Tommy Dorfman: Reasons to Love the Gay Star of '13 Reasons Why'

is tony from 13 reasons why gay in real life

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

Contents:

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

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

"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.

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

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.

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

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.

CHRISTIAN NAVARRO - GAY RUMORS EXPLAED AND RELATNSHIP DETAIL WH MORE FACTS

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.

CHRISTIAN NAVARRO - GAY RUMORS EXPLAED AND RELATNSHIP DETAIL WH MORE FACTS

Cononted over her actns  the fifth episo, Courtney tells Clay she uldn't e out, spe havg two gay dads herself. 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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* IS TONY FROM 13 REASONS WHY GAY IN REAL LIFE

Is Tony Gay 13 Reasons Why? — Season 1 Spoilers .

TOP