Let them kiss! Gays share their fave queer-coded characters “forced into” hetero relationships
Top Gun‘s volleyball scene, anyone?), or trying to tune into Logo late at night when your parents were asleep.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.show me characters the writers forced into a heterosexual relationshipThat being said, we’ve always had LGBTQ+ characters… even before groundbreaking gay-centered flicks like Love, Simon, Bros, and Moonlight.Amongst a cast of straights, gay people could find relatable characters and romances.
But only if they were well-versed enough in the ancient art of queer coded-ness. It’s a skill that’s resonated amongst the media-obsessed gays on Twitter X, where @TheCinesthetic invited users to spill on all our favorite obviously queer characters… whom “the writers forced into a heterosexual relationship,” a.k.a. “straightwashing.”https://t.co/RYIASEvOGN pic.twitter.com/5Ue2yOEoGWFrom the forced chemistry between Ron and Hermione in Harry Potter, to the odd hookup between the canonically queer butler and housekeeper in The Parent Trap, the prompt struck a nerve.The post received 7.5 million views and over 1,800 quote replies, allowing us to recognize how these gay-leaning characters made us feel seen.
And also complain about the fact that they were forced into a hetero Hollywood happy ending!Let the people boink!Here are five of our favorite “heterosexual” characters whom we’ve canonically accepted as members of the LGBTQ+ community. these two fruits https://t.co/RiIgsfwT9P pic.twitter.com/stwBFS31soA flamboyant, fedora-wearing, musical theater-loving twink and a quiet, mousy girl who’s more comfortable working in the wings?!
Anyone who’s spent time in a high-school drama department could tell you this should’ve been a no-brainer. But letting High School Musical‘s Ryan Evans (Lucas Grabeel) and Kelsi Nielsen (Olesya Rulin) go full homo wasn’t an option for Disney Channel, who maintained a squeaky-clean rep in the early aughts. (But how did that.
