All bullshit aside, Stewie Griffin is the most honest gay character I've ever seen in commercial media.
Stewie's gay the way it is; conflicted about his sexual feelings, frustrated with his lack of status and power, finds himself smarter than most other people, and seeks to use his high native intelligence to control others and his environment. Stewie appreciates finesse and refinement. He's not like any other member of his family or their friends who he finds crude and ridiculous. Stewie's few attempts to befriend children his own age, who he considers generally beneath him, have resulted in heartbreak, disdain, and disappointment. The one friend he has and respects is Brian, an older, wiser, but world-weary male who accepts Stewie and appreciates his talents despite his narcissism and naivete.
Very much unlike other gay media characters, save perhaps for Will Truman, Stewie isn't all about being gay. He's not a stereotype setup for comic relief even if he can sing and dance. He'll find himself attracted to girls one moment and not the next. He can be butch or fey, he can be elated, sad, witty, or pathetic. He's as conflicted and human as everyone else. And we see it! Stewie vocalizes his interior monologue. We see his fantasies and hear his insecurities more than any other character. Maybe that's because Stewie's still a toddler. Were he an adult, we'd find him insufferable though when Stewie found himself as an adult, he discovered himself to be a closeted virgin living one of those lives of quiet desperation. Stewie returned back to his time and changed that.
I'm glad that Stewie is finally out of the closet because perhaps it will help straight people understand something about what being gay is like and how confusing it can be.
I've seen maybe 6 episodes of this show and I new he was gay immediately.:tongue:
