- Hey guys, so today we are
going to be talking about
characters that should have been gay.
The thing is right,
media, the big old media.
We don't always get the representation
that we need... or do we?
Sometimes I'm just watching
a TV show, a movie,
or I'm playing a video game
and everything is screaming at me,
that this character is gay.
But the writers are little bitches
and they don't make the character gay.
So today I thought I would run through
a quick list of characters
that should be gay.
Two things to flag before we get started.
One, some of these was suggested to me
by you guys over on Instagram.
So thank you so much for helping me
to build this beautiful list.
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So, without further ado
characters that should have been gay.
First up the most obvious one,
Ryan from High School Musical.
Ryan from High School Musical
is not canon-nicly gay.
"Canon-nicly" I should
learn if that's a word
before this video continues.
This? This isn't gay?
This is a hetero?
No. I am happy to provide
further explanations
on some of these,
but that one I will not.
I just will not.
Okay so my next one,
this is the most sense that
any of them have made to me.
Fred and George are
bisexual. As in Weasley.
Fred and George Weasley from
Harry Potter are bisexual,
but they just don't make
a big deal out of it.
Like it's just their thing.
I was messaging Maddi about this one,
and I was like, "yeah,
and I feel like Molly Weasley
was a bit weird about it.
So they both ended up
dating women in their 20s"
and Maddi just went
"well, one of them did."
And I was like "what do you mean?
I don't mean for the rest of their life.
One of them can marry a man..."
And then I realized that not both of them
made it to their 20s and I'm upset again.
Can't believe J. K. Rowling killed off
one of her queer characters.
I mean, I can, but...
I also think that Arthur Weasley
is like technically bi,
but he doesn't realize it.
Like he just assumes that all other men
think about having
relationships or sex with men,
but it's just like a normal
straight man thing to do.
And so he never really brings it up
and just keeps living his
life, not really realizing.
I'm looking at my list now...
Why are they all animated? (laughs)
Donkey from Shrek is
pansexual, but also demisexual.
I will not be taking
questions at this time.
So I wrote Captain America is bisexual.
I'm not a nerd.
So I don't know which Captain
America I was thinking of
because there's Captain
America the one that's
played by the blonde woman.
And there's Captain America
that's played by a Chris.
I think I was talking
about the blonde woman,
but now that I'm saying it out loud,
why not also the Chris?
So hello nerds, please one
clarify who Captain America is.
And two, confirm that
they're both bisexual.
Jessica Pearson from Suits.
I know that they made
her date men in the show,
but that's a lesbian.
That is specifically a lesbian who has
a real like soft, hippy, short hair,
like a really cute girlfriend.
And they live like a
cottagecore lesbian lifestyle.
And so her going into the old
office, little Jessica Pearson
going on Suits with her little suit on.
It's even more precious cause
she acts all tough in the office.
And then she goes home and has this
cute cottagecore lifestyle,
with her beautiful soft girlfriend!
Tell me you can't see it.
Tell it- say it to my face.
Oh, you're saying it right now.
This is a video, I can't hear you.
Oh, I love that.
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I mean you can comment.
I don't know what world
I was thinking like
this was being aired
in like a massive arena
where everyone must remain silent?
I was truly in my head thinking
that no one could provide input on this.
Can we tell I need my Kombucha?
Jessica Pearson's girlfriend
makes her own Kombucha 100%.
Now that I've established that
I'm not screening this video
in an arena where people
who must remain silent
and you're probably watching at home
on your little devices,
where you can leave a little comment,
tell me who you think is 100% queer,
but the writers were just too cowardly.
Too cowardly to put it in.
Jake Peralta from Brooklyn
99, he's bi, right?
Maybe he's already canon bi
cause I've seen so much bi stuff from him.
That it's like, they've made
it a thing already, right?
Like you can't put a bisexual on a show
and then pretend that it's not a bisexual
you've written a bisexual.
It's played as a bisexual,
that's a bisexual.
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on characters that were a 100% queer.
Oooh she rhymed!
Nani from Lilo and Stitch
is 100% a lesbian.
She comes out later in life
because she's spending too
much of her time growing up,
raising Lilo or Stitch.
Which one is it?
I haven't watched that movie in so long.
On TikTok, it's trending right now.
Like so many people on TikTok,
have a shit ton of Lilo
and Stitch merchandise.
And I'm like from where,
when did that happen?
I haven't thought about that
movie since it came out.
Until now, when I was
thinking "who's gay?"
and it's Nani from Lilo and Stitch.
But she just came out later in life,
cause she was too busy raising a child.
Alexa from Alexa and Katie she's... queer.
She doesn't like labels
and she just ends up
like dating people of different genders.
It's not a big deal guys.
Stop making it a big deal.
Edna Mode. Lesbian.
She's married. Full stop.
Jade West from Victorious: bisexual queen.
Also beats the shit out of
terfs and we love her for it.
Super obvious one
but Jess and Juliette
from Bend It Like Beckham.
Juliette's mom was right.
Those are just lesbians.
Okay, this one is niche because
who has watched this
movie in the last decade,
but Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
I watched this recently
and it's - spoiler -
it's still really bad.
But Ella who was like
the blonde best friend
of Lindsay Lohan's character,
is the biggest possible
lesbian, massive lesbian.
And I don't even like that character.
I hate that character,
but that is the thing, right guys.
Just because someone is queer
doesn't mean that they're a good person.
Doesn't mean they're a likable person.
So I don't want to own her.
I don't want us to have to claim Ella
from Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen,
but it's the truth.
Luigi from Mario Kart or
just the Mario universe.
That is a gay man.
Also Rosalina... I feel like
off the three princesses
Rosaline is a lesbian, Daisy's pansexual
and Princess Peach, I hate to
say it, but she's straight.
Princess Peach is heterosexual,
I'm sorry to say it.
We all want Princess Peach to be gay,
but you do not look like
that and date Mario,
if you are not a very,
very tragic heterosexual.
It just doesn't happen.
Bi girls know there's better out there.
Oh and Bowser identifies as
just queer and he just will,
he will destroy anyone who
has an issue with that.
Olivia Pope who's from Scandal,
but I only know her through
How to Get Away with Murder.
So I don't know if she is
actually queer in Scandal.
Was she queer in How to
Get Away with Murder?
I don't think so.
This is what I mean right.
Sometimes they just
are so queer in my head
that I'm like, but was it canon?
Cause How to Get Away
with Murder great show,
does have queer characters.
Regardless if they wrote it or not
Olivia Pope from Scandal
and How to Get Away with
Murder is queer as hell.
Before I tell you the one
straight character who is gay,
I want to go through
some of your suggestions
that you shared on Instagram.
Because I strongly disagree
with some of these.
Firstly, everyone who's
saying all of them,
like every character should be queer -
No, we don't wanna own all of them.
Some characters- and also some
characters are just straight.
Sometimes there can be
good people out there
who are heterosexual
and we accept them too.
Cadet Kelly, you know what, I disagree.
I think Cadet Kelly was straight.
Do I? I think we're just getting confused
cause they wear a fancy uniform.
Honestly, I love Hillary Duff so much,
but I do think that every
character she plays is straight.
I'm trying to think of
an exception to the rule
and I'm struggling and I've watched many,
I wouldn't say all Hilary Duff movies.
Cause I'm a little scared
that someone will call me out
on some niche thing that she made.
But I would say watched
all Hilary Duff movies.
And I just think she just
exudes heterosexual energy.
Lilly from The Princess Diaries.
No. She's the worst friend as well.
Peter Parker
Peter Parker...
Peter Parker
Peter...
Gay? No...
Bi? Hmmm....
Guys I don't see Peter Parker.
I don't, I just don't see it. I'm sorry.
There's just so much Jess and Juliette
from Bend it Like Beckham.
Torrance Shipman from Bring it On.
Yeah, she's gay.
Merlin from the BBC
show back in like 2008.
First of all, I was
obsessed with that show.
But is he queer?
Is Merlin from BBC...
Is Merlin queer?
Merlin...
"Merlin, you gay boy!" Merlin, bi? Hmmm
Ahhhhhh
Oh my God.
Merlin... Merlin...
Merlin is asexual?
Merlin is asexual and
homoromantic - no! Heteroromantic.
And that's that on that.
Dean Winchester from Supernatural
with Castiel obviously.
I have hardly watched any
episodes of Supernatural,
but I know that everyone thought
they were gay from Tumblr.
So, I believe that. I accept it.
Oh Shego from Kim Possible.
Yeah, that's a lesbian.
Lesbian? Queer? Lesbian? Queer? Lesbian.
And the final one is
Victoria from Twilight
who is clearly a bisexual.
Probably don't need to say that.
Okay, and the final one that
I need to say is heterosexual,
but they are canon gay. And it
does fall outside the realms
because they're not... well
they are a "character",
but it's from a real life person.
And that is Joe Exotic, the Tiger King.
I don't wanna own him.
The LGBTQ+ community
has gone through so much
and we just don't deserve
the representation
that we got with Joe Exotic.
I swear to God, I'm always like,
"Please! Give me more
gays! Give me more gays!"
And then you can give me Tiger King,
which is such a good show,
but I don't want that gay.
I don't want it.
So that is the only one
who has been queer on a show and I'm like,
"Uhhh... thanks, but like..."
Anyway those are the
characters who I'm convinced
are queer and the writers
were just too cowardly
to write it in.
Have I missed any?
Have I missed any?
Please tell me in the comments below
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