No, Cam and Mch on 'Morn Fay' are not 'the gay equivalent of blackface'

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Actor Tuc Watks cricized the gay uple on "Morn Fay." Jse Tyler Fergon's rponse was perfect.

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NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’

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Fergon, who is gay real life, and Stontreet played the beloved married uple Mchell Prchett and Cameron Tucker for eleven seasons on ABC's Morn Fay.

Fergon was nomated for five Emmys for his role, and Stontreet was nomated for three, wng two awards for Outstandg Supportg Actor a Comedy uple was much ld for their pictn of everyday married life for a gay uple on an ABC s.

They also adopted a dghter, Lily, and later another child, beg one of the most visible exampl of a gay fay on TV for fans might be beggg for the whole st to rne, this cute rnn will have to hold over until then. In the Season 5 premiere of Morn Fay, Mch and Cam fally got engaged, but, let's be real: It often seems like the Emmy-wng ABC edy's gay uple has a lot of not-so-posive feelgs about each other. Although the show is tertg that shows that same-sex upl n be jt as hateful as straight upl, should be noted that a signifint amount of Mchell's embarrassment and eye rolls are spired by Cam's beg "too gay.

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" And a recurrg joke the Season 5 premiere is that Gloria (Sofía Vergara) and Jay's (Ed O'Neill) baby throws up every time someone mentns gay marriage. Actor Tuc Watks, bt known for his role as David Vickers on “One Life to Live” and Bob Hunter on “Dperate Hoewiv, ” took to his Facebook page to post about Cam and Mch, the gay uple on “Morn Fay” played by Eric Stontreet and Jse Tyler Fergon.

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“But, for the most part, I have a hard time lghg at the gay guys.

It feels a ltle b like the gay equivalent of 'blackface. Watks, who joed “One Life to Live” 1994, me out as gay 2013. We n”t be expected to reprent every gay person.

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And fense of Cam, I still n”t figure out how a clown & football ach who also happens to be gay is a stereotype. Also: Cricizg important gay characters on TV for not beg the kds of gay characters you prefer and thkg that bee you don't want Cam and Mch at your dner party, they mt not be TV-ready. There are plenty of real gay people who act like Cam and Mch, jt like there are plenty of gay men who act like the guys on “Lookg, ” “Queer as Folk, ” and “Will and Grace.

” Jt bee you n intify a gay character's gayns thanks to a performer's actg choic don't mean his work is parable to hio racist ritur. You jt sulted every real gay person who relat to Cam and Mch by mistakg your juvenile “ick” rponse as a salient cultural issue. I thk slammg gay characters as “stereotypil” is a ward's way of sayg, “I'm unfortable acknowledgg that many gay people have specific personaly tras mon.

Many gay people have specific personaly tras mon. We've fought for gay characters on TV to be out and real, not jt strategic avatars signed to feel “cuttg edge. If Tuc Watks thks gay behavrs are somethg that should be policed, modified, or crged at, he's fely the dated one.

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Many doors have opened gay people”s fight for equaly. I”m glad to have played gay characters, but at the same time have been trated by the stereotyp I feel I”ve been party to playg those rol. The stereotyp I saw ma me thk, ‘Well, I don”t intify wh that so I mt not be gay.

I know the ma pot of nflict was Jay’s “homophobia”. We don’t know how he reacted exactly when Mch me out pre seri, but I thk there’s a real difference between grandpa beg unfortable wh the gay thg, and people physilly assltg gay people.

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