As Euphoria returns to the small screen, GAY TIMES tak a look at how the h show has bee a relatable cultural touchpot.
Contents:
- 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
- EUPHORIA EXPLOR CAL JABS’ SEXUALY WH TRAGIC GAY ROMANTIC BACKSTORY
- MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
All I want now is to dance wh Fez to INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart" some roadsi gay dive bar. * all gay characters in euphoria *
Euphoria's sophomore season was a roller aster of emotn.
Mckay- straight but he'd be supportive if his kid me up as gay.
EUPHORIA EXPLOR CAL JABS’ SEXUALY WH TRAGIC GAY ROMANTIC BACKSTORY
He’s 19, liv at home wh his mum and dad – and is a megastar thanks to Netflix’s take on the teen gay love story. The actor talks about accatns of ‘queerbag’, beg outed at 18, and his pal Elton John * all gay characters in euphoria *
In season two episo three ‘Rumatns: Big and Ltle Bullys‘, which dropped on NOWTV the UK this week, the show’s rint villa Cal (Eric Dane) was given a gay orig story worthy of s own movie. Gay. 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.
As an adult, he's married, had two sons, and done well bs, yet he's hnted by the possibily that someone uld disver that he's gay. The only nfirmed gay male character the form of a vlent, predatory middle-aged man, who hoards vios filmed nonnsensually.
In season two, Sam Levson tri to humanize this character and stead falls to the trope of excg vlent and homophobic behavr jt by virtue of the character beg closeted. It is not empowerg or acceptg: creat a skewed view of homophobia that ultimately lets sli. His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men.
MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil.
Connor plays Nick Nelson, who is bisexual; Joe Locke plays Charlie Sprg, who is gay. “I don’t thk there’s a lack of queer sex the media, but a lot of the time when queer people are on screen, pecially gay and bisexual men, they are heavily sexualised. ” Jul then asks if he is gay, and Ellt, aga, says, “Kda.
Their relatnship would be unmatched by the relatnship he veloped wh Marsha, and even though they both felt strongly for one another, neher of them knew how to rve out space to exist openly, together, save for the one night at the gay bar where they danced, embraced, and fally, kissed.