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Noah Schnapp’s Coming Out Journey: The ‘Stranger Things’ Star ‘Would Still Be Closeted’ if Not for Will Byers Entity Gay
Noah Schnapp was stuck in his drafts. The 18-year-old actor, who’d turn into a household call on Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” kept putting off posting a video he’d shot on his cell — an announcement he’d been contemplating making for a few months. His closest friends kept texting him: When are you going to post it? I want to see the world’s reaction! Schnapp kept replying: No, I’m not ready. I’m not ready. I’m not ready.
But on Jan. 5, after his family dropped off his twin sister, Chloe, at college in Boston, he felt ready. As they started the hourslong drive back to their home in Westchester, N.Y., he posted the eight-second video to more than 31 million followers on TikTok.
At first glance, it looked like other clips he’s made messing around with friends (including “Stranger Things” BFF Millie Bobby Brown): Schnapp, his head on a pillow, lip-syncing to a popular audio clip of someone saying, “You comprehend what it never was? That seri
author: annie trussler| op-ed editor
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That character, for me, at least, is Will Byers. I love that kid. God, I love that kid.
Hello, everyone. Today, I am composed entirely of coffee. Why, you may ask? I decided to stay up all night to view Season Two of Stranger Things. I watched the sunrise while jamming to that damnable theme song.
Now, like most people, I am invested in shows wholly for a single character. You know – everyone has that nature that they root for no matter what. That personality, for me, at least, is Will Byers. I affectionate that kid. God, I love that kid.
In season one, episode one, Joyce Byers offhandedly mentions that Will’s father, Lonnie, refers to him as a “fag” because he is “queer.” Any queer viewer instantly sighed a sigh of, “oh, yes, that’s familiar.” Will is, from the beginning, heavily, heavily queer-coded.
Now, any gender non-conforming readers will understand where this trap leads. Writers will code a traits to be lgbtq+ in some fashion. From there, we get our hopes up, they expire or end up straight. I genuinely, however, thought we might have something here.
SPOILERS AHEAD: At the end of Season Two, Will, after all of his horrific tr
‘Stranger Things’ Star Noah Schnapp on Doja Cat, Season 5, and Will’s Sexuality: ‘He Is Gay and He Does Love Mike’ (EXCLUSIVE)
SPOILER ALERT: This story includes discussion of major plot developments in Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” currently streaming on Netflix.
One of the many thrills embedded in “Stranger Things” has been watching each of the young cast literally grow into young adults before our eyes. That is perhaps especially true of its youngest original member, Noah Schnapp. His character, Will Byers, has been through it over the years: Abducted into the Upside Down, then possessed by a demonic entity known as the Brain Flayer, and then — perhaps worst of all! — seemingly abandoned by his best friends as they discovered girls and matured beyond their days of playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Will never has, and throughout the recently concluded fourth season, he struggled to articulate to his top friend, Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), why.
From the start, it seemed clear that Will is homosexual and terrified of coming out. When Variety asked Schnapp and his costar Millie Bobby Brown about i
8 Times Stranger Things Hinted At Will Being Lgbtq+ (& You Totally Missed It)
Stranger Things fans finally know that Will Byers is gay, but there were signs throughout the series pointing toward this. There has been speculation about Will’s sexuality, and even more so in season 4. While the Duffer Brothers wouldn’t verify one way or another, Noah Schnapp did assert “he is gay, and he does love Mike” in July 2022 (via Variety). He also said it was a “slow arc” before season 4.
It was indeed a sluggish arc before Stranger Things season 4. There were things here and there that hinted at Will being gay, but it was easy to overlook them because they’re kids. Also, there was a lot of more pressing things going on each season. It wasn’t front and center in the way it was in season 4. In addition, Will is in tall school in season 4, so it makes feeling that he will be realizing his sexuality more than he was in middle school. Here are eight hints that Stranger Things gave viewers that Will was gay.
8 Will Rejects A Girl That’s Flirting With Him
In the season 4 premiere, a g