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• WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
• GAY WEDDGS
• MY FABULO GAY WEDDG
• MY FABULO GAY WEDDG - SEASON 1

WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E

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GAY WEDDGS

(The Goln Girls had aired a gay "mment ceremony" earlier 1991, but the word marriage wasn't said. Near the end of the episo, Roc says he's not yet fortable wh his uncle beg gay, but he's learng to be "fortable wh beg unfortable, " which is a big step for him. "Can't Help" is chock full of the sorts of easy gay jok that typified a lot of '90s edi featurg gay characters.

MY FABULO GAY WEDDG

At one pot, Andrew sists that he didn't thk black people uld be gay, bee they weren't scend om "sissy" Europeans.

When Andrew tells him this is jt a phase, spurred by havg married an "ugly woman, " Rsell says that, no, he's been gay his whole life and jt lyg to himself. What ma the battle for gay rights so different was that anybody uld be gay, so, siarly, anybody uld be prejudiced.

MY FABULO GAY WEDDG - SEASON 1

The characters don't make all of the way to full acceptance of gay rights by the end of the episo. " Roc posns the fight for gay rights as on a ntuum wh all other civil rights battl, and that was somethg few other elements of pop culture were alg wh at the time. Beg homophobic is simple when you don't know any gay people.

It's far more plited when your own brother or uncle is gay. The show starred gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr characters durg s six seasons on FOX, and s fal season, s two most proment queer upl tied the knot together. Consired the bt episo of the show's fal season by many fans, the episo is notable for showsg weddgs between gay, lbian and bisexual characters.

Jt four FayMorn Fay ma great stris givg Ameri a gay uple that they uld not jt love, but one that they uld relate to. " Kev and Stty's weddg was a landmark moment for gay marriage on work ble, as "Prr Commtments" was the first same-sex marriage held between seri regulars on a work TV show, acrdg to Rollg 's AnatomyAfter seasons of pullg for the "" uple of Grey's Anatomy, Derek and Meredh, Grey's dienc were given a new uple to root for: Callie and Arizona. TV Seri200230mRealy-seri followg the liv of gay and lbian upl as they prepare for their weddgs, alg wh fay reactns, homophobia and the logistil head-ach of planng a wedd...