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FANS WANT A GAY 'BACHELOR' SEASON WH COLTON UNRWOOD, BUT 'S NOT THE RIGHT MOVE. HERE'S WHY
This sophomore n will be pecially noteworthy as the anchise clus two LGBTQ+ upl for the first time. Former "Bachelor" Colton Unrwood – you might remember him as the one who jumped the fence – me out as gay Wednday morng on ABC's "Good Morng Ameri. "Unrwood's revelatn has renewed lls for a gay versn of "The Bachelor, " which may sound like a great ia: After all, fans have long lled for the show to feature an LGBTQ lead.
"But a gay season of "The Bachelor, " given the seri' lacklter track rerd when to reprentatn, would likely the full story:Former 'Bachelor' star Colton Unrwood out as gayWhy? But for a gay season of the show to succeed om a reprentatn standpot, would need to spend signifint amount of time tg the dience about gay datg. We've been down this road before Calls for a gay versn of "The Bachelor" are nothg new – and the ncept has been tried before.
Former "Bachelor" Juan Pablo Galavis ma flammatory homophobic remarks (though he later apologized) at a Televisn Crics Associatn event 2014. And that same year, then-host Chris Harrison qutned whether havg a gay "Bachelor" would be a "good bs cisn" an terview wh The New York Tim Magaze. Attus toward acceptance have certaly shifted for the better sce then, and the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage and prohibed employment discrimatn for gay and transgenr dividuals.