Which stranger things cast is gay

Noah Schnapp was stuck in his drafts. His closest friends kept texting him: When are you going to post it? But on Jan. As they started the hourslong drive back to their home in Westchester, N. That serious. His resolve lasted the duration of the trip. The result was nothing short of transformative.

I think if I never played that character, I probably would still be closeted. I found out when everybody else found out on the internet. In his own life, Schnapp was surrounded by supportive friends and family; he realizes now that during that period, many of them said queer-positive things around him because they knew already that he was gay.

But once Schnapp decided to confirm publicly that Will is gay, that all began to change. There was not one bad thing about him being gay. I was like, if he has all this support, then why should I worry about anything? With those thoughts bouncing around in his head, Schnapp started college at Penn just over a month later, and the mere act of meeting an onslaught of new people gave him the final push he needed.

I know now. The next weekend, Schnapp came home to see his sister, Chloe, off to college, and he decided she would be the first person he would come out to. Then Schnapp went back to college — and, like a lot of LGBTQ kids still sorting themselves out, he slid back into the closet.

Do I have to ask him?

Noah Schnapp (Stranger Things) comes out as gay

How do I do it? Schnapp visibly relaxes as he tells this story. The dam broke. Soon after, Schnapp came out to his father, and his wider circle of friends. The only way to truly feel myself is to tell everyone. Before he did it, however, Schnapp made a list on his Notes app of all the people that he needed to come out to first, like Millie Bobby Brown.

You told me finally! I was aware of how much cultural noise there was around Will Byers the character and his sexuality. I never spent a lot of energy thinking about whether that was true of Noah. And that makes me really happy for my young friend. A month later, Schnapp posted his coming out video to TikTok.

I will be fully aware of who I am. When Levy is told about how much Will Byers ultimately helped Schnapp be able to come out, the call goes silent for a moment. How rarely does that happen for any of us? But you can never be mad at Noah. The Duffers took that risk because they wanted to prepare Schnapp for what lies ahead for his character in the fifth season.

How did this happen?