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Instead of figurg out his sexualy, ’s his equatn wh Mike Wheeler that should teach a lot about how iendships are eply plited – gay or not.

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‘STRANGER THGS’ STAR SAYS ‘IT’S 100% CLEAR WILL IS GAY AND HE DO LOVE MIKE’

Now ’s 100% clear that he is gay and he do love Mike. I thk is done so betifully, bee ’s so easy to make a character jt like all of a sudn be gay.”Schnapp said that Will’s “jealoy” over Mike’s relatnship wh Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) propels him to tearfully speak up.

It’s clear the character is gay, and actor Noah Schnapp nfirmed this spicn quickly followg his character’s climactic scene wh Mike the fourth season.

Anyone wh cent gaydar knew Will was part of the muny. Internalized homophobia and qutng of one’s sexualy would have been massively prevalent the 1980s for a teenage boy like Mike.

IS WILL BYERS STRANGER THGS GAY? WE MIGHT BE ASKG THE WRONG QUTN

Mike and Will beg volved is a much need thartic healg of homophobia and misreprentatn durg that and beyond.

It will retroactively regnize the gay pairgs that weren’t allowed to e out, both the fictnal world and real life.

Shows like Love, Victor and Heartstopper are advertised as beg for a specific target mographic, one that is already fortable wh the ia of gay liberatn. Stranger Thgs season 4 do not lerally have Will e out and say he’s gay, g those words, but over the urse of a season, we see him flch when a girl flirts wh him, we hear him pour out his feelgs for Mike actg like ’s jt how Eleven feels about him, and then has a nversatn wh his brother that is kd of him almost g out, but aga, not explicly.

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