Is Tony gay '13 Reasons Why'? Here's how the TV show adds LGBTQ characters.

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Tony Padilla, played by Christian Navarro, has a sgular role '13 Reasons Why.' As a gay, Latx, Catholic teen, his inty matters.

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IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS

Before landg the role of queer tellectual Ryan on the new Netflix seri 13 Reasons Why, Tommy Dorfman wasn't lookg to play gay characters.

"I've had a lot of securi about beg gay this dtry, " says the actor, whose part the ensemble mystery, executive produced by Selena Gomez and adapted om Jay Asher's 2007 YA novel, marks his first profsnal gig. "I'd love to play the first gay superhero, " he says, "or do the first big-budget gay rom-. 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.

'13 REASONS WHY' MA TONY A GAY, LATX, CATHOLIC TEEN — HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS

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.

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. 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. Navarro as Tony PadillaAfter portrayg a gay character, actor Christian Navarro has been surround by mors about his sexualy.

IS TONY GAY '13 REASONS WHY'? HERE'S HOW THE TV SHOW ADDS LGBTQ CHARACTERS.

"Getty ImagGetty ImagThere was no rmatn about his private life for a long time, which only heated the mors about his gay nature even though one terview, Navarro revealed he had a csh on geo female boxer Paige VanZant. Among her clost iends is her fellow -star, Tommy Dorfman, wh whom she shar a matchg semilon tattoo, alongsi Selena sce Dorfman is openly gay and has even been married for a while, they are fely jt good iends.

"Getty ImagGetty ImagBrandon is gay real life, but he don't want his sexualy to stop him om gettg excg rol. Navarro’s portrayal of Tony as an openly gay character who is also a loyal and supportive iend ronat wh LGBTQ+ youth.

He Was Rumored To Be Homosexual. Consirg how well he pulls off the role of Tony Padilla, ’s no surprise that people assume he’s gay. 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.

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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. 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. 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.

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