Fans have wanted this character to be gay sce the begng, and this show's latt season fally nfirms .
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THIS MASSIVELY POPULAR FANTASY SERI ON NETFLIX IS ABOUT TO FEATURE S FIRST GAY ROMANCE
The seri has many LGBTQ+ characters, but two of the most proment are Lo and Nomi, a gay man and transgenr lbian woman, rpectively, and the seri tak time to lve to their inti. The two's sweet and gradual relatnship has been highly praised by viewers, as has the troductn of Jeremy Chetri, a gay scientist who helps the team season 2. One of the bt relatnships Shadowhunters is between gay Shadowhunter, Alec Lightwood, and bisexual warlock, Magn Bane, wh storyl that span the whole of the show.
The Phantoms' dmmer, Alex is revealed to be gay the seri' send episo, a nonchalant moment that feels rehg. And yet, for s, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer people rarely ever saw displays of affectn.
It may appear quat now, when we have TV seri like Hulu’s Love, Victor (about a Latx teen explorg sexual fluidy) or Netflix’s Bondg (about sex work and alternative sexualy), but the great gay panic set off by Ellen DeGener g out on her s 1997 was a bombshell that didn’t necsarily nvce the works that they’d open the gat to LGBTQ experienc. Luckily Will & Grace buted 1998 and the groundbreakg NBC seri nvced many that gay people might not be so toxic (and wouldn’t sre off advertisers) — so much so that Vice Print Joe Bin later creded wh changg his md about same-sex marriage.