Contents:
- WHY DID 'GREY'S' GET RID OF THE GAY ROMANCE?
- HOW WILL & GRACE PAVED THE WAY FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
WHY DID 'GREY'S' GET RID OF THE GAY ROMANCE?
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HOW WILL & GRACE PAVED THE WAY FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TV
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" But "Grey's" got to the nty-grty of beg gay, while those seri strived to make homosexualy palatable to mastream dienc. "Perhaps viewers have an easier time wh gay humor than realistic -- some uld say, graphic -- pictns of gay issu on a drama like 'Grey's Anatomy. ' A lot of the untry might view gay topics as somethg to lgh at, not somethg to be explored serly, " said TV Gui senr edor William Keck.