A growing problem in the United States is adolescent sexuality. As teenage homosexuality becomes more noticed, changes are underway in the United States in the social treatment of homosexuals. Tragedies such as the youth suicides that led to the rush of the It Gets Better campaign spark a social movement. Gay Straight Alliance clubs are more common on public school campuses than before, and the idea of ​​"gay is OK" is disseminated through the television broadcast system. Americans are exposed to gay culture and increasingly accepting of it because of this exposure. Glee is a show with a unique set of characteristics. Glee is a show that airs on a national network with a reputation for being conservative: FOX, which makes it all the more surprising that the series also holds the record for the most non-heterosexual teenage characters on a prime-time show ( four). The popularity of this show, marked by its audience and merchandising success (an average of 9.4 million viewers per episode, more than 30 million digital and physical record sales and an eponymous cult hit called “Gleeks”) , means that whatever messages are broadcast in their forty-four minute duration is being made public. To analyze the content of Glee, I watched all of season one and part of season two (since it's still airing) and took notes on everything that was open. or a closeted gay teenager interacted or was mentioned. Each episode averaged forty-four minutes, accounting for commercial breaks and special episodes that lasted longer than the normal time slot. In total, approximately 16 hours of television were examined. Patterns emerged in the notes, such as the supposed behavior of homosexual teenagers and collective beliefs and attitudes towards teenagers... middle of paper ... it is solely up to the media to change this problem a masculinity and another. femininity. Glee is a unique show and has done a lot of things, but the rest of America needs to do more. Works cited by Baptist, Joyce A. and Katherine R. Allen. "A Family's Coming Out Process: Systemic Change and Multiple Realities." Contemporary Family Therapy 30.2 (2008): 92-110. Print. Naugler, Diane. "Wearing Pink to Combat Bullying: Why We need to say more." Journal of Homosexuality 57.3 (2010): 347-363 Oswald, Ramona Faith. "Family and friendship relationships after young women come out as bisexual or lesbian." -83.Pascoe, CJ “Multiple masculinities?: Adolescents talk about athletes and gender.” American Behavioral Scientist 46.10 (2003): 1423-438. “Gaydar Journal.” 53.3 (2007): 9-17