Eric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. He has major league aspiratns, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.
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- 'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
- ‘SEX EDUTN’ STAR NCUTI GATWA ON WHY HIS CHARACTER IS SO IMPORTANT FOR BLACK GAY VISIBILY
- ERIC CHOOSG ADAM OVER RAHIM 'SEX EDUTN' UNRTIMAT THE TRMA OF GAY BULLYG
- FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
- 'SEX EDUTN'S' GAY TEEN ERIC TAK A RISKY TRIP TO NIGERIA. HOW REALISTIC IS ?
- ERIC ROBERTS 'CAN'T STAND' BEG AWAY OM WIFE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS GAY WHEN THEY MET ON A FLIGHT
- CHRISTOPHER RICE AND ERIC SHAW QUN DISCS GAY LERATURE
'SEX EDUTN'S' ERIC EFFNG IS SPIRATN TO NIGERIA'S GAYS, SAYS ACTIVIST
* why is eric gay *
The character Eric Effng (portrayed by actor Ncuti Gatwa) is an openly gay Brish teen the Netflix seri Sex Edutn. Eric is a gay teenager this seri about a high school the Uned Kgdom where sex is very much on everyone's md.
His parents know he is gay and have e to accept his sexualy. Bisi Alimi, an actor-turned-activist, ma headl when he me out as gay on Nigerian televisn.
Did the show offer a realistic pictn of s gay--Nigeria storyle? I thk that scenar of the mother who is acceptg of her child and unrstandg the homophobia Nigeria, the expectatn of homophobia, is very, very accurate.
‘SEX EDUTN’ STAR NCUTI GATWA ON WHY HIS CHARACTER IS SO IMPORTANT FOR BLACK GAY VISIBILY
Hollywood Star Eric Robert is almost separable om his wife, Eliza Garrett. The pair have been together through some rocky tim their marriage and his sterlg reer, but there was a time when Garrett wouldn't even be wh Eric bee she thought he was gay. * why is eric gay *
She is aaid that this lovg son who is gay is gog to a untry that is homophobic.
ERIC CHOOSG ADAM OVER RAHIM 'SEX EDUTN' UNRTIMAT THE TRMA OF GAY BULLYG
In the new season, Eric's mom warns her son to be discreet when they vis Nigeria, but he ends up gog to an unrground LGBTQ party wh a new gay iend. On the TV show, Eric go to the weddg, then sneaks away wh a Nigerian photographer he meets who is gay.
A typil Nigerian driver will have somethg to say, good or bad, will possibly preach at them, exprs his opn why beg gay is bad and God is agast — or exprs some form of support. What did you thk of the rt of the scenar the show's Nigeria episo — Eric's new gay iend tak him to an unrground LGBTQ party.
This was a big opportuny to show how sometim will be very, very dangero to be a gay man Lagos.
FLASHBACK: 'THAT '70S SHOW'S VERY SPECIAL GAY EPISO DO NOT AGE WELL
So I want to expla to you — a lot of gay men Nigeria get ught up a sm. I want to make sure I unrstand — you're sayg that some of the perpetrators are om the gay muny?
This issue is very plited, but to jt answer the qutn, most of the perpetrators are eher openly gay men or closeted gay men — and there is also volvement of homophobic straight people. That for me didn't speak to the narrative of the mother who is sred for her son a untry that is extremely homophobic. Would the fay really ll the police and say "My openly gay son is missg?
A lot of young gay men Nigeria see themselv Eric. There's an ia Bra that if you're whe and gay, you're more likely to be tune wh your sexualy than if you're Black and gay. Bisi Alimi, a gay activist livg London, not that their match veers om typil TV trop: "The person stgglg wh his sexualy is the whe character, and the person who is acceptg of his sexualy...
'SEX EDUTN'S' GAY TEEN ERIC TAK A RISKY TRIP TO NIGERIA. HOW REALISTIC IS ?
Sce you are a public figure who intifi as gay, are you aaid to go home?
But if you're poor and gay you are mtg the two greatt ss Nigeria, and you'll be punished for .
ERIC ROBERTS 'CAN'T STAND' BEG AWAY OM WIFE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS GAY WHEN THEY MET ON A FLIGHT
You will suffer for darg to be poor and darg to be gay. Fishel later realized why when Bass me out to her as a gay man.
“Sex Edutn” is set at the fictnal Moordale High, a magil school where gay kids le the roost and terracial datg is stat quo. Eric’s storyle never feels like mere accsory; he’s so much more than the hackneyed “gay bt iend” character.
“It’s really nice to have a gay character, a black character, be at the foreont of this story on a show like this that has the reach do on Netflix, ” Gatwa said. Eric eventually leav the facily and out as gay. But that do not make hurt any ls that the Netflix show disregard the experienc of thoands of queer people by cidg to have gay character Eric (played by Ncuti Gatwa) choose to date his ex-bully Adam (Connor Swlls) over the man that fairly unndnally loved him, Rahim (Sami Outalbali).
CHRISTOPHER RICE AND ERIC SHAW QUN DISCS GAY LERATURE
Versn of Queer as Folk 20 years ago has a show so much tried to explore what is like to be a young gay man the Brish equivalent of high school. The show should be praised for tacklg plex topics like Eric's ever-changg relatnship to a relign that he was brought up but shuns him, as well as his exploratns of genr Edutn's first season should also be praised for tacklg the reali of g out gay while still school.
Per LGBTQ+ chary Stonewall, 45 percent of lbian, gay and bisexual pupils, and 64 percent of trans on were bullied bee of their sexual orientatn the last year, and ne out of 10 sendary school teachers polled reported that LGBTQ+ pupils had been bullied their school.
Chary the Child Md Instute, meanwhile, found that gay teens were four tim more likely to attempt bullyg a part of many young LGBTQ+ stunts' liv, Sex Edutn serv some cred for acknowledgg that Eric was the victim of a mpaign of bullyg by Adam, and yet not lettg Eric ever be seen as purely a then the show ma Eric fall love wh Adam. Then Season 2, Eric got a relatnship wh the out gay man Rahim, only to leave him at the end of the season to explore a relatnship wh Adam, the man who until that pot had done the utmost to make Eric's life a livg hell. There is a kernel of tth Adam's story of gog om homophobic bully to closeted gay man.