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2022 IS THE YEAR TV FALLY GOT GAY
From gay pirat and lbian baseball players to queer vampir and ballroom legends, this was a hugely entertag year for LGBTQ+ TV. * gay characters on tv 2022 *
THEIR IMPACT: When Abishola’s niece me out as a lbian November 2021, the CBS edy began a nversatn about the pervasivens of homophobia Nigerian culture.
“Bee I’m gay and my fay is Nigerian, I know what ’s like, ” seri -creator Ga Yashere told TVLe at the time. “I’m lucky I was born outsi of Nigeria, so I haven’t had the same stggl that my gay brothers and sisters have had wh Nigeria, and the problems that they’re havg: beg arrted all the time, beg harassed when they go out [and] beg thrown out of their fai. THEIR IMPACT: In this age of “Don’t Say Gay” bills and other forms of blatant homophobia, this Netflix seri — and the romance between lead characters Nick (Connor) and Charlie (Locke) — wasn’t jt enarg but val lettg kids know that if they’re non-straight, don’t mean they’re bad or wrong.