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by Dominic Gonzalez SPOILER WARNING: This article features spoilers to shows and movies featuring LGBTQIA characters. Please proceed with caution if you have not seen or finished these movies and shows: The 100, Jane the Virgin, The Walking Dead, The Magicians, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Rope, Rebecca, The Children’s Hour, Lost Girl, and Fox . Why is everything suddenly gay?  Maybe you’ve been thinking this? Maybe you’ve heard people ask this? Maybe it’s meant as an actual question, acknowledging your lack of familiarity with LGBTQIA history. Maybe it's said with a tone of belittlement and annoyance. To put things in perspective, I’d like to clarify that not everything is gay. If you’re noticing more LGBTQIA couples and stories in movies and television, or noticing more people identifying as LGBTQIA, or even noticing more education being spread around through conversations, memes, and social media- it’s not because everything is suddenly gay (which is an inaccurate use of the t...

Photo by Maksim Chernishev on Unsplash by Daniel Andrade Another Pride Month has come and gone, and it was full of wonderful celebrations of progress, love, and community. But for me, Pride hits a little differently. While many proudly enjoyed movies celebrating queer icons or watched movies about notable moments in the advancement of civil rights, I spent another year wondering whether or not I was a valid or legitimate member of the LGTBQIA+ community. Why would I feel such a thing? Because I am asexual (often shortened as “ace”), someone that experiences little to no sexual attraction to anyone. Contrary to popular belief, the “A” in LGBTQIA+ does not stand for “ally,” but actually for “asexual, aromantic, and agender,” so technically, I should have no qualms in proudly and confidently accepting my place within the “Alphabet Mafia.” However, with only about 1-4% of the global population identifying as asexual, there has long been a struggle to see any representation of asexuali...