paris geller was CLEARLY lesbian coded throughout the entirety of the show gilmore girls; the way in which she quickly switched between jealous hatred of rory to loving/calling rory her best friend is so representative of the way many young lesbians grapple with crushes on girls, especially in the time period when gilmore girls was airing. putting her with doyle was the biggest disrespect to a clearly lesbian character in the early 2000’s, and there’s no excuse especially when BTVS was right there at the same time, in this essay i will