'100 Years of Men Love': New film unearths old stori of gay romance

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'100 YEARS OF MEN LOVE': NEW FILM UNEARTHS OLD STORI OF GAY ROMANCE

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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. As Grey's Anatomy fans might remember, Washgton was booted om the seri after g a homophobic slur on-set and issug a public apology, though he's sce claimed that wasn't exactly the tth.

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The show also nmns the sual homophobia Brish schools pretty loudly. Be gay, do crim taken lerally — that's Piper and Alex for you. One of the fay members is Ian Gallagher, a gay man who ends foolg around wh the cy's gangster Mickey, whose own fay environment don't allow him to fully be himself.

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