Bury Your Gays: Why ‘The 100,’ ‘Walkg Dead’ Deaths Are Problematic (Gut Column) – The Hollywood Reporter

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BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)

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But now, fally, The 100 has troduced s first gay character (that we know of). In a media landspe where gay, lbian and bisexual characters are still often fed maly by their sexualy, havg Lexa — one of the show’s strongt, most well-liked characters — sually reveal that she’s queer and then rry on wh her day sends a strong and important msage to young viewers.

Several supportg/recurrg gay characters are featured on Supernatural, The Vampire Diari, Jane the Virg, Arrow and The Origals (and last year both The Carrie Diari and Star-Crossed had gay/lbian/bisexual ma characters), but queer characters still rema shockgly unr-reprented on The CW. The cisn — and the later intifitn of other characters, like Nathan Miller (Jarod Joseph), as gay — was simply world-buildg, and solely wh the world of The 100. … Nobody ever classifi anybody, as , ‘She’s a woman lear, ’ or, ‘He’s a gay soldier.

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