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• O WILL STRANGER THGS é GAY? NOAH SCHNAPP RPON
• 'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'
• IS STRANGER THGS SEASON 4 HTG WILL IS GAY? PRODUCER SAYS 'THERE AREN'T MANY ACCINTS' ON SHOW
• STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY NEW TIKTOK VIO
• 'STRANGER THGS' STAR NOAH SCHNAPP NFIRMS WILL BYERS IS GAY AND LOVE WH MIKE WHEELER
• STRANGER THGS ACTOR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY

O WILL STRANGER THGS é GAY? NOAH SCHNAPP RPON

" A cena, então, levantou uma qutão: Will é gay? The 18-year-old Stranger Thgs star me out as gay a TikTok vio on Thursday.

Over the vio, Schnapp wrote, "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know'". Over the show's four seasons, fans have repeatedly qutned whether Will was gay, wh some even cricizg the seri for not explicly statg the seemgly obv sooner. Now 's 100% clear that he is gay and he do love Mike.

'STRANGER THGS' ' NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY AFTER 'BEG SRED THE CLOSET FOR 18 YEARS'

" He later had a heart-to-heart wh his brother Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) where Jonathan appeared to offer his support of Will, whout ever sayg the words, "I know you're gay and I'm here. "I thk is done so betifully, bee 's so easy to make a character jt like all of a sudn be gay.

Schnapp also spoke about playg a gay character at such a young age while real life, also handlg his own personal growth and self-inty. Is Stranger Thgs season 4 htg Will is gay? " The qutns all have to do wh whether or not Will uld be gay and love wh Mike.

For stance, the premiere episo, Will is workg on a project about a person they look up to and he selects Alan Turg, the gay World War II breaker hero who was also prosecuted and punished the 1950s for his the fourth episo, a nversatn between Will and Mike further raised eyebrows (and hop).

IS STRANGER THGS SEASON 4 HTG WILL IS GAY? PRODUCER SAYS 'THERE AREN'T MANY ACCINTS' ON SHOW

"I thk that's the bety of , that 's jt up to the dience's terpretatn, if 's Will kd of jt refg to grow up and growg up slower than his iends, or if he is really gay. Will Byers’ sexualy has been subject to scty throughout all four seasons of Stranger Thgs; 's been heavily implied throughout the Netflix show that the teenager is gay. “I thk that’s the bety of , that ’s jt up to the dience’s terpretatn, if ’s Will kd of jt refg to grow up and growg up slower than his iends, or if he is really gay.

Noah went on to add: “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. And others have shared their siar mdset on social media, wh one person retweetg Noah’s ments about the “bety” of Will’s sexualy beg how open to terpretatn is and addg: “Only straight ppl would thk 's betiful to never acknowledge gayns. only straight ppl would thk 's betiful to never acknowledge gayns.

STRANGER THGS STAR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY NEW TIKTOK VIO

But others have leaped to the show’s fense, potg out that is set ral Indiana the 1980s — when g out as gay uld be credibly dangero. Discsg the topic on Redd, one fan wrote: “People fet that people were gettg beaten to ath and disowned for beg openly gay the 80’s.

'STRANGER THGS' STAR NOAH SCHNAPP NFIRMS WILL BYERS IS GAY AND LOVE WH MIKE WHEELER

Another agreed: “Homophobia was rather rampant the 80s and before that. The AIDS epimic was full swg and was looked at as a GAY DISEASE. “I’m gay, and I was born a few years after Will, ” a third person wrote.

I would far rather a drama set the past took a realistic view of what meant to be gay than an ialised ‘morn’ view. Another gay man who grew up the ’80s agreed, explag: “Will's story is thentilly 80s gay.

“In the 80s beg gay was not like is now - the AIDS epimic was a huge al, there were very few gay characters or role mols to look up to, and many more people were closeted. Another poted out: “This is also the time when homophobia was on the rise bee of AIDS so for him to even thk he was gay was sry let alone e out.

STRANGER THGS ACTOR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY

’ His iends have no ncept of what gay is or what means, and -world most everyone is so preoccupied by survivg the Upsi Down they (and Will himself) have no chance to procs Wills own sexualy.