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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

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.

'THIS IS US' TS OUT AS GAY, AND FANS RELL THE SAME EXPERIENCE WH THEIR OWN KIDS

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.

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.

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

I was pretty young, I was 11 or 12, when they asked if would be okay for Ts to be gay on the show.