From Dperate Hoewiv to Grey's Anatomy, the 7 cult TV shows betrayed queer women wh the Bury Your Gays trope.
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- GAY CHARACTERS OFTEN GOT SHORT SHRIFT ON “DPERATE HOEWIV” WHICH BEGS FAL SEASON THIS FALL
- SECRETS OF DPERATE HOEWIV' NEW GAY NEIGHBORS REVEALED!
GAY CHARACTERS OFTEN GOT SHORT SHRIFT ON “DPERATE HOEWIV” WHICH BEGS FAL SEASON THIS FALL
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The tth is, show creator Marc Cherry – who is openly gay – has mostly unsed his gay characters sce the early stag of season three.
That’s when socpathic gay teen Andrew Van Kamp went om beg one of the most highly-visible gay characters on televisn to mostly glorified extra although last season he did surface for a meaty alholic episo. Alex Comis, played by Todd Grnell but he is not the fully-realized gay character he should be and Pyom is always terrific the role. While Andrew has his own place and no longer liv on Wisteria Lane, gay uple Bob and Lee (Tuc Watks and Kev Rahm) do live there.
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SECRETS OF DPERATE HOEWIV' NEW GAY NEIGHBORS REVEALED!
Andrew tells him that he thks he might be gay and Bree storms , mandg rpect, and Rex tells her, is awkward. The “bury your gays” trope is real, and all too often our favoure LGBTQ+ characters are btally killed off.
However, beyond buryg the gays, TV shows have a long history of failg them other ways, too – fettg they exist, or forcg them to face hio trma that’s rooted the fact that they’re queer. For many 1990s babi, Buffy The Vampire Slayer is the archect of the morn bury your gays trope.
While dark teen drama Euphoria don’t necsarily lve to the bury your gays trope, wh all of s ma queer characters still alive (if not thrivg), the seri had fans askg ser qutns about Rue and Jul durg season two. Dpe beg one of the mpt shows of the lennium and beg created by gay man Marc Cherry, Dperate Hoewiv was never particularly kd to s LGBTQ+ characters. Andrew van Kamp (Shawn Pyom) was a socpath whose mother, the problematic legend Bree, all but disowned him for beg gay.