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‘That’s So Gay’: How ‘PEN15’ Nailed the Heartbreaking Experience of the Closeted Y2K Middle-Schooler

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Season 2 of the Hulu comedy explores the sexual confusion of Gabe, a 13-year-old coming of age in the year 2000, when “that’s so gay” was a casual, common insult.