Gay awakening characters
As an eight-year-old in suburban Michigan, I watched Lindsay Lohan creep across a dock in ‘Parent Trap’ and jump into a pond naked. At that moment, I had what I now remember as an early sexual awakening. When her traits Annie went skinny dipping after losing a risk, it scandalized me, awakening queer feelings I didn’t quite understand at the time. I don’t retain the exact moment I knew I wasn’t linear, but I remember every single childhood character that made me question it.
Growing up in the late ’90s and early ’00s, I knew that none of the characters I harbored flustered crushes on were actually gay—in fiction or in real life. In proof, I don’t remember a single representation of a queer woman in pop culture from my childhood, and I didn’t encounter an out lesbian in person until I was 18. This likely contributed to a lot of secret fanfiction I wrote, as well as several unnecessary years in the closet.
The average age children realize they are something other than straight is 12 years old, according to The Pew Research Center, and the average age they come out is now 16. This is an improvement from the 1980s, when t
11 Mainstream Characters That Are Someone’s Gay Awakening
In a society that considers existence straight the norm, it’s not uncommon for fiction to be the queer wake-up-call. Perhaps the planet of fiction creates a safe space for gender non-conforming people to explore their thoughts and feelings. Or maybe authors just produce their characters too attractive. Regardless of the why, the fact is that many queer book nerds have been drawn to these characters for a reason.
Draco Malfoy from The Harry Potter Series
Do I need to explain? From the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Draco’s striking blond hair and wit has been captivating the lgbtq+ youth. If you require proof, Archive of Our Own has over 70,000 gay works including his character as of the publishing of this article.
Rick O’Connell and Evelyn Carnahan in The Mummy
… Alright, this was technically a movie, first, but there’s a novelization of The Mummy, so it counts. Especially since the impact it had on people as they realized that both of the main characters were hot is too significant not to include. Although we’re focusing on books here, the film The Mummy is a bi awakening masterpiec
Editor’s note: Most interviewees are noted only with their first name to defend anonymity
When poets and hopeless romantics lament about cherish, they often discuss that “lightning bolt” moment. The experience of seeing someone for the first moment and thinking “Oh wow”. Some people inflate this moment as a write of first love, some dismiss it as straightforward animal attraction, some contradict its existence all together. I personally have felt this jolt but in a slightly different context.
When I was six years old, I was watching a series my mum had recorded on a VHS called Oranges are Not the Only Fruit. At first I idea it was only mildly interesting, mainly normal looking people walking about organism stuffy, which wasn’t really my style at the time – I was just waiting for Mona the Vampire to initiate. But then something caught my attention. The new girl this series was following had a obsession but not just on anyone, on another young woman. Oh wow. At the time, my sudden interest in this programme didn’t really compute as anything out of the plain, I would watch those dustry VHS tapes again and again. Even though this tragic story was far from pleasant, I was just
That moment of experiencing your first crush is often referred to as a sexual awakening; a euphoric feeling of desire and wanting to be intimate with someone.
Whether it was sitting watching the family TV set or while seeing the latest movie at the cinema, we all tend to keep in mind the first heartthrob we saw on screen and made us think, WOAH… I think I’m into guys.
If you’re same-sex attracted, then this can approach as a bit of a revelation – especially if you were experiencing it at a moment before we had the more visible levels of LGBTQ+ representation in media and pop culture that we have today. Who knew kissing guys was an option!?
So, to hearken back to that exceptional moment many of us have had, we’ve assembled a list of guys that lead to our sexual awakenings, to reminisce and share the homosexual joy around!
Who sparked your sexual awakening?
1. Chris O’Donnell as Robin in Batman and Robin (1997)
There has always been something a little bit camp about the Batman and Robin combo, and Robin’s be-nippled breastplate left many feeling a little hot under the collar/bat suit.
2. Prince Eric in The Petite Mermaid (1989)
Look at his STUFF, isn’t it neat! Did somebody say, land-hoe? I
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