Degrassi gay characters
Overview
If you&#;re Canadian, or Canadian Adjacent, you know Degrassi as the cutting edge teen drama that was actually appreciate high school. In fact, when my friends told me about things prefer , I was astounded to notice they&#;d cast 20 year olds as 15 year olds, when Degrassi had been getting things right forever.
The cast has such a high turnover rate, I couldn&#;t even come up with a header image to use. Once your character hits 18 and you graduate, you&#;re out. It&#;s like the TV version of Menudo.
If you tried to list all the gay kids at Degrassi, you&#;d wonder what they put in the water there. The first one we met was Alex Nuñez, a bad miss struggling to detect herself. And she did with the &#;straight&#; Paige Michalchuck. Paige later identified as bisexual and Alex vanished off into the grown-up world of creature a physical therapist somewhere with Carla Carlisle. Next we had Fiona Coyne, rich girl at public school, who fell for a straight girl before finding quirky (and possibly bi) Imogen Moreno. Imogen was last seen internet dating a girl named Jack &#; Jaqueline Jones &#; and smo
Degrassi has always been astonishing for diversity and voice — portraying so much acceptance in terms of racial, financial, sexuality, disability, and mental health differences.
And as iconic as the many LGBTQ characters that have graced the halls of the Degrassi Collective School are — all of them deserved at least a million hugs for the crap they had to go through!
Let's see if you agree:
+ Imogen (Season 11 — Season 12)
+ Zane (Season 9 — Season 11)
+ Alex (Season 5 — Season 7)
+ Fiona (Season 10)
+ Jack (Season 13 — Season 14)
+ Dylan (Season 3 — Season 7)
n + Miles (Season 13 — Season 14; Next Class: Season 2 — Season 4)
ë + Rasha (Next Class: Season 3)
y, Adam + Becky (Season 12 — Season 13)
Which Degrassi coupling was your favourite? Let us know in the comments!
Due to the fact this is a long-running show, this ethics list does contain unmarked spoilers for the entire series, so please tread lightly or not at all.
Note: Degrassi: Next Class is a continuation of the original series; we are going by the original season numbering. Netflix splits the 20 episode season into two Next Class seasons, season 15 is Next Class seasons one and two, season 16 is Next Class seasons three and four.
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Maya Matlin
Maya Matlin
Played by Olivia Scriven, Season (regular)
"I am so sick of people telling me who I'm supposed to be!
Maya is Katie's younger sister and a gifted music prodigy who had to settle for regular band class as opposed to a demonstrating arts school. She was feeling isolated until meets Cam Saunders, a lonely
Ahead of HBO&#;s Just-Announced Reboot, We Look Back at 5 Favorite Queer &#;Degrassi&#; Characters
HBO Max is riding the nostalgia wave, and we’re living for it. The latest series soon to be resurrected is Degrassi. Not only is HBO Max creating a Degrassi reboot with 10 hour-long episodes set to debut in , but it’s also adding all 14 seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation to the streaming platform this Spring. It was a show that was full of queer inclusion, with too many queer Degrassi storylines to count.
Degrassi: The Next Generation aired from to with 14 seasons total, the fourth series in the Degrassi franchise. The show was a great part of many millennials’ lives because it depicted everything — drugs, gun violence, rape and more — in a relatable way. Throughout those 14 seasons, viewers met a ton of queer Degrassi characters, and those explorations of sexuality and gender were some of TV’s most meaningful.
Ahead of the upcoming Degrassi reboot, let’s take a watch at the series’ history of LGBTQ representation.