No, Cam and Mch on 'Morn Fay' are not 'the gay equivalent of blackface'

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•  PRI MONTH 2020 MCH M PRCHETT MORN FAY MORE GAY LOVE RELATNSHIPS EXPLORED RIGHT ABC
• NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’
• ARE M AND MCHELL GAY REAL LIFE?
• ‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV
• 'MORN FAY' AND GAY MARRIAGE: IT'S COMPLITED

 PRI MONTH 2020 MCH M PRCHETT MORN FAY MORE GAY LOVE RELATNSHIPS EXPLORED RIGHT ABC

But no mentn of the edy is plete whout a special nod to the phenomenal gay uple - Mchell (Jse Tyler Fergson) and Cam (Eric Stontreet) - who sglehandly revolutnized the reprentatn of queer love on primetime TV, and not jt on the relatnship ont. Mchell (L) and Cam's (R) proposal happened on an episo right after gay marriage was legalized Ameri.

Mchell is your typil cy boy, closeted gay until the age of 23, stgglg to ame a functnal relatnship wh his stubborn father who is ndned by his nservative upbrgg of the 50s.

NO, CAM AND MCH ON ‘MORN FAY’ ARE NOT ‘THE GAY EQUIVALENT OF BLACKFACE’

The two characters were perhaps one of the earlit semblanc of how gay upl didn't necsarily have to f to typilly genr-oriented rol the relatnship.

Actor Tuc Watks, bt known for his role as David Vickers on “One Life to Live” and Bob Hunter on “Dperate Hoewiv, ” took to his Facebook page to post about Cam and Mch, the gay uple on “Morn Fay” played by Eric Stontreet and Jse Tyler Fergon.

ARE M AND MCHELL GAY REAL LIFE?

“But, for the most part, I have a hard time lghg at the gay guys. It feels a ltle b like the gay equivalent of 'blackface. Watks, who joed “One Life to Live” 1994, me out as gay 2013.

‘MORN FAY’ FALE: HOW CAMERON AND MCHELL FOREVER CHANGED GAY FAI ON TV

We n”t be expected to reprent every gay person. And fense of Cam, I still n”t figure out how a clown & football ach who also happens to be gay is a stereotype.

Also: Cricizg important gay characters on TV for not beg the kds of gay characters you prefer and thkg that bee you don't want Cam and Mch at your dner party, they mt not be TV-ready. There are plenty of real gay people who act like Cam and Mch, jt like there are plenty of gay men who act like the guys on “Lookg, ” “Queer as Folk, ” and “Will and Grace. ” Jt bee you n intify a gay character's gayns thanks to a performer's actg choic don't mean his work is parable to hio racist ritur.

You jt sulted every real gay person who relat to Cam and Mch by mistakg your juvenile “ick” rponse as a salient cultural issue. I thk slammg gay characters as “stereotypil” is a ward's way of sayg, “I'm unfortable acknowledgg that many gay people have specific personaly tras mon. Many gay people have specific personaly tras mon.

'MORN FAY' AND GAY MARRIAGE: IT'S COMPLITED

We've fought for gay characters on TV to be out and real, not jt strategic avatars signed to feel “cuttg edge. If Tuc Watks thks gay behavrs are somethg that should be policed, modified, or crged at, he's fely the dated one.