Casey Gardner || LGBT Character Challenge

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Character Facts

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Casey Gardner is a character in the Netflix original show “Atypical”. She is the daughter of Doug and Elsa Gardner and the younger sister of Sam Gardner.

Casey participates in track where she is a star athlete. In season 2 of the show, she switches schools, specifically to Clayton Prep, so she can their track team. While there she meets Izzie, who becomes a rival to her. Later on they become close friends.

Casey is very protective of Sam. She makes sure nobody makes fun of him, going as far as to say that she is the only one that can make fun of her brother. Though she is protective of Sam, she is fine with him doing his own thing.

Casey’s relationship with her mother used to be a rather strong one. That was until she caught her mother having an affair. This broke their relationship in half and caused Casey to only call her mother by her first name. This affair only strengthened Casey’s relationship with her father, causing them to become closer.

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Sexuality

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Casey is shown to be bisexual in Atypical, having relationships with both a male and a female in the show.

In seasons one and two, Casey is dating a boy named Evan Chapin, a technical student in the area. Evan and Casey were ive of each other, but eventually broke up. This breakup was due to Casey having feelings for a girl named Izzie.

Izzie is a teammate from Casey’s track team who first started off as Casey’s rival. The two later bonded and became close friends. In season two, they come very close to kissing before getting interrupted by Elsa. In the season two finale, the two are seen holding hands in Casey’s car. In season three, Izzie ends up itting her feelings to Casey and Casey avoids Izzie. Later, when confront by Izzie, Casey returns her feelings with a kiss and the two makeout. The two started a relationship shortly after and are currently dating.

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Inspiration

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Though I am not bisexual, Casey has been a huge inspiration to me in expressing my sexuality. She has shown me that it’s okay to be who I am and that I can love whoever I want. Also, I have an autistic brother which can be really hard sometimes. Through Casey I have learned ways to understand my brother better and help him.

I also have trouble getting along with my mom. Casey helped to show me that it’s okay if I don’t get along with my mom all the time, but we still love each other either way.

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Conclusion

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Casey is my favorite character on Atypical. Her confidence and protectiveness makes her a great role model to me and many others. If you haven’t watched Atypical yet, I highly recommend you do so. It has great representation and the relationship between Casey and Izzie is well played out.

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