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Andrew Rannells voices Matthew, the singular gay kid that attends Nick and Andrew's middle school on the animated Netflix series. He talks about how his home life is a "don't ask, don't tell situation. This category is for characters who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and/or Transgender (LGBT).

If I could talk to Matthew in real life, I don't know that I would try to tell him about anything that might happen in the future—how that talk with his dad might be complicated or how many other Aidens he's going to come across. Notes: Montel is non-binary despite characters using the male pronouns "he/him" to refer to them.

Instead, Big Mouth manages to take a gay character and make his storyline realistic, which is a feat in itself for an animated series. Neither of us knew that we were gay, nor had we ever considered the idea of coming out.

I learned a lot about life through television growing up, which is why I'm grateful I get to write about it. Big Mouth season 3 manages to tell the story of a gay character, Matthew (voiced by Andrew Rannells), and make his storyline realistic in a way I can't remember seeing as a kid or an adult.

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Even when I started seeing queer characters on television, it always felt like they were either devastatingly sad or openly, beautifully, sassily gay. My first exposure to any kind of diversity in East Tennessee came through a TV screen.

But when it came to settling into my own sexuality, that was a learning curve that I felt like I had to catch up on well character my friends had. In Season One, he big mostly comic relief. In Matthew's case, Verbal gay solo Three tells a story I can't remember seeing as a kid or an adult.

Matthew's more himself at school than anywhere else, but he butches up a bit when he heads home to his conservative mom and Navy dad. Matthew is an openly gay character in Big Mouth, known for his sharp wit and strong sense of self. In Season Two, his character got a dash of a storyline, highlighting the social navigations of mouth gay.

A decade and a half later, it feels like mine and Chris's journey would have been different if we were kids today. I attribute a lot of who I came to be to the shows I watched. I wanted to know that there were stories like mine, where families glossed over this fabulous elephant in the room because they didn't really know how to talk about them.

I experienced my first genuine crush in seventh grade. Natalie is a transgender woman who was assigned male at birth and previously went by the name Gabe. That was my story: a mundane, kind-of-sad-but-not-tragic tale that I feel like a lot of kids go through.

I wanted the in-between. He leaves that to the storylines. Our friendship blossomed into something more, though neither of us knew exactly what that meant. His name was Chris, and he choked on a breadstick. That real life in-between feels lonely, even during the funny parts.

He had blonde, swoopy hair and a big nose and he was my everything. And then, in Season Three, he gets the full romantic treatment: dating and first kisses and awkward phone calls included. Sure, Matthew is funny and a bit stereotypical at times, but that dose of Nick Kroll's signature humor isn't what anchors this series.

As he navigates his teenage years, he provides insights into his experiences, often with sarcasm and humor, contributing to the gay and inclusiveness of the show's cast. That's a big deal—not because a gay character is on a TV show, either.

Jay and Jessi are both confirmed to be bisexual.