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But there is a lesser known, far more significant common denominator: Shakespeare, Williams, and Wilde -- arguably three of the greatest play-wrights who ever lived -- were gay. Some were married with children closeted until the day they died; others freely acknowledged their sexuality -- and more than a few suffered for it. You can see the results of that movement," she explained.

And for something like Lexa or The 100, the amount of stories that I heard that were just very personal, very intimate, that were incredibly impactful for these people to find comfort, safety, reassurance, there's nothing like it. While there's certainly still a long way to go in terms of LGBTQ+ representation, it's interesting to see how far we've come since that pivotal moment.

You can rewatch Debnam-Carey's influential performance on The 100 on Netflix.

They found people who are like-minded, who have commonalities, and can really feel safe in them. People have found friendships over that. It was really intense.

With the death of her love interest Lexa, there came the idea that Clarke's representation might somehow get diminished.

The thought process that Clarke's worth as a bisexual lead is somehow only tied to one relationship is not only wrong but also offensive.

The CW presented not only a new Lgbt+ character but the first representation that came from a lead role. A group of teenagers, including Clarke, are sent back down to Earth in the first season to see if the rest of the space station can return after living through a devastating war.

Throughout the past three seasons, there was clearly a romantic tension between Clarke and Lexa, who led the 12 clans that survived the terrible war on Earth.

The 100 was previously praised for having a positive representation of bisexual females on the show and subverting heteronormative tropes, but Lexa’s death changed all of that.

Variety noted that there is an unfortunate tendency in television shows to follow the “bury your gays” trope, which implies that queer couples are not allowed to live happily ever after like their straight peers.

NAMI added that LBGTQ teens are six times more likely to experience symptoms of depression because they lack support and face harassment.

While some might say that The 100 is just a television show and Lexa was always doomed to die because the actress is also starring on Fear The Walking Dead, it is still a cop-out.

Being in a convention space, you are seeing the truest passion and purity of what that means to someone. I mean, what a beautiful thing. The use of such harmful tropes only increases the societal notion that queer women aren’t supposed to find happiness with another woman, which leads to a sense of hopelessness amongst lesbian teens because everywhere they look, they are being told that what they feel is somehow wrong.

Rothenberg’s queer baiting only added to fans’s hurt, because it appeared he had no problems killing off a lesbian character “once she had served his purpose.” If Rothenberg had to write Lexa out because the actress was no longer available, there were plenty of other ways to keep the character alive while introducing the idea that the chip in her neck contained an A.I.