'13 Reasons Why' Ma Tony a Gay, Latx, Catholic Teen — Here's Why That Matters | Teen Vogue

Contents:

• IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS
• WATCH: TONY LABS TACKL GAY MORS AND WHY HIS ANSWER DON'T MATTER
• IS TONY GAY '13 REASONS WHY'? HERE'S HOW THE TV SHOW ADDS LGBTQ CHARACTERS.
• '13 REASONS WHY' MA TONY A GAY, LATX, CATHOLIC TEEN — HERE'S WHY THAT MATTERS
• IS TONY LAW GAY?
• SHARON STONE TALKS QUEERNS NEW SERI, LGBTQ ACTIVISM & WHAT HER DAD MEANT TO HER GAY FRIENDS
• IS TONY GAY ’13 REASONS WHY’? — SEASON 1 SPOILERS
• IS TONY HCHCLIFFE GAY? THE TTH BEHD HIS GAY PERSONA

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

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.

Tony (played by Christian Navarro) do reveal to Clay (Dylan Mte) a later episo that he is, fact, gay — which as a surprise to Clay and no one else. Tony isn’t the only character who’s revealed to be gay durg the seri.

WATCH: TONY LABS TACKL GAY MORS AND WHY HIS ANSWER DON'T MATTER

In an ironic twist, Courtney has been raised by two gay dads. By parg the name to a gay superhero and for pleas to jt be himself, Tony was nvced (albe wh ristance) to drop the act and return to beg classic Tony Gaga. DCII lled out Tony aga for returng to his "gay superhero" alter ego.

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

Immediately Tony regretted as he got flood wh lls about drama, gay sex talk, and Barry beg rurrected by Satan. Much like Thom, Alfonso would give love-makg advice to homosexual mal. Alfonso, a gff-voiced gay man that lls to talk about his recent dat and ocsnally make sexual advanc on Tony.

Tony Labs said that don’t intify himself as homosexual a vio he upload on his YouTube channel.

MANILA — Tony Labs has addrsed the persistent mors he is gay. Labs began by admtg that he’s “trated” over the mors, explag that meant that people were talkg more about whether he’s gay or not rather than his “pabili” as an actor. He then went on to say that he don’t intify himself as gay.

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

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It's played for lghs episo eight, when Clay is surprised to learn Tony is gay. 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. Cononted over her actns  the fifth episo, Courtney tells Clay she uldn't e out, spe havg two gay dads herself.

IS TONY LAW GAY?

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SHARON STONE TALKS QUEERNS NEW SERI, LGBTQ ACTIVISM & WHAT HER DAD MEANT TO HER GAY FRIENDS

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. 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.

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

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. A batn of Joe Dallandro, Ala Delon, Jeff Stryker, Cary Grant, and Rasput, Tony Ward has worked wh nearly every major photographer om the late 20th and early 21st century; numero brands, big-name signers and mols, pop stars, livg legends, gay ins, and two cult filmmakers. Then there was all the stylists, the gay ntgency, ‘Oh we know you!

Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. And Bowen Yang beme the first Asian-Amerin and third openly gay st member on "Saturday Night Live.

IS TONY HCHCLIFFE GAY? THE TTH BEHD HIS GAY PERSONA

Risg to fame followg her special "Nate, " Gadsby has phed edy to new levels by weavg together personal stori, art history lsons, and sthg monologu — routely takg hs at men and the chronicl her childhood growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997. Yang beme the first Che-Amerin and third openly gay st member on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" edian, who hosts a pop culture podst lled "Las Culturistas, " has proven his range on the "SNL, " masterfully portrayg characters om a Che tra reprentative ed as "Tra Daddy" to former Democratic printial ndidate Andrew Yang.

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Joel Kim Booster often jok about beg raised a homogeno Southern town. He often jok that he knew he was gay before he knew he was 's sce lnched a succsful stand-up reer — appearg on "The Late Late Show Wh Jam Corn, " "Late Night Wh Seth Meyers, " "CONAN, " and more.