{"id":4515,"date":"2022-01-19T23:32:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2022-01-19T23:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T23:32:09","slug":"olivia-bensons-son-comes-out-as-bi-in-sweet-law-order-svu-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4guysmagazine.com\/?p=4515","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Benson&#8217;s Son Comes Out as Bi in Sweet Law &#038; Order: SVU Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the longest-running live-action show on American television,&nbsp;<em>Law and Order: Special Victims Unit<\/em>&nbsp;has had a plethora of LGBTQ+ guest star roles from the very beginning. But they\u2019ve always had a hard time bringing that sort of diversity when it comes to the primary cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While they made the frustrating decision to boot\u00a0bisexual detective Kat Tamin\u00a0(Jamie Gray Hyder) at the start of this season, another familiar face came out as bi in the most recent episode in a touching and casual moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noah Porter-Benson (Ryan Buggle) struggled with bullying at the start of \u201cBurning With Rage Forever,\u201d and by the episode\u2019s conclusion, had a heart-to-heart with mom Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) as to why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFirst [the bully] went after Cory \u2018cause Cory told everyone their pronouns are they\/them,\u201d Noah explained. \u201cAnd Hudson started calling Cory a fairy. So then I said that I was bi and that there\u2019s no shame in being true to yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/mariskaparilla\/status\/1481825359976882177\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noah\u2019s sexuality isn\u2019t necessarily a huge surprise to dedicated fans of the show, but that\u00a0<em>SVU<\/em>\u00a0actually had a coming-out scene on a network show for a young child in the regular cast rotation is kind of a bold move \u2014 and hopefully a wake-up call to those who think LGBTQ+ representation is innately sexual, which this clearly is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If he had a crush on a girl, no one would be saying that he&#39;s too young to know he likes girls. So why is it different because he may have had a crush on a boy before? He&#39;s a child. He&#39;s not thinking about having sex with anyone. He&#39;s thinking about who he thinks is cute.<\/p>&mdash; Brit (@British4Irish1D) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/British4Irish1D\/status\/1481825863570272261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/maddiecheer63\/status\/1482569762307821571\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also important is the way Olivia didn\u2019t miss a beat at her son\u2019s confession. Rather than question or doubt him, she congratulated his bravery for standing up for both another classmate and himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThank you for telling me,\u201d she says at the end of their conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo big deal,\u201d he shrugs. \u201cIt\u2019s not like I have a boyfriend or girlfriend. It\u2019s just not fair for anybody to be left out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the longest-running live-action show on American television,&nbsp;Law and Order: Special Victims Unit&nbsp;has had a plethora of LGBTQ+ guest star roles from the very beginning. But they\u2019ve always had a hard time bringing that sort of diversity when it comes to the primary cast. 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