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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 Mdy

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

Petrera and Mareyi Ramakrishnan talk about the send season of the Netflix h, s diverse st, and normalizg beg gay and hearg-impaired. * gay character never have i ever *

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

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

"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. 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.

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.

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