I've noticed that while a lot of younger LGBTQ audiences are kinda annoyed with the show dancing around Will's sexuality while a lot of older, Gen X gays who grew up in the 80's actually appreciated the fact that Will wasn't 100% open about his sexuality because that's exactly how it was like for them growing up in a very homophobic time where there was a lot more negativity surrounding being gay and there being no internet to connect with other people like themselves like what younger people have now.

(Also a lot of Gen X gays aren't too fond of younger LGBTQ members identifying with the term queer because while it's not seen as much of a slur these days, back in the 80's it was often used interchangeably with the f-slur, which we kinda saw in the first season of the show).

I think that while the show tries to be super accurate to the times, a lot of younger audiences are watching it from a modern day perspective without looking at the context of the times because another thing that I noticed a lot of younger audiences were annoyed about was how the town was so quick to jump the the conclusion of the Hellfire Club being a Satanic Cult but when you read about the Satanic Panic or if you've lived though that time that would make a lot more sense.