Is debbie gay in shameless

In Season 11 she says “ Me too” when Jared, a minor character, states that he is gay. By the end of the series, she’s accepted who she is and frequently refers to herself as a lesbian. She’s lesbian, even though she was with men in the past she is fully gay now. Debbie is definitely bi, remember she raped matty. She seemed really into Derek and Matty when she was younger.

In the first 8 seasons of “Shameless”, Debbie thought she was only attracted to men. It was only in Season 9 that she started getting bi-curious. She even asked her brother, Ian — who is openly gay and in an on-and-off relationship with his boyfriend, Mickey — how he knew he was gay. In season 9, Debbie Gallagher explores a relationship with queer Black electrician Alex (Ashley Romans), who feels played by Debbie shortly after she realizes that Debbie isn’t gay and still.

I don't think that Debbie is gay, she's self centered. Originally she was chasing an idea of romance and a family, dating guys in problematic ways to get what she felt like she was missing. Shameless concluded its profoundly mediocre ninth season on Showtime this week with a finale that said goodbye to show lead Fiona Emmy Rossum but not to the program itself, which will seemingly live forever, just like Frank!

The U. None have received — or, arguably, deserved — the level of acclaim granted to Ian. Still, their portrayal of female sexuality as essentially fluid — well, for everybody except Fiona — is remarkable in its own way. Now, the only person I know who has seen the whole show is Valerie, so I got her to talk to me about lesbian and bisexual representation on Shameless!

Riese: So, first of all, does it surprise you that Shameless has had more LGBTQ women characters on its show than anything else currently on television? Valerie: Actually, yes. A lot of them had potential — I really thought Nessa Jessica Szhor and Mel Perry Mattfeld were going to end up being way more important but they just kind of…vanished.

The Vee and Svetlana storyline was great though. Which I had totally overlooked? Did you ever catch that? Valerie: I sure did not. And I feel like that was back in the earlier days when I was feeling more desperate for it, not only on this show but everywhere? Maybe I knew but I forgot… six seasons ago is at least two lifetimes in TV time…. Riese: It seems like Shameless men often date women who like women — but their sapphic dalliances are usually sexual things and most or all of their serious relationships are almost always with just men: Karen, Amanda Nichole Bloom , Jasmine Amy Smart , Monica Gallagher Chloe Webb.

You could also put Vee in this category, but I think her situation is part of a different conversation. Valerie: Yeah, I agree that usually the bisexuality is used as a comment on their overall sexuality.

Valerie: Right. Riese: Yes! I consider any scene either one of them is in to be a sex scene, and so when they got together in the sixth season of the show, my brain melted a little bit. Riese can attest to this. Shameless does everything in extremes, so this fit right in. And Kevin Steve Howey continues to surprise and delight me. Riese: I really like Kevin. But I was like, okay sure Kevin, you can have two girlfriends.

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When it looked like Debbie was going to discover lesbianism this year, you were not thrilled. Why not? Valerie: I find Debbie impossibly annoying, which maybe is largely the point of her. She always takes things Too Far and is Too Much and frankly if one of the Gallagher girls was going to be queer I was really banking on Fiona.

I blame Nessa for getting my hopes up on this one. And in some ways I was right, but I will say the idea has been growing on me. And I also strongly believe that statistically it was likely that at least one other Gallagher was queer, as someone with a lot of queer cousins on one side of my family. Riese: I never liked Debbie either!