There might be hope for this storyle after all. Over the past few weeks The Fosters asked, "Is Ju gay?" an unsatisfactory, outdated way. And last week's Fosters episo, "Say Somethg," ma seem like Ju's sexualy was gog to fall…
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‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV
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We got a reassurance that Connor isn't his father and that he, like many people, isn't stuck the past wh an outdated opn about beg volved wh members of the LGBT while I was happy for Ju — he didn't have to lose his iend, even though there was never any nfirmatn that he was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. " And I uldn't help but feel like they'd taken a gigantic step backwards the show's posive momentum and ntributn to ABC Fay's teen drama 's been speculatn about whether or not Ju is gay sce last season when he asked Sherri Shum's Lena when she first realized that she was gay. Coupled wh his nsistent iendship wh Connor and that one time he pated his nails, Foster fans speculated that Ju was, fact, gay.
Connor's dad notic and the scene ends wh a shot of his face lookg slightly ncerned and to the followg day at school when Ju tri to nfirm sleepover plans he and Connor ma earlier and Connor tells him that he's not allowed to sleep over the Foster hoe bee his dad thks Ju is rponds exactly how Fosters fans would expect him to, g om a home wh two moms and he challeng his iend, "So what if I were gay? " Connor jt shgs and walks away, but the entire exchange jt seems so standard and well, backwards, a televisn age where Glee and a host of CW seri have been addrsg homophobia teen drama seri for only gets worse when Ju seems embarrassed to adm to Callie and Mariana why Connor isn't sleepg over.