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.

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

… Nobody ever classifi anybody, as , ‘She’s a woman lear, ’ or, ‘He’s a gay soldier. 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.