Is Euphoria's Depictn of the Consequenc of a Hidn Gay Inty Accurate?

Contents:

• 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
• MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
• EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY

21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT

At Abrams, who plays Ethan, talks to ET about his show-stoppg, homoerotic dance route he performs as a versn of Nate (Jab Elordi) and how he feels about where thgs end up between Ethan and Kat (Barbie Ferreira) this season. ” That dance number, one of the more shockg and wilst scen of season 2, se a shirtls Ethan clad football pants performg a homoerotic dance route wh a bunch of other siarly drsed young men to Bonnie Tyler’s “Holdg Out for a Hero. Mckay- straight but he'd be supportive if his kid me up as gay.

Emergg om a mixture of homophobia and misogyny, rerc the ia that queer women are a challenge and nqut for men to ‘turn straight’ Schafer as Jul Euphoria Eddy Chen/HBOEuphoria also steps to problematic terrory wh s pictns of Cal and Nate Jabs, who are exampl of what is monly known as the “homophobic homosexual” trope – where a closeted character is so aaid of their queerns that they rerce their masculy through homophobia and bullyg.

MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC

Though Nate is not explicly queer, like Cal is, ’s ma clear that he has hered his father’s homophobic and toxic like thisThis was brought to the fore recently season 2, episo 7 the form of Lexi’s school play which, based on her life experienc, dited a large amount of time to showg on-screen Nate (played by Ethan) lip syncg to Bonnie Tyler’s Holdg Out for a Hero while gyratg wh his semi-clad sports team. While was bizarre, there’s no doubt that was signed to mock Nate, who Lexi has reason to believe is gay after Maddy revealed she’d found gay porn on his phone a prev episo. Euphoria isn’t the first teen drama to e the "homophobic homosexual" trope.

From Sex Edutn’s Adam Groff and Glee’s Dave Karofsky, to The Perks of Beg a Wallflower’s Patrick and Brad, TV show creators often wre their villas as closeted gay characters: 's an easy shock reveal, and also adds plexy to the the trope is problematic: picts queerns as somethg negative that, when exposed, fally giv the villas their ppance. "That was so homophobic, " he then says to Cassie and, for once, he was Dane as Cal Jabs Euphoria Eddy Chen/HBOThe other problem is that, by shiftg the blame onto the queer muny, don’t addrs the ntributors – prejudic, ignorance and jt pla celty – that make homophobia the issue is today. Would not have been more tertg if Euphoria had chosen to explore the reasons behd straight male toxic masculy through Nate and Cal rather than makg about beg (or worryg about beg) gay?

What’s more, Euphoria’s portrayal of Cal also feeds to the homophobic rhetoric that gay men are by nature predatory.

EUPHORIA FANS DISCS IF NATE JABS IS GAY AMIDST LEXI’S SHOCKG PLAY

However, there are many suggtns that he may be gay, bisexual or queer. Maddy fds photographs of penis on his phone and often seems as though he is reprsg parts of himself to live up to a jock Euphoria season 2, episo 7, Ethan (Abrams) adds to the Nate disurse on the show wh his homoerotic dance number Lexi's play. Ethan's character, Jake, is spired by Nate and his scene strik such a nerve that, when ends, Nate storms out of the theatre and lls "homophobic".

Euphoria's sophomore season was a roller aster of emotn. While Euphoria's first season tablished Cal as an outwardly succsful man wh a secret life, the send season spent two episos lvg to Cal's backstory and then the breakdown he experienc, which clud a spectacular tellg off of his fay, when he n no longer nceal his inty as a gay man any longer.