On the historic day this summer that Pl Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were married Los Angel and Krist Perry and Sandy Stier exchanged vows San Francis, a siar weddg took place the backyard of a hoe Long Beach, Calif. The third nuptials belonged to fictnal characters Stef Foster and Lena Adams of “The Fosters”—TV’s first gay characters to say “I do” sce the Su
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- ABC FAY’S ‘THE FOSTERS’ CREATORS DEFEND 13-YEAR-OLD GAY MALE KISS: WATCH BEFORE JUDGG
- GAY, HISPANIC, ADOPTIVE: A TRIPLE-THREAT FAY
- TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
- 'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
ABC FAY’S ‘THE FOSTERS’ CREATORS DEFEND 13-YEAR-OLD GAY MALE KISS: WATCH BEFORE JUDGG
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But they hear om gay viewers when they go too long whout Mr. ” He said that the two men, who are gay, ocsnally look to their fellow executive producer Joanna Johnson, who is a lbian, for guidance: “She’ll say, ‘No way are two women ever dog that.
ABC Fay’s “The Fosters” drew both praise and cricism this week for a darg gay kiss scene between two 13-year-old male characters.
The creators-executive producers also discsed how they prepared the two young actors for the on-screen kiss, where Ju and Connor’s (“Jonnor”) relatnship will go om here, and what might mean to young gay viewers hopg to see their own stori reflected on screen.
GAY, HISPANIC, ADOPTIVE: A TRIPLE-THREAT FAY
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Both Brad and I are gay men and felt very te to both of our early g out experienc. More than anythg else, we felt rponsibily to those kids and to our younger selv who didn’t see themselv reflected anywhere… We’ve all been watchg stori about heterosexuals forever… As a gay kid you are always havg to translate. Paige: I would say s very easy to balk at or sensatnalize the headle, but s hard to ny the tth or the tegry of the whole story… We are here to tell the te stori of what is to grow up and the are te stori of what is to grow up as a young, potentially gay person.
He said he was gay, and the scene was betiful and well-earned. Ju has risted llg himself gay for que some time now bee he mataed that he didn’t like labels.
It took a talk wh Cole outsi of an amazg LGBTQ prom for Ju to unrstand why was important for Connor to self-intify as gay and why was time for him to say the words, too.
TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
When Ju fally told Connor he was gay and “super gay” for him, was a sweet tone their relatnship.
Ju is qutng whether or not he's gay and looks like that important storyle is about to get buried aga. And that is a really a huge way The Fosters retroduced the LGBTQ storyle of Ju's sexual orientatn was flawed and generic, mostly bee the whole angry-homophobic-dad-won't-let-his-son-sleepover suatn is pafully archaic today's society and pecially on a seri like The Fosters. Season 2 has already troduced Mariana's stggl wh the dance team "fillg a race quota;" Stef and Lena's relatnship trouble and puttg them a homophobic suatn; and the flaws the foster system and how they effect Callie and other kids like her.
We got a reassurance that Connor isn't his father and that he, like many people, isn't stuck the past wh an outdated opn about beg volved wh members of the LGBT while I was happy for Ju — he didn't have to lose his iend, even though there was never any nfirmatn that he was gay the first place — unfortunately, Connor's dad broke up the moment.
'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
The show has been created by Bradley Breweg and Peter Paige, two openly gay people, which is why the treatment of LGBT issu on the show has been so nuanced. The shownners spoke about this, sayg that they wanted to show a morn Amerin fay, and though the ial plan was to have two gay dads as leads sce the perspective was more faiar to them, they cid to go another way.