Contents:
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.
IS SANTANA LOPEZ GAY?
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. This is when she thks up her plan then gets up and leav sayg "I gotta gay...
" She cis that the key to wng Prom Queen would be to get Kurt back so she nonts Dave and tells him that she knows he's gay and that she plays on the same team. " 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.