So I already started drinking because I'm gonna film another episode of My Drunk Feminism right after this
and this is, like, kind of a fun video so why not?
Why not go with it?
Before we get started I do wanna address the fact that there were no videos from me last week
which you probably didn't notice or care about
but I was having a bit of a bad, like, mental health week
so I decided it was probably in my own best interest to take a break.
I also just had, like, other stressful work stuff and, like, personal shit going on.
But I'm back bitches!
We don't say bitches on this channel.
So this started as a thread on my Twitter, but I--this is something I'm very curious about.
Like what shows people watched in their formative years and teenage years and also just early adulthood
that helped them realize that they were gay or queer or bi or whatever.
And I got, like, a lot of responses.
So here are seven shows that made me gay.
I mean they didn't make me queer but, like, they contributed.
Is this the gay agenda?
Republicans were right. Television really was turning kids gay. Holy shit.
Number one: Degrassi.
I need to make a whole video about Degrassi because Degrassi was very formative for me.
Let's bring this up in every fucking video where I talk about my sexuality, but I went to Catholic school.
Did you guys know that?
I bet you had no fucking idea 'cause I don't talk about it.
Every. Single. Video.
[sigh]
So my Catholic school experience pretty much lives up to the stereotype of Catholic school
in the sense that it essentially is, like, brainwashing young children into believing really conservative things
because they don't present any other options or information so that's, like, all you know growing up.
Especially if you're attending Catholic school from kindergarten through eighth grade
which is what I did
you're pretty sheltered from other outside ideas.
So pretty much most of my alternative information I was receiving was from television shows like Degrassi.
I fucking love Degrassi.
I think for anyone who's familiar with the show in terms of gay representation
the first character that would come to mind is Marco.
But for me the characters that were--I was the most drawn to
and were the most, like, eye opening for me in terms of sexuality was Palex.
which is Paige Michalchuk and Alex Nuñez.
It was great!
That was great content.
I don't think this is spoilers because this show came out, like, a million years ago.
If I remember correctly Alex is pretty firmly established as a lesbian character
and Paige is kind of in that gray area that television puts its bisexual characters into where they're, like
"Am I bisexual? I don't know. I'm not gonna put a label on it."
I know they used the word bisexual, but I don't think Paige ever identifies as bisexual
unless I'm not remembering 'cause it's been a while.
But there is a scene where they were dancing at a club and then they go over to either Paige or Alex's house
and then they kiss and it's super weird the next morning but I was truly living as, like, a twelve or thirteen year old.
So alive.
Number two is kind of embarrassing but I think if we're all honest with ourselves
I think this was an eye-opener for a lot of people.
Glee.
Glee was not great with much.
It was not great with a lot of things.
It wasn't great with having a cohesive storyline passed season one.
It wasn't great with having any sort of character development that was consistent.
Season two pink haired Quinn Fabray was a blessing for a lot of queer women.
It was truly a gift.
It's just like a complete one eighty flip on Quinn's personality, which was weird, but that pink hair though?
I was into it!
I was also just really into Brittana, as was most of the Internet.
And then I stopped watching during, like, season four because there was nothing keeping me there.
Glee was not great about handling its bisexual characters.
I know that bisexuality, and Brittany's character in particular
who was bi in the show, were often the butt of the joke.
Some of the jokes were pretty funny, I will admit, but they were problematic and we've all learned and grown.
This was probably my oldest example and it's not even, like, queer representation in the slightest.
It was just a female character I had a crush on when I was a kid.
Teen Titans.
Um, I loved Terra so much.
Which was probably weird because she was literally a two-dimensional cartoon character, but here we are.
Don't lie to me and say that you've never had a crush on a cartoon character
because I have had to read some of the nastiest fucking comments about Simba from The Lion King
so don't even joke with me right now.
I'm gonna count this one because I used to watch this a lot when I was, like, ten.
Because I feel like this was one of the first times I ever saw bisexuality represented on a show.
This is a weird one.
Thirteen from House, who you may know as the real-life person Olivia Wilde.
So you get it.
You get it.
That also definitely led to me looking up other roles that Olivia Wilde was in
and one of those rules was The O.C.
I don't remember her character's name, but she's also, like, queer or bisexual
and she has a relationship with Mischa Barton.
I did not give a fuck about that show
but I certainly watched a lot of compilation videos of their relationship on YouTube so...
pretty good.
I don't know what number we're on anymore but Pretty Little Liars
or PLL
or pll.
Definitely originally had a crush on Emily Fields because, at the time, she was the only gay character on the show.
Then I got a little bored with Emily, but I had a huge crush on Spencer Hastings
because Troian Bellisario is beautiful.
I feel like I also saw spoilers about Spencer's character.
So that crush may have not have continued
but when I watched it when I was in high school, I was really into it so...
This is another high school show but Skins.
I was so into Skins.
The UK version because the American version was not very good.
Yeah, there is a lot of good gay stuff in that show.
Hannah Murray's character Cassie was bisexual, I think.
I definitely had big ol' eyes for Effy Stonem because, duh.
And then season two there is an actual major gay storyline between two women.
Naomi and Emily, and I remember watching that in my room, like, with my lights off just being, like
"I hope my parents don't come in."
even though I was like sixteen or seventeen because it was incredibly gay.
It's very Tumblr 2010 I feel like.
The last show I'm gonna mention is the most recent but I didn't come out 'till I was twenty two so it still counts.
Just think of the gayest show with women on Netflix.
Are you thinking of it?
Yeah, it's Orange Is the New Black... duh.
I was really into Nikky in the first season and then I don't know if it was season two?
Samira Wiley's character. Oh my God, just kill me.
So good.
Anyway, that is my list of television shows that made me realize I was bisexual.
I'm sure you guys have a lot of television shows
that were also formative for you figuring out or solidifying your sexuality
so definitely leave those below because I'm really interested.
I'm sure I'm gonna get a lot of Buffy and, like, The L Word, but you know, surprise me.
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