What was the first time you saw anything gay in popular media?
You never know where or when you’ll see LGBTQ representation in pop culture. Sometimes you find it in the pages of a comic book.
Sometimes it’s on an awards-show stage. And sometimes it’s on a trashy talk show!Reddit user u/BeneficialMidnight91 asked fellow members of the r/lgbt community to name the first time the saw “anything gay” in popular media, adding, “I ask this because I vividly remember being a 10-year-old reading Percy Jackson and being very confused … How about you guys?
Any stories to tell?”Here are other responses from that thread, starting with more from u/BeneficialMidnight91. A post shared by Random Fandom (@fandomscombine)“You see, I loved Percy Jackson and had just gotten to a section where Nico … had just been revealed to have had a crush on Percy the entire time.
Now, my tiny little brain did a few double takes because, until that point, little me had never understood that being gay was a thing.
