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Contents:
- ‘SCHT’S CREEK’ AND THE APPEAL OF VANILLA GAY ROMANCE
- THREOM, MARRIAGE, KIDS: SCHT'S CREEK DEPICTS A MORN GAY COUPLE
‘SCHT’S CREEK’ AND THE APPEAL OF VANILLA GAY ROMANCE
"It isn't jt cintal, then, that David, a pansexual character played and created by an out gay man, isn't met wh any homophobia the town of Scht's Creek. The show acknowledg, sometim, that homophobia is still a threat, and that n be pecially dangero to exist out the open ral towns like this one; the send episo, when motel receptnist Stevie (Ey Hampshire) v David to a tailgate, he protts, "I'm not really the mood to be a victim of a hate crime tonight.
Scht's Creek clost to alg wh homophobia directly when David v Patrick's parents to town for a surprise party, not realizg that they don't yet know that his partnership wh their son go beyond bs.
But Patrick's parents are fe wh the fact that he's gay; they jt wish he'd felt fortable tellg them sooner. Dan Levy and Noah Reid, Scht's Creek Pop TVDan Levy has referred to the cisn not to give a voice to homophobia as "the only polil stand [he's] taken as a shownner.
THREOM, MARRIAGE, KIDS: SCHT'S CREEK DEPICTS A MORN GAY COUPLE
" As long as homophobia persists, there will still be TV shows dismantlg , but too many shows don't know any other way to fd drama LGBTQ stori. Daniel’s parents knew that he was gay before he me out to them aged 18.