In the special Thanksgivg episo, Ts, one of the younger members of the Pearson fay "This Is Us" revealed a huge secret. She me out as gay.
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- PRI MONTH 2020: WHY TS OM ‘THIS IS US’ IS THE OLT GAY TWEEN AND A BEAN OF HOPE FOR QUEER MUNY
- 'THIS IS US' TS OUT AS GAY, AND FANS RELL THE SAME EXPERIENCE WH THEIR OWN KIDS
PRI MONTH 2020: WHY TS OM ‘THIS IS US’ IS THE OLT GAY TWEEN AND A BEAN OF HOPE FOR QUEER MUNY
Part of what ma this reveal so fantastic is the characterizatn of William and how he breaks stereotyp of what a gay character looks and sounds like. We’re so ed to seeg the gay character a story as nothg but a walkg stereotype, someone flamboyant and characterized as a girl’s bt iend. That’s not to say that overly-flamboyant gay characters are a bad thg, but a world where all media portrays a gay guy as flamboyant and fun ’s a ltle tratg to see an entire mographic forced to this one character type.
It mak sense that durg the William’s (likely) last holiday season he would want to fd his partner and apologize for leavg, and I’m so happy that this is how the show went about tellg that William is gay. Fdg out that your dad is gay is a major thg, let’s be hont. “Grandpa’s gay, dad.
'THIS IS US' TS OUT AS GAY, AND FANS RELL THE SAME EXPERIENCE WH THEIR OWN KIDS
However, when to normalizg gay characters on TV and makg sure they e across as normal people who happen to like the same sex, the Pearsons’ acceptg nature is gog to prove to be an valuable lson on how to do jt that.
Tryg to still hold that mother-dghter relatnship wh her, but 's almost a stggle bee she do not know what 's like to be gay and to be a young Black teenager. I was pretty young, I was 11 or 12, when they asked if would be okay for Ts to be gay on the show. But she is the only gay person her fay.
She's the only gay person that hoehold.