The Other Half: Vahid Gold on makg a gay edy for Dave

Contents:

• GROUNDBREAKG GAY S ON DAVE PROV EDY DON’T NEED TO PUNCH DOWN, SAYS ACTOR VAHID GOLD
• HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
• CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE

GROUNDBREAKG GAY S ON DAVE PROV EDY DON’T NEED TO PUNCH DOWN, SAYS ACTOR VAHID GOLD

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Their bt iends are gleeful and proud gay Jack and charismatic, filthy-rich, amoral sociale productn, box office & pany Episos246Vios54Funny Women of TelevisnFunny Women of TelevisnWe salute the brilliant women behd all those unfettable lghs on the small the galleryMore like thisReview Great show, great st, great wrgWill & Grace is a great show and will ntue to be so even after s gay theme los s novelty. When Brish-Iranian actor Vahid Gold read the script for Dave’s gay edy pilot s The Other Half, he knew was different to anythg he had read before. As a 20-somethg gay man not out to his fay, Navid gets the chance to leave his fay home to go to Bristol wh his bt iend Srlet (Eve Delaney).

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI

I’ve never read a script where the ma protagonist was half-Iranian and half-Welsh and gay. Navid jos a small but growg pool of queer Iranian characters on screen, alongsi the lik of Rahim, a gay Iranian man Disney+ edy drama Love, Victor. “The fact that he is half-Iranian and gay and half-Welsh is jt a backdrop.

This Father’s Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate Mch and Cam, the gay dads of the s Morn Fay, played by Jse Tyler Fergon and Eric Stontreet. But the gay dads almost didn’t make to air. A gay lleague even enuraged them to turn Mch and Cam to mor background characters to avoid srg away viewers.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

It wasn’t an unreasonable ncern at the time: Though gay characters had grown more proment on televisn the early 2000s, upl were ls mon and tend to only appear on ble shows. It was clear that many Amerins were still eply unfortable wh the ia of treatg gay upl as equals. Not only that, but viewers were particularly taken by the gay uple.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

That was thanks to a clever strategy: In orr to ease nservative viewers to watchg, the wrers liberately foced early storyl on Mch and Cam’s parentg, rather than on any gay issu. Plots tend to be about takg their dghter to dayre and a pediatrician, or buyg diapers—thgs that would be relatable to gay or straight dienc. The issue of physil affectn beme a particular stickg pot among gay viewers.

Proposn 8 remaed the law California, where the show was set, and through a strange seri of polil mov, the ban on gay marriage was fend by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not a bad legacy for two gay dads who nearly never ma to air.

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. She's unhappy about , but not for the homophobic reason you might assume.

CRAFTG A ROM-COM THAT’S TE TO 21ST-CENTURY GAY LIFE

1644977231\u201cWhy am I surprised (but not really) that Jab is gay #AbbottElementary\u201d — ZayahTal (@ZayahTal). Allowg Jab to talk about his boyiend school ph him om a gay archetype to a three-dimensnal character, which feels substantial when LGBTQ+ teachers are still a ntroversial topic.

Out tors around the untry have been fired om their schools for a variety of homophobic reasons as recently as last year and is still legal some is nice to see Jab not worried about beg out and we love Abbott Elementary for prentg his inty as normal, might feel a b utopian to some viewers. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice. The story follows two lennial siblgs: Cary, a gay aspirg actor, and Brooke, a former profsnal dancer, who are tryg to fd meang their own liv after their 13-year-old brother, Chase, be an overnight sgg sensatn. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.