Never Have I Ever's Do Petrera on Beg Gay and Hearg-Impaired

Contents:

• DO PETRERA IS BACK AS DELIGHTFUL GAY JONAH ON NEVER HAVE I EVER
• 'THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK FOR THIS': 'NEVER HAVE I EVER' SEASON 2 SHOWS THERE'S NO ONE WAY TO BE GAY
• NEVER HAVE I EVER STAR SAYS LACK OF ‘TOKEN GAY’ SEND ‘POWERFUL MSAGE’ TO QUEER KIDS
• NEVER HAVE I EVER'S DO PETRERA ON BEG GAY AND HEARG-IMPAIRED
• IS JAREN LEWISON GAY? WHAT IS THE SEXUALY OF ‘NEVER HAVE I EVER’ FAME?

DO PETRERA IS BACK AS DELIGHTFUL GAY JONAH ON NEVER HAVE I EVER

And I fell love wh the feisty personaly of Jonah, the gay character whose one-lers are scene-stealers.

'THERE'S NO TEXTBOOK FOR THIS': 'NEVER HAVE I EVER' SEASON 2 SHOWS THERE'S NO ONE WAY TO BE GAY

I never saw that before on an actor, and sce I am-hearg impaired and wear them too, I reached out to Do Petrera, who plays Jonah, and wrote a lumn about our shared experienc of beg gay and not hearg very seri is back on Netflix startg today, and acrdg to early reviews, 's better than ever. ' It remd me of how matter-of-fact gay storyl are now, that 's not a big al if someone's gay, like ed to be. "What is a big al this show is the fact that there are multiple gay characters, along wh a very diverse st.

"So for him to see that there's jt not a token gay character the seri sends a very powerful msage. "I remember beg a ltle baby gay, and someone was like, 'You haven't seen 'Mommie Deart?

NEVER HAVE I EVER STAR SAYS LACK OF ‘TOKEN GAY’ SEND ‘POWERFUL MSAGE’ TO QUEER KIDS

" 'Legally Blon' at 20:The problem wh s ‘gotcha’ gay plotAfter Fabla reassur Devi and Eleanor that she do, fact, like girls – after all, she dreams about Dua Lipa feedg her grap – Jonah (Do Petrera), another gay stunt, overhears their nversatn and offers some fortg advice. " Adds Schleicher: "It's fun to learn your queer history and and be part of the muny, but don't feel like you have to be any specific type of way to be a 'good gay.

Never Have I Ever star Do Petrera has explaed why the lack a of “token gay” character send a “powerful msage” to queer kids.

The show has been praised for s diversy and LGBT-cln, cludg by Do Petrera, who plays Devi’s flamboyant and gossip-mongerg gay classmate Jonah.

NEVER HAVE I EVER'S DO PETRERA ON BEG GAY AND HEARG-IMPAIRED

Jonah is pursued by Devi the first season of Never Have I Ever, even though she knows he’s gay, but later be the nfidante of one of Devi’s bt iends, Fabla, after she out as a lbian.

Petrera told told Advote: “My nephew jt me out as trans a few months ago, so for him to see that there’s jt not a token gay character the seri sends a very powerful msage. "Seeg him work helped me to bee more posive as a gay person and actor and helped liberate me om what I perceived as my weakns, the fact that I was hearg impaired and gay. ""I really hope that Jonah g out on the show as a gay teen n help younger people who are stgglg wh beg gay to e out and be proud of who they are, " Do said.

IS JAREN LEWISON GAY? WHAT IS THE SEXUALY OF ‘NEVER HAVE I EVER’ FAME?

"Hopefully, Jonah spir gay teens to lean to and helps those who are not gay have emotnal sight to other people's circumstanc.