In the special Thanksgivg episo, Ts, one of the younger members of the Pearson fay "This Is Us" revealed a huge secret. She me out as gay.
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- PRI MONTH 2020 TS THIS IS US OLT GAY TWEEN LGBTQ MUNY RANDALL ERIS BAKER NBC SHOW
- 'THIS IS US' TS OUT AS GAY, AND FANS RELL THE SAME EXPERIENCE WH THEIR OWN KIDS
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
PRI MONTH 2020 TS THIS IS US OLT GAY TWEEN LGBTQ MUNY RANDALL ERIS BAKER NBC SHOW
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Part of what ma this reveal so fantastic is the characterizatn of William and how he breaks stereotyp of what a gay character looks and sounds like.
We’re so ed to seeg the gay character a story as nothg but a walkg stereotype, someone flamboyant and characterized as a girl’s bt iend. That’s not to say that overly-flamboyant gay characters are a bad thg, but a world where all media portrays a gay guy as flamboyant and fun ’s a ltle tratg to see an entire mographic forced to this one character type. It mak sense that durg the William’s (likely) last holiday season he would want to fd his partner and apologize for leavg, and I’m so happy that this is how the show went about tellg that William is gay.
Fdg out that your dad is gay is a major thg, let’s be hont. “Grandpa’s gay, dad. However, when to normalizg gay characters on TV and makg sure they e across as normal people who happen to like the same sex, the Pearsons’ acceptg nature is gog to prove to be an valuable lson on how to do jt that.
'THIS IS US' TS OUT AS GAY, AND FANS RELL THE SAME EXPERIENCE WH THEIR OWN KIDS
A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * this is us gay *
Tryg to still hold that mother-dghter relatnship wh her, but 's almost a stggle bee she do not know what 's like to be gay and to be a young Black teenager.
I was pretty young, I was 11 or 12, when they asked if would be okay for Ts to be gay on the show. But she is the only gay person her fay.
She's the only gay person that hoehold. When This Is Us Executive Producers Issac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who are also behd this year’s gay teen romantic edy Love, Simon, cid to explore queer sire om the perspective of a tween, the first thg they did was reach out to the actrs playg her.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
While adolcent g outs are beg somewhat a televisn norm, childhood g outs and visibly gay kids are still rare. There’s a growg legacy of young gay boys on televisn (Jt Suarez on Ugly Betty will always e to md, but more recent televisn has also brought Cys Goodman on the Disney Channel’s Andi Mack, Michael Patel — played by trans actrs J.
Lbian in Shane McCutcheon famoly knew she was gay om the sandbox, but we didn’t get to know her until adulthood. From gettg a new hairstyle to choosg the right cloth, Ts's journey is very relatable and has ma one of the olt gay tweens on TV.