Happy Father’s Day to Mch and Cam, Two Gay TV Dads Who Helped Change Ameri - The Stranger

Contents:

• NATE BERK AND JEREMIAH BRENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEG 'TWO GAY DADS' ON HOME MAKEOVER TV: 'WE BELIEVE OPENG UP THE DOORS'
• HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI
• 'SAME STREET' FEATUR 2 GAY FATHERS FOR 1ST TIME 51-YEAR HISTORY

NATE BERK AND JEREMIAH BRENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEG 'TWO GAY DADS' ON HOME MAKEOVER TV: 'WE BELIEVE OPENG UP THE DOORS'

Nate Berk and Jeremiah Brent on the Importance of Beg 'Two Gay Dads' on Home Makeover TV: 'We Believe Openg Up the Doors'.

"It's a renovatn show, but you're also gettg to e to the liv of two gay dads and their fay, so that's a great thg and of self, " says Brent, who weled dghter Poppy, 2, wh Berk March 2015. We already knew She-Ra was queer AF, but seeg two lovg, openly gay parents on a popular animated show ma our hearts swell! "As a gay man who grew up wh no visible role mols of gay relatnships my muny or entertament ntent, I am grateful that this reprentatn is happeng on Nickeloon, moved by the difference that is surely makg the mds and hearts of children, and grateful to have been a part of this slow but important change, " Dickie told PRIDE.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI

This Father’s Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate Mch and Cam, the gay dads of the s Morn Fay, played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet. But the gay dads almost didn’t make to air.

'SAME STREET' FEATUR 2 GAY FATHERS FOR 1ST TIME 51-YEAR HISTORY

A gay lleague even enuraged them to turn Mch and Cam to mor background characters to avoid srg away viewers. It wasn’t an unreasonable ncern at the time: Though gay characters had grown more proment on televisn the early 2000s, upl were ls mon and tend to only appear on ble shows. It was clear that many Amerins were still eply unfortable wh the ia of treatg gay upl as equals.

Not only that, but viewers were particularly taken by the gay uple.