Tony Padilla, played by Christian Navarro, has a sgular role '13 Reasons Why.' As a gay, Latx, Catholic teen, his inty matters.
Contents:
- IS TONY GAY '13 REASONS WHY'? HERE'S HOW THE TV SHOW ADDS LGBTQ CHARACTERS.
- '13 REASONS WHY' MA TONY A GAY, LATX, CATHOLIC TEEN — HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS
- IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS
- CHRISTIAN NAVARRO - GAY RUMORS EXPLAED AND RELATNSHIP DETAIL WH MORE FACTS
IS TONY GAY '13 REASONS WHY'? HERE'S HOW THE TV SHOW ADDS LGBTQ CHARACTERS.
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.
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.
'13 REASONS WHY' MA TONY A GAY, LATX, CATHOLIC TEEN — HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS
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. 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.
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.
IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS
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.
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.
He never actually me out as gay. Through tears, Flynn, who feels supported by the dtry regards to his sexualy, says he’s thrilled he gets the opportuny to be a role mol for “any gay boy at home.
CHRISTIAN NAVARRO - GAY RUMORS EXPLAED AND RELATNSHIP DETAIL WH MORE FACTS
It was nice to see that I had iends like Tarell McCraney who wrote the origal “Moonlight” play, that me out right around then, and sce then, we’ve seen “Call Me by Your Name” and “Love, Simon” and different projects that embrace beg gay and beg bi. I read recently that Rsia is censorg “Rocketman” wh certa scen that volve Elton John and his gay relatnships, so there’s still that b of shock and there are still stat the U. It’s my hope that eventually one day, we’re not even llg them “LGBTQ stori” or “gay movi, ” and that they are jt a part of the fabric of tellg stori bee that’s what I thk will really revolutnize all of this — when we step away om sayg, “Brandon Flynn is an LGBTQ actor” when really, I’m jt an actor, or sayg that “Call Me by Your Name” is an LGBTQ story when really, ’s jt a story.
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Sydney had this whole oral where they had a plane wre up the sky “vote no” for this proposn about gay rights and gay marriage, and I had ma a post. I’ve gone back and read the post, and I’m an ally, of urse, but was that post that all of the sudn ma me gay. Not that was the dtry’s flt at all, but beg the dtry mak you someone of public cursy, hence why all of the sudn I was a gay actor, but jt bee I was supportg human rights.