I have to nfs that I never thought Barney Miller was a show for me. A child of the '80s, I would nstantly see on the syndited afternoon TV schle, but bee of s lack of aliens, puppets, or nja turtl I never gave a moment’s thought. Of urse, that’s before I learned about the show’s subversive gay backstory. Barney Miller buted 1975 as a mid-season replacement after ABC axed a whole...
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HOW BARNEY MILLER’S GAYS DEFEATED ABC’S NETWORK CENSORS
* the 100 miller gay *
When Miller was revealed to be gay season 3, wh a subtle reference to him havg a boyiend that exemplifi The 100‘s mment to normalizg LGBTQ+ characters and relatnships, opened up a whole new chapter of his story.
Seri wrer Kim Shumway nfirmed he was gay. They were also apart of the 100 lquents sent to the ground and were gay.
The cisn — and the later intifitn of other characters, like Nathan Miller (Jarod Joseph), as gay — was simply world-buildg, and solely wh the world of The 100. … Nobody ever classifi anybody, as , ‘She’s a woman lear, ’ or, ‘He’s a gay soldier.
GAY MILLER
But now, fally, The 100 has troduced s first gay character (that we know of). In a media landspe where gay, lbian and bisexual characters are still often fed maly by their sexualy, havg Lexa — one of the show’s strongt, most well-liked characters — sually reveal that she’s queer and then rry on wh her day sends a strong and important msage to young viewers.