Same Street aired s "Fay Day" episo -- which featured two gay dads -- on WarnerMedia's HBO Max and YouTube this Thursday.
Contents:
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- PRI MONTH: ‘SAME STREET’ INTRODUC GAY MALE COUPLE FOR ‘FAY DAY’
- FAY DAY VS GAY PRI
- PRI MONTH: ‘SAME STREET’ INTRODUC GAY MALE COUPLE FOR ‘FAY DAY’
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
* family day vs gay pride *
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PRI MONTH: ‘SAME STREET’ INTRODUC GAY MALE COUPLE FOR ‘FAY DAY’
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FAY DAY VS GAY PRI
What I do remember was that someone had ma T-shirts that said "I LOVE MY GAY DAD" and I refed to wear one. I told my dad, “I love you, but not bee you’re gay.
PRI MONTH: ‘SAME STREET’ INTRODUC GAY MALE COUPLE FOR ‘FAY DAY’
” The tth, though, is that I lacked the urage to stand all the way up for my father and his ras agast a homophobic and different world.