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Contents:
- ‘FRIENDS’ CHA: THE ONE WHERE ROSS’S EX-WIFE ISN’T GAY
- CHA CENSORED FRIENDS SO ROSS’ WIFE ISN’T GAY AND THERE’S NO SUCH THG AS SEX
- ‘FRIENDS’ CHA: THE ONE WHERE ROSS’S EX-WIFE ISN’T GAY
- ROSS MATHEWS: GAY PEOPLE 'WANTED ME OFF TV'
‘FRIENDS’ CHA: THE ONE WHERE ROSS’S EX-WIFE ISN’T GAY
The characters beg lled a “posive example of a gay uple on televisn” by GLAAD. However, Carol and San’s portrayal is laced wh homophobia, om the way Ross is mocked for “turng” his wife gay to his disfort at the fact his child beg raised not jt by someone else, but another woman. Furthermore, there was a legimate reason for the end of his and Carol's relatnship, and the way Ross acted about Carol beg gay was, hontly, awful.
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CHA CENSORED FRIENDS SO ROSS’ WIFE ISN’T GAY AND THERE’S NO SUCH THG AS SEX
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The post Cha Censored Friends so Ross’ Wife Isn’t Gay and There’s No Such Thg as Sex appeared first on “The One Where Nothg Happens. The Communist Party has also limed children’s onle gamg to three hours a week, barred so-lled “sissy men” om televisn, and removed an episo ofThe Simpsons that referenc Tiananmen Square om Disney+ Hong Censored Friends so Ross’ Wife Isn’t Gay and There’s No Such Thg as Sex Wren GravPopular PostsNFL Won't Let Emem Kneel at the Super Bowl: Report"Extreme Sufferg": 15 of 23 Monkeys wh Elon Mk's Nralk Bra Chips Reportedly DiedKanye Threatens to Boytt Coachella Unls Billie Eilish Apologiz to Travis SttWorld's Worst Rapper Arrted $4. Was Friends homophobic and way too whe?
‘FRIENDS’ CHA: THE ONE WHERE ROSS’S EX-WIFE ISN’T GAY
It has bee a way for to look at (and argue about) enormo societal issu — racism, misogyny, homophobia — through the lens of a s. Is Friends homophobic?
It’s riddled wh lazy gay jok, which was standard for ss of s era. But the homophobia on Friends is also more plex than that. This tensn is perfectly exemplified season two’s “The One Wh the Lbian Weddg, ” an episo that’s equal parts envelope-phg and full of gay panic.
Their not-yet-legal unn is officiated by Candace Ggrich, the LGBTQ rights activist and siblg of Newt Ggrich (who when the episo aired 1996 was one of the most visible anti-gay policians power). On the gay-panic si, everythg else about the weddg is refully curated to be as ut and heteronormative as possible: The bris are walked down the aisle by men, wearg long, pastel gowns — a cisn ma by stume signer Debra McGuire, who later explaed: “I really loved the ia of the women beg women, of them lookg betiful and feme, bee of the stereotyp about gay women.
ROSS MATHEWS: GAY PEOPLE 'WANTED ME OFF TV'
Though Ellen DeGener’s g out was still a year away, gay unns and kiss weren’t unheard of: Fox s Roc picted a same-sex weddg 1991 (albe also whout a kiss). Lookg back, perhaps the most sid homophobia on Friends is s sire to make the homophob s dience more fortable.
On the show, she was mostly referred to as a gay man, a drag queen, or a cross-drser. Was the show homophobic, racist, and willg to rce margalized people to punchl? A clip shared on Twter shows one English-dubbed scene, when Ross tells his parents his ex-wife is gay.