Gabe is gay

She thinks he might not be into her or that he's playing hard to get, but Gabe's secretly hiding something he thinks will complicate life: he's gay, or at least, bicurious. Threads are laid early on when he refuses to list Ian as the school's biggest gossip for fun, admiring him from afar instead.
PEN15’s Dylan Gage, who plays Gabe, talks about his character’s sexuality, starring in the school play with Maya Erskine, and trying to get his friends to try out Hulu.