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- DO PETRERA IS BACK AS DELIGHTFUL GAY JONAH ON NEVER HAVE I EVER
- NEVER HAVE I EVER STAR SAYS LACK OF ‘TOKEN GAY’ SEND ‘POWERFUL MSAGE’ TO QUEER KIDS
- 'THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK FOR THIS': 'NEVER HAVE I EVER' SEASON 2 SHOWS THERE'S NO ONE WAY TO BE GAY
- NEVER HAVE I EVER SEASON 2: IS DARREN BAR GAY? MEET HIS BOYIEND
DO PETRERA IS BACK AS DELIGHTFUL GAY JONAH ON NEVER HAVE I EVER
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NEVER HAVE I EVER STAR SAYS LACK OF ‘TOKEN GAY’ SEND ‘POWERFUL MSAGE’ TO QUEER KIDS
Never Have I Ever star Do Petrera has explaed why the lack a of "token gay" character send a "powerful msage" to queer kids. The Mdy * gay characters never have i ever *
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'THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK FOR THIS': 'NEVER HAVE I EVER' SEASON 2 SHOWS THERE'S NO ONE WAY TO BE GAY
Never Have I Ever star Do Petrera has explaed why the lack a of “token gay” character send a “powerful msage” to queer kids. The show has been praised for s diversy and LGBT-cln, cludg by Do Petrera, who plays Devi’s flamboyant and gossip-mongerg gay classmate Jonah.
Jonah is pursued by Devi the first season of Never Have I Ever, even though she knows he’s gay, but later be the nfidante of one of Devi’s bt iends, Fabla, after she out as a lbian.
NEVER HAVE I EVER SEASON 2: IS DARREN BAR GAY? MEET HIS BOYIEND
Petrera told told Advote: “My nephew jt me out as trans a few months ago, so for him to see that there’s jt not a token gay character the seri sends a very powerful msage. She's supportive of Devi and Eleanor even when she's nontg her sexualy and figurg out how to tell her fay she's gay.