Will ‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 ACTUALLY Deliver Gay Content? • Instct Magaze

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• BRIDGERTON: NETFLIX H ACCED OF ‘QUEERBAG’ OVER LACK OF GAY STORYL
• WHO DO BENEDICT BRIDGERTON MARRY AND IS HE GAY?
• BRIDGERTON FANS FEAR SP-OFF QUEEN CHARLOTTE HAS FALLEN TO THE BTAL ‘BURY YOUR GAYS’ TROPE
• WHO IS BENEDICT BRIDGERTON? IS HE GAY?
• BRIDGERTON AND AHS STARS GET TIMATE SET PIC OM NEW GAY DRAMA SERI
• BRIDGERTON: SO… BENEDICT’S NOT GAY?
• BRIDGERTON QUEEN GOLDA ROSHVEL WAS WARNED BEG OPENLY GAY WOULD HER REER
• WILL ‘BRIDGERTON’ SEASON 2 ACTUALLY DELIVER GAY CONTENT?
• WHO ELSE EXPECTED BENEDICT BRIDGERTON TO BE GAY?

BRIDGERTON: NETFLIX H ACCED OF ‘QUEERBAG’ OVER LACK OF GAY STORYL

Netflix’s Bridgerton has been acced of “queerbag” after promently teasg gay sex scen s trailer but largely avoidg queer storytellg the show perd drama has been a breakout h for Netflix sce s Christmas Day release, but some fans have exprsed disappotment over s lack of LGBTQ+ characters – primarily bee a gay sex scene was picted s earlit show’s first trailer shows a quick scene of a male character walkg on two male lovers, leadg some viewers to assume they would figure promently to the show. “Like, I was gog to watch anyway, no need to mislead me to thkg there’d be a cent gay storyle if there isn’t.

”“Bridgerton lerally has such ltle gay ntent borg I feel ceived, ” wrote another viewer. ”Mician Perfume Geni also appeared to reference the show’s rampant heterosexualy, jokg: “Everybody is gay on Bridgerton and yet.... It suggted that the send elst Bridgerton might actually be gay — or, at the very least, bisexual.

And their anger seems well placed light of shownner Chris Van Den recently givg an terview and sayg that the character's storyle Season 1 was not meant to suggt he was gay and that was a "nsc choice" not to have his sexualy be fluid Season 2.

WHO DO BENEDICT BRIDGERTON MARRY AND IS HE GAY?

That uld even expla why Benedict's gay pal is nowhere to be seen this season; he's much easier to leave out than to ed out. Back the first season of Bridgerton fans were left wonrg if the send elst Bridgerton, Benedict, was perhaps gay or bisexual followg what was a seemgly flirtat relatnship wh artist Sir Henry Granville.

The 33-year-old Bridgerton star, who portrays Anthony Bridgerton on the Netflix h, opened up about his experience g out as gay a new profile wh GQ. Thkg back to the early days of his reer, Bailey relled how one of his actor iends was once told durg pilot season, "There's two thgs we don't want to know: if you're an alholic or if you're gay.

BRIDGERTON FANS FEAR SP-OFF QUEEN CHARLOTTE HAS FALLEN TO THE BTAL ‘BURY YOUR GAYS’ TROPE

Though Bailey's Bridgerton character intifi as straight, the actor has prevly argued that gay men should be able to play their own experienc on the screen. "I thk shouldn't matter at all what character people play, but of urse, there is a narrative that's very clear, that openly gay men aren't playg straight leadg rol, " he told Digal Spy December 2020.

WHO IS BENEDICT BRIDGERTON? IS HE GAY?

"And also, there's a reason why gay characters are so tertg. Bee much like the women Bridgerton, there are a lot of hurdl and there's a lot of self-growth, and there's a real strength to gay men.

BRIDGERTON AND AHS STARS GET TIMATE SET PIC OM NEW GAY DRAMA SERI

Bailey ntued, "So the fact that a lot of straight men have gone on to play inic gay rol and to be ld for that is fantastic, that that story is beg told. But wouldn't be brilliant to see gay men play their own experience? The royal servicemen are servicg each Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story has fally troduced to the popular media anchise two explicly gay characters who actually have a lot of screen time and their own storyl to be we had gotten some blk-and-you-miss- reprentatn of gay men on the flagship Bridgerton seri, the Queen Charlotte prequel seri featur two more fully-realized characters: Brimsley, the Queen’s secretary (played by Sam Clemmett), and Reynolds, the Kg’s secretary (played by Freddie Dennis) only are the characters gay, but they have recurrg storyl the seri and are known for sneakg out to have sex whenever they to appearg on Queen Charlotte, Clemmett was bt known for appearg films and TV shows like Cherry, The War Below, and Enavour.

Before they give meangful screentime to queer characters, Bridgerton‘s creators mt rensir a plited qutn about the show’s worldbuildg: Do homophobia exist this universe? But a fictnalized Regency narrative, the social rtrictns feel ls harmful than outright racism or homophobia.

There’s a big difference between the short-lived sndal ed by Eloise’s flirtatn wh Theo Sharpe and Henry Granville’s suatn that he’d be murred for beg gay.

BRIDGERTON: SO… BENEDICT’S NOT GAY?

Do sexist double standards rry over to gay and lbian upl? Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story actors fally addrs the gay lover-shaped elephant the room – where is fan-favoure character Reynolds?

Sce fishg Queen Charlotte on Netflix, there’s been one qutn on every fan’s lips – what happened to gay power uple Reynolds (Freddie Dennis) and Brimsley (Sam Clemmett)? Bee of the world they habed, was still a hangable offense to be gay, and was jt not possible.

Is Benedict Bridgerton Gay? He is clearly fascated by Granville’s homosexualy but apart om terviewg Sir Granville, nothg else happens season 1 to suggt that Benedict is gay himself. So n be assumed for now that Benedict is not gay.

BRIDGERTON QUEEN GOLDA ROSHVEL WAS WARNED BEG OPENLY GAY WOULD HER REER

In Bridgerton Season 1, we meet a closeted gay artist! But Bridgerton Season 2, all we got were a few extras actg, well, extra, and the subtext that some of Benedict’s fellow art school stunts might be gay. Benedict, wh his gay art iends, and Eloise “I Want More Than to be a Wife” Bridgerton were givg off “closeted baby queer” vib.

There were hop that maybe Benedict’s gallivantg wh Sir Henry Granville (Julian Ovenn) would precipate a gay dalliance for the bohemian Bridgerton or that Eloise would realize she loved, say, Penelope. That said, there are a few other characters wag the wgs and Julia Qun’s future books who uld also gay thgs up future seasons of Bridgerton…. There is one nonil gay supportg character who shows up Julia Qun’s later books, but there’s also a key love tert who hontly giv off big pansexual energy.

Michael Stirlg is not gay the Julia Qun books and yet he seems to give off the most nonilly queer vib. Could Any of the Bridgertons Get a Gay Happily Ever After?

WILL ‘BRIDGERTON’ SEASON 2 ACTUALLY DELIVER GAY CONTENT?

Will none of the Bridgertons ever be gay?!? My vote for the gay Bridgerton siblg, though?

You n easily see that as a gay love story! Ever sce readg the character breakdown for young Agatha Danbury (Adjoa Andoh), to be played by Arsema Thomas, I n’t help but wonr if Lady Danbury’s big love story — the one she boasted about to Kate Sharma — is gog to be a gay one.

Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey and Amerin Horror Story's Matt Bomer enjoy a cuddle on the beach the first shot om gay drama Fellow Travelers.

WHO ELSE EXPECTED BENEDICT BRIDGERTON TO BE GAY?

Benedict’s flirtatn wh artist Sir Henry Granville the first season of Bridgerton seemed to ht that Lady Vlet’s send olst son might be gay or, at the very least, bisexual. Acrdg to shownner Chris Van Den, the sparks that flew between Benedict and Henry Season 1 were never meant to suggt that the former was gay.