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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"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. "As evinced by the fact that more than 10 ln Amerins California, Florida and Arizona voted last week to ny marriage rights to homosexual only did "Grey's" ax one lbian doctor; some say the show is also slg back on story l of gay characters and actors, like Knight's Gee O'Malley -- even though Gee isn't gay, Knight is.