'? HERE'S HOW THE TV SHOW ADDS LGBTQ CHARACTERS.
Tony (played by Christian Navarro) do reveal to Clay (Dylan Mte) a later episo that he is, fact, gay — which as a surprise to Clay and no one else.
Tony isn’t the only character who’s revealed to be gay durg the seri. In an ironic twist, Courtney has been raised by two gay dads. Tony knew om a young age that he was different and tried thgs wh girls before realizg that he's gay.
IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS
Tony went to the gym to see Caleb, but Caleb was trag wh Lus, the homophobic man Tony beat up. A flashback showed Tony beat up Lus after he lled him and Ryan homophobic terms. He then quir about Tony’s sexualy and how he knew he was gay, clearly an attempt fdg answers to qutns about his own sexualy.
CHRISTIAN NAVARRO - GAY RUMORS EXPLAED AND RELATNSHIP DETAIL WH MORE FACTS
The non-secret, which is hted at early the season, and nfirmed later on, is that Tony is gay. We see him flashbacks hangg out wh Ryan, who is openly gay, and gettg ffee the prent wh another man who dienc likely gused was his boyiend.