Gay characters the post-Stonewall era go a lot wir and eper than ‘Will & Grace’ and ‘Ellen.’
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LBGTQ TV: A HISTORY OF GAY CHARACTERS, OM STONEWALL TO ‘BATWOMAN’
Eric Effng (played by Ncuti Gatwa) provis the edic relief Netflix’s Sex Edutn, but the character has also been praised for his more ser storyl, such as Eric’s difficult relatnship wh his fay who disapprove of his sexualy and Eric’s romance wh Adam, a character at his high school who bulli him bee he’s gay.
Ugly Betty, an Amerin remake of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea, was praised at the time for s reprentatn of a Latx fay, but the show also serv applse for Jt Suarez (played by Mark Inlito), who was one of a few gay teen characters at the time. Mchell Prchett and his hband, Cameron Tucker, were one of the central upl on Morn Fay, which ran om 2009 to 2020 and was one of the first TV shows at the time to feature a gay married uple s st.
It has also, perhaps most importantly, been a platform to tell stori that have ma gay, lbian, bisexual, trans, queer, tersex, and more people feel ls alone the world – to know there is a big and varied muny to which they belong.