What Led to Lexa: A Look at the History of Buryg Gays | The Mary Sue

Contents:

• WHAT LED TO LEXA: A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF MEDIA BURYG ITS GAYS
• ‘THE 100’ SHOWNNER APOLOGIZ TO FANS FOR NTROVERSY OVER BELOVED GAY CHARACTER’S ATH

WHAT LED TO LEXA: A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF MEDIA BURYG ITS GAYS

But now, fally, The 100 has troduced s first gay character (that we know of).

In a media landspe where gay, lbian and bisexual characters are still often fed maly by their sexualy, havg Lexa — one of the show’s strongt, most well-liked characters — sually reveal that she’s queer and then rry on wh her day sends a strong and important msage to young viewers. Several supportg/recurrg gay characters are featured on Supernatural, The Vampire Diari, Jane the Virg, Arrow and The Origals (and last year both The Carrie Diari and Star-Crossed had gay/lbian/bisexual ma characters), but queer characters still rema shockgly unr-reprented on The CW.

The cisn — and the later intifitn of other characters, like Nathan Miller (Jarod Joseph), as gay — was simply world-buildg, and solely wh the world of The 100. … Nobody ever classifi anybody, as , ‘She’s a woman lear, ’ or, ‘He’s a gay soldier.

‘THE 100’ SHOWNNER APOLOGIZ TO FANS FOR NTROVERSY OVER BELOVED GAY CHARACTER’S ATH

Her ath is said to play to the ‘Bury your Gays’ trope, and the executive producer said, “Dpe my reasons, I still wre and produce televisn for the real world where negative and hurtful trop exist. Badass Gay.