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GAY CULTURE: NAYA RIVERA’S SANTANA LOPEZ ON GLEE, QUEER IN
This parture reprented the end of a historic lbian TV uple and the loss of one of the few queer Latas on primetime televisn to the "bury your gays" trope. After wnsg gay classmate Kurt Hummel beg bullied for years bee of his sexual orientatn, she stayed closeted throughout season two. H seri like Jane the Virg, Gentefied, One Day at a Time, Never Have I Ever, and The Baker and the Bety, to name a few, clu gay, lbian, and bisexual Latx characters.
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" she blackmails him, sayg if he don't go along wh , she will tell everyone he's gay. Santana cis she will be "the law-and-orr prom queen ndidate" by loudly and ostentatly protectg Kurt om anti-gay bullyg.
IS SANTANA LOPEZ GAY?
In the hallway, Santana is nonted by Josh Coleman, the sophomore gby team pta who wanted to "make her normal.
She tells Brtany that her sophomore year she would s the back row and unt how many tim Brtany sed at her, and she would die on days that she didn’t. As she is lightg ndl, Kurt asks Santana to taste his eggnog, but Santana don't like and suggts that needs some kick, she adds that Julia Child who she claims is a gay in spiked everythg she oked.