Degrassi: The Next Generation - Marco dealing with homophobia

[@invadertifxiii]

at every point jimmy was always supportive

[@thefighter5182]

Then it was all Paige's fault for Marco getting involved with her gay brother Dylan in the first place.

[@invadertifxiii]

@@thefighter5182 huh?

[@williethomas9953]

Jimmy was a good friend and got shot for his troubles.

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

@@williethomas9953no he got shot cause he was at the wrong place and the wrong time... Spinner was to blame cause he's the one who send the nerd to the edge

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

@@thefighter5182 it wasn't 😂😂😂 don't give her that credit lol... Marco had a crush on him ever since he saw him

[@Stoneman180190]

I love how Spin got offended that Marco doesn’t find him attractive.

[@thefighter5182]

It was because Marco was being rude to Spin by saying all of that about Spin.

[@Stoneman180190]

@@thefighter5182 I know.

[@adammcknight2006]

I was over here like bro wernt you upset that you thought he was into you 😂

[@JP-pp2tn]

honestly in that episode that was my favorite scene him getting offended

[@benjaminburshia4404]

He's upset that when Drake wrote that song

[@invadertifxiii]

i cant believe how far spinner came from his early days

[@rbishop95]

I know. I was so proud of him. He honestly had the best character development on the entire show 😅

[@DonovanRobinson420]

He started becoming my crush at the end lol

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

@@rbishop95idk but best but yeah 😂 spinner was the screw up homophobic bully 😂😂😂

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

@@DonovanRobinson420omg eww crush on Spinner no way lol... Even in the end I couldn't even crush on him

[@DonovanRobinson420]

@@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233 I have a thing for problematic straight guys who try to turn over a new leaf okay, leave me alone 😂

[@SarimFaruque]

I wish they gave Marco more plots than dealing with homophobia or obsessing with Dylan

[@charc1822]

He later developed a gambling addiction and nearly pimps himself out for $$

[@vivannet231]

Uhhh does him being a teacher im one of later seasons count?

[@PlayfulFruitLPer]

Me too, but honestly for the time period it was amazing how much we did get at all, they rectified this later with Tristan by giving him non gay storylines. Sucks that Tristan was insufferable tho.

[@JP-pp2tn]

yeah the way they went about his character was some what interesting and different i mean i get not wanting to lose your first love but your right that dylan thing was toxic and he was obsessed they could of done better by giving him a real relationship

[@DajaahAdams]

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[@sullymirzayanov6275]

Back in those days a lot of people were homophobic. I’m 36 and this was back when I was in high school.

[@NextToToddliness]

"Mostly Spinner being awkwardly homophobic" - there, fixed it for you. :D

[@jesswise1863]

The guy that plays Marco is a such a great actor

[@omarcogle1965]

Adamo Ruggiero

[@jesswise1863]

@@omarcogle1965 yes great actor

[@kaiaballobey4239]

Adams was a great actor in Degrassi. I had the biggest crush on him. However Adamo is gay himself. He’s still handsome

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

And I'm glad he got to play a gay character being gay himself ...

[@jesswise1863]

@@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233 I know me too

[@advisedgnu69backup72]

I felt so bad for Marco when he got jumped

[@xrrgr]

right

[@advisedgnu69backup72]

@@xrrgrI loved when Jimmy was there for Marco, he was a true friend

[@xrrgr]

@@advisedgnu69backup72 same, he really is

[@brey1720]

So heartbreaking 😭

[@advisedgnu69backup72]

@@brey1720Jimmy is an amazing friend, he was there for Marco when he got jumped

[@jimmyalfonda3536]

Marco: *Tries to perform heimlich manuver* Spinner: "Nah that's gay. I'll just die instead."

[@dreammaster495]

honestly forgot how much they say f-g. I only remembered Spinner writing it on the wall in the boys bathroom

[@blueizumi]

To think this was only 17-20 years ago. People complain about lgbt representation being too “in your face” and celebrated these days but it wasn’t too long ago that kids would be relentlessly bullied for being gay or sent to conversion therapy and it would be looked at as a “reasonable response” to homosexuality. It’s more accepted to be gay in a lot of countries these days and that’s why so many people are advocating for more representation into media.

[@princess1peach]

U mean fag

[@richardr3511]

The f word was edited out of the American version

[@thefighter5182]

But the f word isn't edited out of the Canadian version

[@richardr3511]

@@thefighter5182 I know it wasn't. There's no reason to edit out anything

[@simpleplanfan011]

The early 2000s really was this bad when it came to homophobia. I don’t miss it at ALL.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Normal years

[@simpleplanfan011]

@@RyanRoemer8624 Nothing normal about people getting bullied.

[@sullymirzayanov6275]

Everyone said homophobic things back then and you better not let anyone find out you were gay. You better be part of a sports team because if you were not then you are a sheep walking into a pack of wolves. I’m 36 now and that’s how it was back when I was in high school.

[@Savage.-_.Gamer1]

I wasn't even alive in the early 2000's until 7 years after the turn of the millennium.

[@zacharycoltrane]

It's still like this. Unfortunately, everybody won't realize that everybody in the world can't be straight.

[@InkAndPoet]

I remember when Spinner and Marco's actors reenacted Marco's coming out scene 10 years later, and even did a role swap version too, with Spinner coming out as gay.

[@michaeldempsey7822]

spinner gets the TINYEST bit of respect for keeping marcos info to himself and not running and telling it lol

[@PlayfulFruitLPer]

He didn’t though. He wrote it in the bathroom.

[@isaactheworshipwarrior6687]

​@@PlayfulFruitLPerI was about to say that lol

[@williethomas9953]

​@@isaactheworshipwarrior6687IKR, didn't even have the guts to own it. Was going start a rumor with plausible deniability until getting caught by Jimmy.

[@Tfististhis]

Never understood this type shit in real life just let him be is that so hard smh

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

Marco stood up for himself and told his father he was gay. I'm gay! Totally gay! Then you don't wanna know me.

[@AaronNickolas7]

My biggest trigger is the rivalry between Christians and the LGBTQIA+ community. I don’t know much about religion, but I do know that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was NEVER intended to used as a means for division! It was NEVER intended to be used as a weapon! The Gospel of Jesus Christ was supposed to be an example of LOVE, SERVICE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP. Jesus Christ NEVER looked down on a single soul! We are FAILING our Lord and Savior with how much division is in our world today!

[@thefighter5182]

Then the only thing that I like about the LGBTQIA+ community that I can be hooking up with lesbians and making out with them. Yeah that's why I'm a straight guy.

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

Unbelievable

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

Such hypocrisy

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

What's the explanation for this

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

Are we supposed to be Christians

[@jessicavilt7583]

I felt bad for marco. Im not gay . But im sure it was hard for marco to tell his father that hes gay especially knowing how his father feels about gays and saying it in front of the entire school . And it didnt help that his dad didnt want to sit down and talk to him and just live in denial after he told him. Spinner didnt help either by writing it on the wall in the bathroom and for how he treated him in gym class .

[@thefighter5182]

Yeah well Spinner did nothing wrong because he didn't tell anyone about it because he doesn't need to and that's why.

[@omarcogle1965]

​@@thefighter5182The thing is that Spinner did out Marco, not in public but writing it on the Bathroom wall.

[@thefighter5182]

Yeah well bummer times, at least there's a party.

[@invadertifxiii]

i love he was able to continue with the play, finally being free

[@tajcee]

Probably one of my favorite episodes with Marco

[@averymartin321]

I cried watching this show. My little gay boy heart was breaking. Seeing this brings back so much trauma.

[@Rary.0]

at least we got twinky peter in the later seasons to crush on

[@averymartin321]

@@Rary.0 I'm not a twink lover. But I suppose he was cute to look at.

[@averymartin321]

@@Rary.0 I'm not TWINK-sexual

[@Rary.0]

@@averymartin321 haha okay

[@RyanRoemer8624]

And ?

[@moestopthat]

“hello catholic over here” “so just cause i’m gay i can’t be christian” marco you can be both, gay & confused we still love you

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

I am not religious and I have nothing against gay people. In the Bible, it is very strongly against homosexuality. The following verses clearly state that. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Roman 1:18-32, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13 and Genesis 19. Even if you believe that silly Garden Of Eden story, God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

[@thefighter5182]

I'm not religious and I don't care about anyone that is gay. Because it doesn't matter to me at all. But I do like Jay saying hey buddy don't drop anything infront of homochuk.

[@sarahlovee1865]

I wish you would have kept the bit after he gets attacked at the park where Jimmy runs all the way to him after that phone call.. I don't know why it's just a moving moment He hears his friend is in trouble He runs trying to find him and then just hold him as he breaks down because he's a true friend and isn't going to judge his friend for breaking down He's going to support him and hug him and let him cry that shit out without a bit of judgement... They both laid their bits well Marco played the tragedy Jimmy played the support and concern... It was a really moving scene

[@adammcknight2006]

I know Jimmy was and is one of the good ones they should've put spinner in the wheel chair instead of Jimmy

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

@@adammcknight2006fuk 😂😂😂 lol but yeah he's also the reason why jimmy ended up shot don't forget that

[@michellesakura1]

Spinner was terrible in early seasons

[@kenrickbautista6141]

But at least he grew as a person.

[@tajcee]

But he had one of the best character arcs in the series

[@christinasavannah7992]

I think Marco Dad knew deep down.....he was in Denial....the way his eyes get watery when Marco Makes the comments with Hints

[@omarcogle1965]

At least Marco's dad was more accepting than Zoe's mom.

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

@@omarcogle1965not really it took a while for his dad to accept him... The only reason why he accepted him was because he knew he would loose him...

[@omarcogle1965]

@@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233 True, and Marco's dad still loved him and didn't kick him out of the house. And like I mentioned, Marco's dad still accepted him nonetheless, Zoe's mom on the other hand completely disowned her and actually dropped off her birth certificate to her at her graduation.

[@rbishop95]

I love how Dylan scared Jay in Jay’s first scene on Degrassi. What a bad ass

[@SUPERSTAR3333333]

I know right, I wish Dylan had stayed a badass instead of becoming the lying cheating scumbag that he did 🙁

[@jesswise1863]

I know right

[@thefighter5182]

Jay was never scared by Dylan. Because Jay always stayed as a badass and Dylan didn't.

[@jesswise1863]

@@thefighter5182 well Dylan still stood up to him, I like that

[@mobi0501]

Me too I wish we had more scenes with Dylan and Jay, that would have been very different and nice to see. I could see Dylan beating up Jay, he wasn't about his nonsense.

[@Rajah-r6u]

I love jimmy and marco friendship because jimmy doesn't judge marco at all😊

[@dantheman8152]

Spinner was a jerk lol

[@xxkarlosxxxxxx7233]

Yeah but he changes in later seasons

[@jaky411]

Trusting friends in your teens is challenging…

[@moseskuria1234]

I'm glad Marco decked Linus he had it coming

[@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut]

That was uncalled for on Marcos part. He should’ve just walked away

[@moseskuria1234]

@I know I’m gay when I say this but agreed

[@MatthewNY94]

@@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut nah, people like Linus don't learn unless you put them in their place

[@thefighter5182]

Linus is right about Marco even if you don't agree with it.

[@rickygraham7236]

Spinner should have been there for Marc

[@kerubina_butterfly]

I’m so happy Spinner and Marcos parents came around he’s amazing and his sexual identity doesn’t define him

[@susangoodman6638]

I loved loved loved Marco. One of my most favs of the entire thing

[@jabaribrown5608]

And this was just in the mid-2000’s so it wasn’t too long ago that people were this narrow minded about LGBT people and I also love how Marco drained Spin’s confidence when Marco said that Spin wasn’t that cute

[@kammore6209]

Love how Jimmy was always the voice of reason. Jimmy > Drake

[@kadeemhendricks1990]

Yeah I don't like bullies or people who look to pray on the weak.

[@thefighter5182]

You're weak too you loser

[@ColG-ne1wf]

I finally understand why my best friend had such a struggle.. ironically when he came out to me... I protected him because I wasn't and won't abandon him. I love him more than my own family..Still.

[@averymartin321]

I hated spinner.

[@car296rd]

This was a great show covering topics most won't at so young an age adult theme all of the Degrassi show

[@prinz89]

It was realistic. This is what high school was like.

[@KyleGilbert-k7l]

I missed this show I can’t believe showing this show anymore

[@Alzrozax]

Spinner use to be a real asshole, now he’s so nice his character development is one of the best on the show

[@richardr3511]

I couldn't stand the Jimmy character until he started to support Marco and was eventually nice to Rick, then I hated Spinner after that for a long time.

[@SingersDream]

I felt so bad for Marco. Especially with Spin outting him by writing "Marco is gay" in the boys bathroom. 😭😭

[@myfriendisaac]

16:56 “Super.” -I love Jay 😂🤣

[@APerson032]

9:08 that was so funny for no reason

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

They did not half to treat Marco like that because he was gay.

[@invadertifxiii]

because its the sad reality that happens to a lot of teens especially in early 2000s thats why i love degrassi it wasnt afraid to go there and show the real life problems teens deal with, sometimes even behind the curtain

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

You're forgetting that people are people.

[@thefighter5182]

You're forgetting that people are straight

[@Stoneman180190]

This was the early 2000s where it felt like a witch hunt for gays.

[@thefighter5182]

Yeah agreed

[@pelterske]

the random clicks and shit really got to me

[@victimvan974]

I grew up watching this show. Seeing Drake kinda takes me out of it but even he wasn’t bad. The actor who plays Marco is ICONIC!

[@brey1720]

🥺 i didnt realize Spinner was so off kilter toward homosexuals. That saddens me. But Marco enduring all that he did, is truly the sad thing because he had to live it.

[@prinz89]

He was tough enough to endure it.

[@brey1720]

@@prinz89 too true 🙏 especially when he had to be, like for f*ck sake when could he catch a break. But I'm glad things did get better for him as the series went on

[@panam4974]

Four-on-one "fight" - the breeders were too cowardly to fight one-on-one. No surprise.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Ok Groomer

[@zacharycoltrane]

Exactly lmaoooo

[@videofanatiq101]

They should do a reboot where Sean comes out of the Closet and falls for Marco and they become a couple.

[@Darkrose517]

Eh, I would prefer Marco and Craig.

[@videofanatiq101]

@@Darkrose517 Maybe, but somehow Marco and Sean seem like it would make for a better storyline. But then again, Marco did kiss Craig. Even though it was on impulse.

[@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut]

Oh god I seen the reboot coming. They’ll be like 1 straight person on the show. Since it’s a crime these days to be straight

[@princess1peach]

Ew

[@yvesus7]

@@IKnowImGayWhenISayThisBut ??? that’s not even true wtf

[@willedpower3291]

Not me just now realizing Jay was on the show this entire time

[@mikeawesome9212]

Marcus: "Man, all I did was tell you the truth 😢" Snipper: "I NEVER ASKED YOU TO". Except he did ask him to. He basically hounded him outside The Dot for answers about why he wouldn't date hazel. Marc should have said "I don't find Hazel attractive but i didnt want to say it in front of her so I came out here". Snipper would have understood because even though he called her "one of Degrassi's coolest girls", she's not attractive. Instead he outed himself to the worst possible person.

[@559F13Pupp3t]

0:20 yes jokes are acceptable! Jokes are just jokes. Words are just words , freedom of speech 🇺🇸🦅

[@especiallyninety_751]

Go cry about it 😊

[@marioorionhernandez5546]

I always hated it when jumped by bullies because he’s gay and he’s homosexual it cost by getting jumped by the bullies it’s wasn’t be pretty and it’s pretty horrible also pretty scary to watch oh and it’s pretty saddening heartbreaking too Marco he should’ve come clean too he’s whole friends and he’s parents also it’s pretty painful for Marco

[@dionruffin3996]

I feel old watching these 😂

[@amapparatistkwabena]

Is that young Drake?

[@zacharycoltrane]

Yup

[@Theterminato2013]

16:15 The Linus part pissed me off.

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Linus didn't deserve it

[@prinz89]

​@RyanRoemer8624 honestly, he kinda did.

[@thefighter5182]

@prinz89 honestly, he didn't.

[@thestar8404]

The acting is something ? wow what times we live in

[@thelightsociety1]

This would always make my blood boil about homophobia and their discrimination towards gay people that would always piss me off ESPECIALLY the bullying which unacceptable anywhere anyplace anytime

[@thefighter5182]

Ok Groomer

[@joshuafult84]

0:41 Spinner looks like a F** himself there Lol

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

Being gay is normal it's apart of life.

[@thefighter5182]

That isn't normal. Because that's unnatural.

[@prixe12]

​@@thefighter5182 you're unnatural and so is that whack ass haircut

[@XxKristinaaXx]

Someones bitter ​@@prixe12

[@XxKristinaaXx]

Nowadays it's pronouns

[@RyanRoemer8624]

No

[@phillipchoate550]

i thought the sting would hurt less when i got older but

[@RedShiftedAnthony]

The real homophobia is the set of hairstyles they made him have throughout the years

[@prinz89]

For real 😂

[@MissAlmostFine]

ntm on Marco, those styles were in back in the day😂😂😂

[@trevorstohr2896]

I swear Jussie smollet watched the episode where Marco gets jumped in the park and revised it for his fabricated story. lol

[@simpleplanfan011]

lmao he definitely did 🤣

[@CassidyClose-lv4dx]

Alex calling Marco a queer and wanting to out him. I'm sorry but that's incredibly ironic considering she's with Paige later

[@charc1822]

Why are Marcos parents walking stereotypes?! I feel like there was supposed to be some sort of plot line of him being a son of immigrants and culture shock but it never got off the ground.

[@invadertifxiii]

what do u mean off the ground, some cultures are quite homophobic, i experienced it from a family member and theyre polish devout catholic

[@angelical5386]

YO I HATE JAY 🤣🤣😭😭 16:55

[@user-ks8kn4hx8q]

16:59 - 17:01 Why was Jimmy looking like that? 😂

[@Noonecaresaboutyouu]

Coz maybe he was reacting to how Jay hasn’t changed and was still the same jerk

[@user-ks8kn4hx8q]

​@@NoonecaresaboutyouuHe didn't bother say nothing to him. He didn't complain about Spinner still continuing to hang with him even after the school shooting

[@ClaryPamela]

Is that Drake?

[@cjdavis7924]

Yep

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

Good❤conversations 😊

[@anthonyhenderson3625]

Why they do Adamo Ruggiero like that in the thumbnail 😭

[@albertmarnell9976]

There is nothing sane about heteronormative assumptions about human sexuality. After 70 years of attempted education and battles very few true gains in understanding and true acceptance has been made. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Saviour. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Ephesians 5:22-33 Now that you can read what god tells you, put your Bibles in the garbage! Besides there is no god, which is a important point.

[@JP-ks7ey]

don't get why they never gave marco a good boyfriend

[@Slytherin1]

Right? Tim (the actor dude) was alright. But Marco was just using him.

[@JP-ks7ey]

@@Slytherin1 yep, he ddated tim a rebound, dated dylan who was a poison, then dated that one guy when in college

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

marco said spinner shut up okay

[@RyanRoemer8624]

I knew it I knew you were gonna touch me 😂

[@Pufferthetrollman]

Marcos story is something to root for ❤

[@XxKristinaaXx]

I never realized how progressive or woke this show was nowadays Hollywood is pushing it

[@RyanRoemer8624]

Degrassi TNG has always been woke

[@visiblyboundless]

growing up queer calling me a girl was always weird bc by your logic you’re straight and i’m “now a girl” ? so ur saying i’m ur type ?

[@prinz89]

They were trying to demean you. They don't respect females either.

[@zacharycoltrane]

@@visiblyboundless right🤔

[@NGNGmusic]

In my HS there were no gays…. Only in the high school reunion

[@prinz89]

You read minds?😂

[@prinz89]

16:55 😂😂😂

[@DaMecka]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@qsw-1228]

Look you all “Drake” is in this

[@prinz89]

6:54 😂😂😂

[@Noonecaresaboutyouu]

Spinner was so funny the way he’ was homophonic with Marco at 8:25 and 9:45 😂😂🤣

[@TheScream2023]

I was the same age as them when this came out this hit me hard

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

Why it's nothing to do with age

[@24s..]

5:02

[@Missingkeys90]

Is that drake ?

[@Curse593]

Drake

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

I have nothing against gay guys. Love is love. Don't try to stop it. The only thing I hate is when a gay guy is hitting on me. Yuck! Now I know how a woman feels when a guy is hitting on her when she does not have the slightest bit of interest in him.

[@thefighter5182]

Yeah well as a straight guy that I could be Bi but I'm not going to act on it though. Because I'm easy going for anyone if it's a girl hitting on me or a guy hitting on me and honestly I wouldn't mind it at all.

[@Beautylifestyle222]

But wait cousin Lou is a finnio

[@bradmrhlman3573]

13:49 lol

[@Tuber89]

I miss Marco

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

being gay positive

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

spinnermason

[@rmarksftc]

5:00

[@KennyPuckett-u9l]

I hate shows like this. Get over it. All the guys messing with him for being gay only means they are curious and want to try something but don't want anyone to know

[@AlJaDaCaMpBeLl]

what?

[@Rickyralph]

I really wish Marco had found God and became delivered from that gay lifestyle or atleast had a dad like Craig to beat it out of him.

[@CyanHope]

I hope you never reproduce because you are disgusting

[@prinz89]

😂

[@Rickyralph]

@@prinz89 lol

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

​@@Rickyralphdon't be silly

[@Rickyralph]

@@BarnStorm-u2v I’m not joking at all. I’m being 100% serious and I stand on what I said.

[@theblackharrypotter5586]

Marco started my obsession with Spanish men 😮‍💨 I blame him

[@samgone3702]

Marco is a Canadian of Italian parents. Who told you he was from Spain??? The real-life actor who plays him is also of Italian parentage. Where do YOU get your information from??

[@patcomerford5596]

Another depressing gay film. 👎👎👎

[@donaldbunn1508]

Is that drake the Rapper, the light skinned black guy?

[@prinz89]

He's half black

[@BarnStorm-u2v]

Ì amazed at how many people cant makes the difference between love and hypocrisy doesn't matter èitĥer man or woman