![]() There was a draft that existed with a different ending for the season, but alas, we wanted to end on what I think is kind of an optimistic note. But you rarely see that for LGBTQ+ characters, so there is very rarely exposure to knowing what sexual relationships look like outside of porn-and our characters talk about that in the episode-and we felt like maybe there is a concerted, careful way that we can talk about these topics and show these topics responsibly, but also in a way that is exciting. There’s all these PG-13, rom-com movies like American Pie where straight sexuality for teenagers is funny, it’s raunchy, it’s sweet, it’s romantic. We wanted to tell those kinds of stories.Īnd then the other thing that gets discussed-there’s one episode that is largely about sex and virginity-is the fact that gay people very rarely see representations of sex, especially when they’re growing up. We felt like there was a little bit of a duty there to be honest about what it means to be a gay teenager with actual feelings. But at the same time, gay characters, when they’re represented in media, are often a funny sidekick and are so rarely given their own desires and sexual feelings, and it was important to us to not shy away from that. ![]() We never wanted the show to be gratuitous to have sex for sex’s sake. The discussion of sex for us was really important and something we were really intentional about.
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