Do Petrera Is Back as Delightful Gay Jonah on 'Never Have I Ever'

Contents:

• 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

And I fell love wh the feisty personaly of Jonah, the gay character whose one-lers are scene-stealers. I never saw that before on an actor, and sce I am-hearg impaired and wear them too, I reached out to Do Petrera, who plays Jonah, and wrote a lumn about our shared experienc of beg gay and not hearg very seri is back on Netflix startg today, and acrdg to early reviews, 's better than ever.

NEVER HAVE I EVER STAR SAYS LACK OF ‘TOKEN GAY’ SEND ‘POWERFUL MSAGE’ TO QUEER KIDS

' It remd me of how matter-of-fact gay storyl are now, that 's not a big al if someone's gay, like ed to be.

"What is a big al this show is the fact that there are multiple gay characters, along wh a very diverse st.

'THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK FOR THIS': 'NEVER HAVE I EVER' SEASON 2 SHOWS THERE'S NO ONE WAY TO BE GAY

"So for him to see that there's jt not a token gay character the seri sends a very powerful msage. 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. 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.

NEVER HAVE I EVER SEASON 2: IS DARREN BAR GAY? MEET HIS BOYIEND

"I remember beg a ltle baby gay, and someone was like, 'You haven't seen 'Mommie Deart? " 'Legally Blon' at 20:The problem wh s ‘gotcha’ gay plotAfter Fabla reassur Devi and Eleanor that she do, fact, like girls – after all, she dreams about Dua Lipa feedg her grap – Jonah (Do Petrera), another gay stunt, overhears their nversatn and offers some fortg advice. " Adds Schleicher: "It's fun to learn your queer history and and be part of the muny, but don't feel like you have to be any specific type of way to be a 'good gay.

They talk and tells Fabla what she did ont of everyone took guts even was accintal and told her that she me out by gettg stoned and tweetg "me gay now". Fabla is gay, but don't know that the begng of the season until she meets this betiful girl and she starts to form a csh, " Lee told Seventeen an exclive terview.