The 16-year-old straight actor ma history this year when he was part of the youngt gay kiss TV history, but he's lookg forward to more groundbreakg rol his future.
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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
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 * the fosters gay son *
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GAY, HISPANIC, ADOPTIVE: A TRIPLE-THREAT FAY
The 16-year-old is playg the gay son of a pastor on Freeform's h drama seri. * the fosters gay son *
” 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.
TV’S HISTORIC GAY KISS: FROM ‘DAWSON’S CREEK’ TO ‘THE FOSTERS’
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.
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.
'THE FOSTERS' TO AIR TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG SCE DOMA
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.
When Ju fally told Connor he was gay and “super gay” for him, was a sweet tone their relatnship.