Happy Father’s Day to Mch and Cam, Two Gay TV Dads Who Helped Change Ameri - The Stranger

Contents:

• JSE TYLER FERGON TOLD MORN FAY STAR ERIC STONTREET TO STOP CHECKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROLE
• GAY STEREOTYPG 'MORN FAY' COMEDY
• THR POLL: ‘GLEE’ AND ‘MORN FAY’ DRIVE VOTERS TO FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE — EVEN MANY ROMNEY VOTERS
• GAY ON TV: IT’S ALL THE FAY
• STT D. PIERCE: ‘MORN FAY’ SERV PRAISE FOR CLN AND BRICKBATS FOR GAY STEREOTYP
• ‘MORN FAY’ WRER REVEALS EMOTNAL BACKSTORY OF ‘HISTORIC’ GAY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL (EXCLIVE)
• ACTOR ERIC STONTREET DISCS PLAYG GAY CHARACTER ON 'MORN FAY'
• HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO MCH AND CAM, TWO GAY TV DADS WHO HELPED CHANGE AMERI

JSE TYLER FERGON TOLD MORN FAY STAR ERIC STONTREET TO STOP CHECKG ABOUT PLAYG GAY ROLE

Jse Tyler Fergon told Morn Fay star Eric Stontreet to stop checkg about playg gay role The actor looked back at the LGBTQ+ reprentatn on the h s and praised his TV hband durg the gural episo of his podst, Dner's on Me. Though Fergon is gay, Stontreet is not — and when asked by Bowen if he believed Stontreet would be st as a gay character the current landspe, Fergon said, "I thk if you ask Eric, he would say no. " Fergon also shared that Stontreet ma a pot to check wh him about portrayg a gay man, which he had to tell his TV hband to stop dog.

“Suated wh the manicured suburbs of California, Morn Fay, an ABC suatnal edy styled as a “mockumentary”, follows the liv of three fai: Jay Prchett, his send wife Gloria and her son, Manny; Jay’s olst dghter, Claire her hband Phil, and their three children; and Jay’s gay son Mch, his partner Cam and their adopted dghter om Vietnam, Lily. I thk is great that the show mak a gay uple more visible and socially acceptable to the public eye; however, sometim the wrers show their relatnship functng a way that is not how most gay upl work. I will analyze not only how Morn Fay rerc homosexual stereotyp but also how challeng them.

It is also assumed that homosexual relatnships there mt be the ‘female’ (passive) role and a ‘male’ (domant) role.

GAY STEREOTYPG 'MORN FAY' COMEDY

The stereotyp basilly solidify the nstct that all gay men are the same and there is no diversy between them.

Cam is a very flamboyant, high-matenance type of gay; the sassy fashnista type. Certaly, gay men like this exist real life, but there are far more than jt the two typ out the world, but Morn Fay only seems to foc on the two kds the numero gay characters they have.

When to Cam and Mch as characters, their tras are pretty much all gay stereotyp.

THR POLL: ‘GLEE’ AND ‘MORN FAY’ DRIVE VOTERS TO FAVOR GAY MARRIAGE — EVEN MANY ROMNEY VOTERS

In the episo ‘Boys’ Night Out’, Cam and Mchell are exced to go out wh some of their gay iends to a very nice rtrant. The wrers are really nformg to the gay stereotype as they down martis and gossip loudly about their boy csh they had growg up.

This is another stereotype that n be hard for gay people to e out to their fai bee they are aaid of rejectn or terference wh the relatnship. Conversely, Morn Fay sheds light on how is entirely possible for the two men a relatnship to shatter some of the stereotyp, much like real life gay men siar relatnships. Although they are often seen bickerg, the thenticy of their relatnship is never qutned, clearly opposg the ia that all gays want is sex and promiscuy.

GAY ON TV: IT’S ALL THE FAY

There has been much speculatn on whether or not gay upl are f to raise children. ) challeng another stereotype of gay men bee they are ually shown as beg very touchy-feely and pletely fe wh PDA. Often misnsted ias of gay men beg promiscuo and unable to have mted relatnships adds on to the stereotype of them beg so willg to displays affectn public.

Although sometim Morn Fay n rerce the gay stereotype, is really important to have gay upl portrayed the media.

STT D. PIERCE: ‘MORN FAY’ SERV PRAISE FOR CLN AND BRICKBATS FOR GAY STEREOTYP

Mastream attus towards same-sex relatnships have shifted drastilly recent years, and actor Eric Stontreet thks ABC's "Morn Fay" may have somethg to do wh an terview wh The Huffgton Post, Stontreet -- who plays one-half of a gay uple on the show -- ld the show for helpg to change the perceptn of gay characters through pop culture. "ln fact, one woman told him that the show provid visibily for gay upl wh children and helped her dghter keep bulli check.

‘MORN FAY’ WRER REVEALS EMOTNAL BACKSTORY OF ‘HISTORIC’ GAY MARRIAGE PROPOSAL (EXCLIVE)

"Our only agenda has always been to be really funny and tell really good stori and the two characters happen to be gay men, " he You GoFavore Gay TV CouplYou May Like. Shows wh gay characters, like Glee, Morn Fay, and The New Normal, are helpg drive voters to historilly unprecented support of gay marriage, an Oct. Though gay TV also mak some voters more tensely opposed to gay marriage, they are outnumbered by voters who bee more supportive of gay marriage, fluenced by what they see on TV.

” Social nservativ who fear the fluence of gay-iendly TV are evintly right to fear . In the past 10 years, the THR poll of likely voters across the natn found, about three tim as many voters have bee more pro-gay marriage as have bee more anti-gay marriage — 31 percent pro, 10 percent anti. Asked about how the shows fluenced them, 27 percent said gay TV ma them more pro-gay marriage, and six percent more anti.

Surprisgly, the shows ma almost as many Romney voters more favor of gay marriage: 13 percent got more pro-gay-marriage, 12 percent got more anti. (This trend toward gay acceptance squar wh other polls: the 2011 Gallup poll was the first ever to show a majory, 53 percent, favor of legalizg gay marriage, and a 2012 Gallup poll showed 50 percent favor and 48 percent agast .

ACTOR ERIC STONTREET DISCS PLAYG GAY CHARACTER ON 'MORN FAY'

Glee‘s and the gay-fay show New Normal‘s -shownner Ryan Murphy sists that New Normal isn’t 100 percent pro-Obama (even though he is). He plans to give equal time to the polil opns of the character played by Ellen Bark, a racist, homophobic Republin grandmother and Mt Romney supporter.

Romney voters are five tim likelier than Obama voters to stop watchg a show if a gay person plays a straight role (25 percent vers 5 percent), and almost eight tim likelier to tune out if a straight person plays a gay (30 percent vers four percent). Younger voters have the oppose attu: the more they see gay characters, the more they like to support gay marriage. “Almost twice as many voters unr 35 say the shows ma them more favor of gay marriage pared wh voters over 35 — 38 percent vers jt 20 percent.

Of all voters, 42 percent say gay marriage on TV has ma them more aware and active on the issue, ” says Penn, “but this skews heavily towards viewers unr 35 (55 percent) vers those over 35 (36 percent).

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

But as the young voters age, won’t they bee more nservative, and more anti-gay marriage?

It is not unual the days seeg televisn programs featurg gay or lbian characters. Morn Fay n be nsired as one of those programs that portray certa image of gays.