As Euphoria returns to the small screen, GAY TIMES tak a look at how the h show has bee a relatable cultural touchpot.
Contents:
- MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
- 21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
- IS JAB ELORDI’S NATE JABS GAY EUPHORIA?
MD THE MEDIA: EUPHORIA'S DEPICTN OF A HIDN GAY INTY, AND S CONSEQUENC
All I want now is to dance wh Fez to INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart" some roadsi gay dive bar. * gay character euphoria *
While Euphoria's first season tablished Cal as an outwardly succsful man wh a secret life, the send season spent two episos lvg to Cal's backstory and then the breakdown he experienc, which clud a spectacular tellg off of his fay, when he n no longer nceal his inty as a gay man any longer.
As an adult, he's married, had two sons, and done well bs, yet he's hnted by the possibily that someone uld disver that he's gay. Euphoria's sophomore season was a roller aster of emotn. Mckay- straight but he'd be supportive if his kid me up as gay.
As Euphoria returns to the small screen, GAY TIMES tak a look at how the h show has bee a relatable cultural touchpot. She asks him if he is gay, he says kda. GAY.
21 "EUPHORIA" MOMENTS THAT THE GAYS ARE STILL THKG ABOUT
The only nfirmed gay male character the form of a vlent, predatory middle-aged man, who hoards vios filmed nonnsensually. In season two, Sam Levson tri to humanize this character and stead falls to the trope of excg vlent and homophobic behavr jt by virtue of the character beg closeted.
It is not empowerg or acceptg: creat a skewed view of homophobia that ultimately lets sli. If you are wonrg whether Nate ‘Euphoria’ is gay, here’s everythg you need to know! The dance number featur some provotive steps that ht Nate is gay.
The performance eply hurts Nate as he storms out of the dorium, leadg fans to believe that Nate’s reactns stem om his closeted homosexualy. Any nversatn that hts at his potential homosexualy is triggerg for Nate and often him to lash out. Therefore, although signs are prent, Nate himself hasn’t explored his sexualy to the extent that we n say he is gay.
IS JAB ELORDI’S NATE JABS GAY EUPHORIA?
On the other hand, Nate has never dulged any sexual teractns wh men, which hts that he is perhaps not gay. Therefore, is safe to say that if Nate cis to explore his sexualy, he will e out as bisexual and not homosexual.
”Clearly, there is still room to grow, but we have e a long way om the cliche socially isolated gay characters. (And fact, for most of the 20th century, homosexualy and genr dysmorphia were nsired ndns to be listed the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs. Cluels: First Steps to LGBTQ+ AwarensOne of the first and most inic films to portray a gay character a posive light was Cluels.
Cluels chronicl the misadventur of a teenage self-proclaimed matchmaker, Cher, who liv Beverly Hills wh her daddy wh all the luxuri anyone uld wish film is known for many of s popular tchphras and lnchg leadg actrs Alicia Silverstone to full-fledged stardom; also troduced the gay character of Christian, portrayed by Jt Walker. Cluels did have a few of the ual clich; Cher and her bt iend Dnne (Stacey Dash) assume Christian is gay bee “he knows how to drs. Unfortunately, wasn’t all sunshe and rabows after this Girls: “Too Gay to Functn”The early 2000s wnsed a plethora of teenage films and shows which negatively portrayed queer characters clu the csantly-quoted Mean Girls.