''Buffy' contended with the inherent desire an outsider often has to be on the in,' wrote evanrosskatz.
the show when he said the network pushed back against a same-sex kiss in 2011). My story is not dissimilar from many gay teens who felt like outsiders in a world not built for us. Before I even knew the term gay or what gay was, I knew there was a part of me that needed to be suppressed. In “Buffy,” I found acceptance. “Other” wasn’t just okay. “Other” was cool. “Other” even saved the world.
This show imbued in me a sense of worth that my surroundings had failed to. I began to find my own inner slayer.The show even helped me come to terms with my sexuality. Willow’s coming out to Buffy in season 4 was not only my first exposure to a “coming out,” but cemented the notion that coming out didn’t have to be scary. “Are you freaked?” Willow asked Buffy, mirroring a question I’d find myself asking years later when I, too, came out.
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