Brett Parson, gay D.C. p arrted Florida, divis LGBTQ muny - Washgton Post

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• HE WAS ONE OF THE NATN’S MOST REVERED GAY PS. HIS ARRT CHANGED EVERYTHG.
• JT HOW GAY IS "ARRTED DEVELOPMENT"?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSMAY 30, 2013/5:51 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMAY 30, 2013 / 5:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JT HOW GAY IS \"ARRTED DEVELOPMENT\"?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-30T09:51:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-30T09:51:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON SUNDAY NETFLIX UNLEASHED THE LONG-AWAED FOURTH SEASON OF CRIL AND CULT H ARRTED DEVELOPMENT ONTO AN DIENCE RABID FOR A CHOLATE-VERED-BANANA FIX. MOST OF HAVE ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THROUGH A HANDFUL OF EPISOS, AND SO FAR THE REACTNS TO THE SLIGHTLY TWEAKED NEW FORMAT (THE NEW SEASON FOC ON A SGLE BLUTH FAY MEMBER FOR EACH EPISO, BUILDG TOWARD A NFLAGRATN OF MASSIVELY DYSFUNCTNAL PROPORTNS) AND THE RELATIVE QUALY OF THE NEW EPS SEEM TO BE MIXED. (I AM ON THE EIGHTH EPISO AND AFTER SOME IAL RERVATNS AM ALL- - JT GET THROUGH THE FIRST FEW EPS, WHICH ARE THE WEAKT, AND YOU'LL BE FE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVEN-YEAR HIAT AND NARRATIVE STCTURE ASI, THE NEW SEASON FEATUR MANY OF THE STANDBYS THAT MA FALL LOVE WH THE SHOW THE FIRST PLACE: THE MOL HOME, GOB'S LOY MAGIC ACTS, ANN VEAL, "MARRY ME!", AND OF URSE THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, SCE THE VERY FIRST EPISO - WHEN LUCILLE BLUTH (THE LUMO JSI WALTER) ACCED "THE HOMOSEXUALS" OF TRYG TO HER YACHT PARTY BY STAGG A MONSTRATN NEARBY - THE SHOW HAS REGULARLY WORKED GAY JOK TO S RAPID-FIRE SATIRIL ASSLT ON THE REVERED TELEVISN FAY UN. AND MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T FD FUNNY. RELENTLS GAGS ABOUT THE SEXUALY OF TOBIAS FUNKE (DAVID CROSS) FELL FLAT WH MANY VIEWERS, AS DID NON-PC JOK ABOUT GENR INTY (AS WHEN MAEBY TRI TO NVCE HER LOVE TERT THAT HER MOTHER WAS BORN A MAN TO GET HIM TO STOP BEG TERTED HER) AND EQUENT APPEARANC BY HOT COPS, QUEEN MARY DANCERS, AND OTHER ASSORTED IVOLO QUEENS WHO HAD NOTHG BETTER TO DO THAN STRIP, DANCE, AND THROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID CROSS AS TOBIAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MAY HAVE BEEN OFFEND BY THE JOK, AND YOU MAY NOT. I PERSONALLY WAS TOO BY LGHG TO RE, AND I REALLY NEVER GOT THE SENSE THAT THE SHOW WAS G THE HUMOR MALICLY. HONTLY, ONCE YOU STUMBLE ACROSS THE WORDPLAY BRILLIANCE OF "ANALRAPIST", HOW N YOU NOT PUT ON A BS RD?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THE SHOW IS BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BLUTH SANY, THE GAY JOK ARE BACK, TOO - AND THE SHOW HASN'T BACKED OFF A B. (READ: "ANUSTART".) TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW SEASON, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SHOW'S GAY HIGH- AND LOWLIGHTS - AND WE'LL THROW A FEW MOR SPOILERS OF GAY BS THAT WE'VE ALREADY E ACROSS SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. HOT COPS, THE QUEEN MARY DANCERS, AND THE GOTHIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VAR STRIPPERS, GAY ACTIVISTS AND HOMO HANGOUTS THAT REGULARLY POP UP ON THE SHOW ARE PROUDLY RIDICULO STEREOTYP OF GAY CULTURE PLAYED FOR EASY LGHS. BUT HALF OF THE TIME, THE JOK ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY FUNNY - LIKE THE TIME THAT TOBIAS' B DRIVER DROPS HIM OFF AT LEATHER BAR THE GOTHIC ASSHOLE STEAD OF THE GOTHIC CASTLE AND ONCE SI THE OBLIV TOBIAS FORMS THE WHIPS-AND-SNAPS BARBERSHOP QUARTET. IT'S TOO RIDICULO TO TAKE SERLY - AND WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE WHIPS-AND-SNAPS?! PL, WHILE THE HOT COPS ARE NOT NECSARILY GAY, THE HOMOEROTIC SUATNS THEY ARE OFTEN PLACED AND THE NSIRABLE EYE NDY THEY LEND TO AN OTHERWISE MOSTLY SKLS SHOW ARE QUE A TREAT FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE GAY EXTRAS ARE GENERALLY RATHER IVOLO AND SILLY - BUT THEY'RE ALSO CLEARLY ENJOYG THEMSELV FAR MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. LIZA WH A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIZA. EFFG. MNELLI. WH VERTIGO. IT'S LIKE SHE'S STUCK AN FE LOOP OF THAT SCENE CABARET THE BALLROOM OF MAX'S MANSN. AND IT IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PLAY'S THE THG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLY THE SHOW'S FIRST SEASON, TOBIAS BE THE DIRECTOR OF HIS DGHTER MAEBY'S (ALIA SHAWKAT) SCHOOL PLAY AND MISTAKENLY THKS THAT GEE MICHAEL (MICHAEL CERA) WANTS TO BE THE PLAY SO THAT HE N KISS LEADG MAN STEVE HOLT ( REALY MAEBY IS ONLY THE PLAY BEE SHE WANTS TO KISS STEVE HOLT, AND GEE MICHAEL IS ONLY THE PLAY BEE HE WANTS TO KISS MAEBY). TOBIAS ENAVORS TO GET HIS STAR-CROSSED BOYS TOGETHER BY STG STEVE THE FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. PORTIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S ONE OF THE REIGNG LBIAN QUEENS OF HOLLYWOOD, PEOPLE (THE OTHER'S HER WIFE). IF PORTIA N LGH AT THE GAY JOK, I THK WE N, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE SHOW'S SEND SEASON, GOB (WILL ART) ACCINTALLY MAK REPEATED ADVANC ON THE BLUTH PANY'S GAY EMPLOYEE, GARY. THE SHOW'S TRAMARK WORDPLAY-BASED HIJX ENSUE (GOB ADVERTENTLY REFERS TO GARY AS A "POOF" WHEN HE MEANS TO REFERENCE THE MAGICIAN MAGAZE POOF!), AS WELL AS SOME LIGHTFUL AWKWARD PHYSIL EDY. THE KEY HERE IS THAT GARY WAS PLAYED BY THE ADORABLE AND OUT ABRAHAM HIGGBOTHAM, WHO WAS A WRER AND EXECUTIVE STORY EDOR AND WHO NOW IS A PRODUCER FOR MORN FAY. SO I THK 'S SAFE TO SAY HE WAS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. BARRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HONTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THE BLUTH'S EPT FENSE ATTORNEY, BARRY (HENRY WKLER), OTHER THAT HE IS A "KEEP MY OPTNS OPEN" KD OF GUY WHEN TO SEXUALY. WE'VE SEEN OR HEARD HIM MAKE REFERENCE TO SEX WH JT ABOUT EVERYONE YOU N IMAGE, AND HE N REGNIZE A CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH OF TTICL A FLASH. THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. OFFICERS CARTER AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT IS REVEALED SEASON TWO THAT TWO RECURRG POLICEMEN, OFFICERS CARTER (JERRY C. MOR) AND TAYLOR (JAY JOHNSTON), ARE PARTNERS OFF THE BEAT AS WELL AS ON, AND ARE THE PARENTS OF THE BABY THAT MAGGIE LIZER (JULIA LOUIS-DREYF) IS RRYG. THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM IS THE BLOGIL FATHER OF THE CHILD... ALTHOUGH NSIRG THAT ONE IS BLACK AND ONE IS WHE, MIGHT BEE SELF-EVINT. AS FAR AS WE KNOW THEY ARE NOW LIVG HAPPY LIV AS DADS (WE DO SEE TAYLOR BRIEFLY SEASON FOUR ON A REALY POLICE SHOW).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. SPOILER ALERT...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TONY WONR IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH SEASON, WE LEARN THAT GOB'S ILLNIST ARCH-RIVAL TONY WONR (BEN STILLER) HAS E OUT OF THE CLOSET A HILARLY-TLED ATTU ARTICLE LLED "I'M HERE... I'M QUEER... NOW I'M OVER HERE!" OF URSE, BEG AD AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF TONY'S RIVALRY WH GOB, THIS ULD ALL BE SOME SM AND THEY WILL END UP REVEALG THAT TONY IS STRAIGHT THE END. STILL, WORTH FOR THAT AWOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}END {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHAT DO YOU THK? THE GAY GAGS ARRTED DEVELOPMENT HAVE BEEN FAST AND FUR AND SHOW NO SIGNS OF SLOWG SEASON FOUR. HAVE YOU FELT THE JOK ARE LGHG WH YOU OR AT YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL 15 NEW EPISOS OF ARRTED DEVELOPMENT NOW AVAILABLE FOR STREAMG ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• ... IS GAY

HE WAS ONE OF THE NATN’S MOST REVERED GAY PS. HIS ARRT CHANGED EVERYTHG.

’ ”The teenager began to tell the officers the story he would repeat at least three tim that night, cludg at the sexual asslt treatment center where he was taken after his parents were ’d met Parson on Growlr, a datg app for gay men that requir ers to be 18.

The man who had jt driven away was known natnally and ternatnally as a pneer of gay rights the natn’s pal, Parson built an award-wng liaison un that vtigated hate crim, beiend advot and marched Pri paras, slowly revolutnizg the relatnship between the police and the cy’s LGBTQ muny.

”The chief stalled after the sndal, Charl Ramsey, saw a solutn to that problem: bolsterg and broang a newly formed Gay and Lbian Liaison, then his early 30s, had been openly gay sce he joed the force. “I was really, really aaid that my reputatn was gog to change om beg a good p who happened to be gay, to beg a gay p that ed to be a good p.

JT HOW GAY IS "ARRTED DEVELOPMENT"?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRIAN JUERGENSMAY 30, 2013/5:51 AMBY BRIAN JUERGENSMAY 30, 2013 / 5:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JT HOW GAY IS \"ARRTED DEVELOPMENT\"?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-05-30T09:51:52.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-05-30T09:51:52.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON SUNDAY NETFLIX UNLEASHED THE LONG-AWAED FOURTH SEASON OF CRIL AND CULT H ARRTED DEVELOPMENT ONTO AN DIENCE RABID FOR A CHOLATE-VERED-BANANA FIX. MOST OF HAVE ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THROUGH A HANDFUL OF EPISOS, AND SO FAR THE REACTNS TO THE SLIGHTLY TWEAKED NEW FORMAT (THE NEW SEASON FOC ON A SGLE BLUTH FAY MEMBER FOR EACH EPISO, BUILDG TOWARD A NFLAGRATN OF MASSIVELY DYSFUNCTNAL PROPORTNS) AND THE RELATIVE QUALY OF THE NEW EPS SEEM TO BE MIXED. (I AM ON THE EIGHTH EPISO AND AFTER SOME IAL RERVATNS AM ALL- - JT GET THROUGH THE FIRST FEW EPS, WHICH ARE THE WEAKT, AND YOU'LL BE FE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVEN-YEAR HIAT AND NARRATIVE STCTURE ASI, THE NEW SEASON FEATUR MANY OF THE STANDBYS THAT MA FALL LOVE WH THE SHOW THE FIRST PLACE: THE MOL HOME, GOB'S LOY MAGIC ACTS, ANN VEAL, "MARRY ME!", AND OF URSE THE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, SCE THE VERY FIRST EPISO - WHEN LUCILLE BLUTH (THE LUMO JSI WALTER) ACCED "THE HOMOSEXUALS" OF TRYG TO HER YACHT PARTY BY STAGG A MONSTRATN NEARBY - THE SHOW HAS REGULARLY WORKED GAY JOK TO S RAPID-FIRE SATIRIL ASSLT ON THE REVERED TELEVISN FAY UN. AND MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T FD FUNNY. RELENTLS GAGS ABOUT THE SEXUALY OF TOBIAS FUNKE (DAVID CROSS) FELL FLAT WH MANY VIEWERS, AS DID NON-PC JOK ABOUT GENR INTY (AS WHEN MAEBY TRI TO NVCE HER LOVE TERT THAT HER MOTHER WAS BORN A MAN TO GET HIM TO STOP BEG TERTED HER) AND EQUENT APPEARANC BY HOT COPS, QUEEN MARY DANCERS, AND OTHER ASSORTED IVOLO QUEENS WHO HAD NOTHG BETTER TO DO THAN STRIP, DANCE, AND THROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID CROSS AS TOBIAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MAY HAVE BEEN OFFEND BY THE JOK, AND YOU MAY NOT. I PERSONALLY WAS TOO BY LGHG TO RE, AND I REALLY NEVER GOT THE SENSE THAT THE SHOW WAS G THE HUMOR MALICLY. HONTLY, ONCE YOU STUMBLE ACROSS THE WORDPLAY BRILLIANCE OF "ANALRAPIST", HOW N YOU NOT PUT ON A BS RD?!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT THE SHOW IS BACK FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF BLUTH SANY, THE GAY JOK ARE BACK, TOO - AND THE SHOW HASN'T BACKED OFF A B. (READ: "ANUSTART".) TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW SEASON, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE SHOW'S GAY HIGH- AND LOWLIGHTS - AND WE'LL THROW A FEW MOR SPOILERS OF GAY BS THAT WE'VE ALREADY E ACROSS SEASON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. HOT COPS, THE QUEEN MARY DANCERS, AND THE GOTHIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VAR STRIPPERS, GAY ACTIVISTS AND HOMO HANGOUTS THAT REGULARLY POP UP ON THE SHOW ARE PROUDLY RIDICULO STEREOTYP OF GAY CULTURE PLAYED FOR EASY LGHS. BUT HALF OF THE TIME, THE JOK ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY FUNNY - LIKE THE TIME THAT TOBIAS' B DRIVER DROPS HIM OFF AT LEATHER BAR THE GOTHIC ASSHOLE STEAD OF THE GOTHIC CASTLE AND ONCE SI THE OBLIV TOBIAS FORMS THE WHIPS-AND-SNAPS BARBERSHOP QUARTET. IT'S TOO RIDICULO TO TAKE SERLY - AND WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE WHIPS-AND-SNAPS?! PL, WHILE THE HOT COPS ARE NOT NECSARILY GAY, THE HOMOEROTIC SUATNS THEY ARE OFTEN PLACED AND THE NSIRABLE EYE NDY THEY LEND TO AN OTHERWISE MOSTLY SKLS SHOW ARE QUE A TREAT FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE GAY EXTRAS ARE GENERALLY RATHER IVOLO AND SILLY - BUT THEY'RE ALSO CLEARLY ENJOYG THEMSELV FAR MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. LIZA WH A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIZA. EFFG. MNELLI. WH VERTIGO. IT'S LIKE SHE'S STUCK AN FE LOOP OF THAT SCENE CABARET THE BALLROOM OF MAX'S MANSN. AND IT IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} PLAY'S THE THG!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EARLY THE SHOW'S FIRST SEASON, TOBIAS BE THE DIRECTOR OF HIS DGHTER MAEBY'S (ALIA SHAWKAT) SCHOOL PLAY AND MISTAKENLY THKS THAT GEE MICHAEL (MICHAEL CERA) WANTS TO BE THE PLAY SO THAT HE N KISS LEADG MAN STEVE HOLT ( REALY MAEBY IS ONLY THE PLAY BEE SHE WANTS TO KISS STEVE HOLT, AND GEE MICHAEL IS ONLY THE PLAY BEE HE WANTS TO KISS MAEBY). TOBIAS ENAVORS TO GET HIS STAR-CROSSED BOYS TOGETHER BY STG STEVE THE FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. PORTIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE'S ONE OF THE REIGNG LBIAN QUEENS OF HOLLYWOOD, PEOPLE (THE OTHER'S HER WIFE). IF PORTIA N LGH AT THE GAY JOK, I THK WE N, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE SHOW'S SEND SEASON, GOB (WILL ART) ACCINTALLY MAK REPEATED ADVANC ON THE BLUTH PANY'S GAY EMPLOYEE, GARY. THE SHOW'S TRAMARK WORDPLAY-BASED HIJX ENSUE (GOB ADVERTENTLY REFERS TO GARY AS A "POOF" WHEN HE MEANS TO REFERENCE THE MAGICIAN MAGAZE POOF!), AS WELL AS SOME LIGHTFUL AWKWARD PHYSIL EDY. THE KEY HERE IS THAT GARY WAS PLAYED BY THE ADORABLE AND OUT ABRAHAM HIGGBOTHAM, WHO WAS A WRER AND EXECUTIVE STORY EDOR AND WHO NOW IS A PRODUCER FOR MORN FAY. SO I THK 'S SAFE TO SAY HE WAS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. BARRY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HONTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF THE BLUTH'S EPT FENSE ATTORNEY, BARRY (HENRY WKLER), OTHER THAT HE IS A "KEEP MY OPTNS OPEN" KD OF GUY WHEN TO SEXUALY. WE'VE SEEN OR HEARD HIM MAKE REFERENCE TO SEX WH JT ABOUT EVERYONE YOU N IMAGE, AND HE N REGNIZE A CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH OF TTICL A FLASH. THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}7. OFFICERS CARTER AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT IS REVEALED SEASON TWO THAT TWO RECURRG POLICEMEN, OFFICERS CARTER (JERRY C. MOR) AND TAYLOR (JAY JOHNSTON), ARE PARTNERS OFF THE BEAT AS WELL AS ON, AND ARE THE PARENTS OF THE BABY THAT MAGGIE LIZER (JULIA LOUIS-DREYF) IS RRYG. THEY SAY THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM IS THE BLOGIL FATHER OF THE CHILD... ALTHOUGH NSIRG THAT ONE IS BLACK AND ONE IS WHE, MIGHT BEE SELF-EVINT. AS FAR AS WE KNOW THEY ARE NOW LIVG HAPPY LIV AS DADS (WE DO SEE TAYLOR BRIEFLY SEASON FOUR ON A REALY POLICE SHOW).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}8. SPOILER ALERT...{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TONY WONR IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH SEASON, WE LEARN THAT GOB'S ILLNIST ARCH-RIVAL TONY WONR (BEN STILLER) HAS E OUT OF THE CLOSET A HILARLY-TLED ATTU ARTICLE LLED "I'M HERE... I'M QUEER... NOW I'M OVER HERE!" OF URSE, BEG AD AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF TONY'S RIVALRY WH GOB, THIS ULD ALL BE SOME SM AND THEY WILL END UP REVEALG THAT TONY IS STRAIGHT THE END. 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Rather than raid gay clubs, Parson and the five to 15 members of his un would announce themselv over the loudspeaker, then walk around, troduce themselv and pass out reigerator mags wh their phone number on . The number was the workaround for those the muny who need help, but worried about the repercsns of llg 911: a gay man experiencg domtic abe om his partner or a transgenr woman wantg to report a hate crime.

(Carol Guzy/The Washgton Post) Wh three years of Parson’s beg put charge, the un won a distguished service award om the cy’s Gay and Lbian Activists Alliance, an anizatn formed part to prott discrimatn by law enforcement.

IS TOBIAS GAY?

” The term is sometim ed by adults the gay muny who intify or prent as and the teenager unlocked the app’s “private media” feature, allowg them to see revealg pictur of each other.

Advot who work wh gay youth say ’s mon for teenagers to explore on datg apps that allow them to meet strangers, pecially if they don’t feel safe exprsg themselv at home or vulnerable kids also e datg apps to seek out adults who will pay them, though mors nnot legally nsent to beg purchased for sex. “I don’t thk a life should be stroyed over one foolish event late one night, pecially when the ntact was ma on a se where everyone is supposed to be a mimum of 18, ” said Rick Rosendall, former print of the Gay and Lbian Activists Alliance.

Dubbed the “don’t say gay” law by opponents, s supporters bandied about terms like “groomg” to create false lks between homosexualy and child abe, which is mted by people of all sexual orientatns. ", and of urse the gay, sce the very first episo - when Lucille Bluth (the lumo Jsi Walter) acced "the homosexuals" of tryg to her yacht party by stagg a monstratn nearby - the show has regularly worked gay jok to s rapid-fire satiril asslt on the revered televisn fay un. ) To prepare for the new season, let's look at some of the show's gay high- and lowlights - and we'll throw a few mor spoilers of gay bs that we've already e across season four.

POLICE AT PRI? GAY PS, LGBTQ ACTIVISTS STGGLE TO SEE EYE-TO-EYE

Hot Cops, the Queen Mary Dancers, and the Gothic AssholeThe var strippers, gay activists and homo hangouts that regularly pop up on the show are proudly ridiculo stereotyp of gay culture played for easy lghs. Pl, while the Hot Cops are not necsarily gay, the homoerotic suatns they are often placed and the nsirable eye ndy they lend to an otherwise mostly skls show are que a treat for gay, the gay extras are generally rather ivolo and silly - but they're also clearly enjoyg themselv far more than anyone else on the show.

SPOILER Wonr is gayMidway through the fourth season, we learn that GOB's illnist arch-rival Tony Wonr (Ben Stiller) has e out of the closet a hilarly-tled Attu article lled "I'm Here... And along the way they fd what they really want is iendship, which is one of the more poignant nclns of the show: No one really has then there's Lucille's ic homophobia. I thought about cludg somethg like "the gays" my piece, where I list some of stutns/groups that are the show that are kd of satirized but mostly exist as marks for the Bluths' ns.

1968: AFTER DOZENS OF ACQUTALS, POLICE FORCED TO END RAIDS ON GAY HAVEN

Eleanor: But, then, beyond "the gays" as an stutn, there is actual engagement wh homosexual sireSpencer: Te, don't que work the same way, pecially wh the whole Tobias thg.

I mean you n obvly choose to see all as problematic—the implitn that homosexualy is an extensn of male iendship, the ia that sexual orientatn is not really nate at all, Tony Wonr's buildg a reer on the premise that beg gay mak easier to get ahead society. Not very sophistited thgs, but there's more of a pot beg ma there than about race or wealth or homosexualy or parentg or the other issu the show touch on.

But that's not all that different om how the show treats other groups—the gay guys on the Queen Mary and the var activists, both liberal and nservative, that Ldsay enunters are also very willg to be manipulated by the general, I've found myself more unhappy wh the ltle moments—not the over-the-top weddg scene, but the cheap, one-ler shots at Christians.

THE FOTTEN HISTORY OF GAY ENTRAPMENT

The 1969 police raid of the Stonewall Inn, the famed gay bar New York Cy, was no different than many others before s, before and after the rts, some law enforcement officers and agenci targeted known LGBTQ-iendly tablishments an effort to shut them down, btalize patrons, and arrt people who vlated the homophobic and transphobic polici of the time, acrdg to the Natnal Park Foundatn, an anizatn that foc on U.

History and Stonewall Uprisg of 1969, the culmatn of days of protts and clash wh police, was the talyst for the morn gay rights movement and is what NYC Pri memorat each year. Reported police misnduct, cludg unjtified arrt, e of excsive force and Samuel, of the Gay Officers Actn League, a nonprof LGBTQIA law enforcement advocy group, said that s members were upset by anizers’ cisn to remove law enforcement groups om the lp.

“That was the jtifitn for so much blackmailg and harassment of gay people and trans people by the police bee they uld still charge you wh sodomy and you would actually go to jail for havg nsensual sex wh another adult. Acrdg to the Prison Policy Iniative (PPI), a crimal jtice rearch and advocy group, LGBTQ people, of every age group, are overreprented the crimal jtice 2019, a PPI study found that gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals were 2. When on the street performg wh DeBrie as members of the Fantastic Four, a man tells his kid that they are the Ambiguoly Gay Duo.

PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.

I mean if he really is gay he n try to hi , but tst me, will e out the most unexpected balls", "Don't hold your balls kids, don't hold your balls on that" and "Roof balls! Jt noticed on my umpteenth re-watch the two gay ps listeng to Maggie talk about the baby S2E11, one episo prr to that whole storyle.

Jt before members of the Gay Officers Actn League (GOAL) marched past the Stonewall Inn, the fish le of last year’s New York Cy Pri March, a small group of activists slipped past the barriers and chaed their hands together to prevent the officers om passg, a prott technique lled a “lockdown. ”Dozens of ps workg secury at the march surround the protters, and, over shouts of “f--k the police” and “racist, sexist, anti-gay, NYPD, KKK, ” began to break through what appeared to be chas and bber tub the protters had ed to lock themselv together.

Pacific Prs / LightRocket via Getty Imag fileThe irony of the cint was not lost on many the crowd — ps arrtg gay people ont of the Stonewall Inn, the very place where homophobic police btaly sparked the morn LGBTQ rights movement nearly five s years prr. In fact, New York Cy’s first gay pri march, which was held on June 28, 1970, was anized to memorate the one-year anniversary of what has bee known as the Stonewall Rts — when 1969 patrons of the now-inic gay bar fally had enough after yet another police raid. Nohels, protters say they’re dog so to take a stand agast police btaly and harassment of margalized groups, namely people of lor and the transgenr DAYS OF GOALThe relatnship between the police and the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny has long been ght, but for LGBTQ ps, the right to march pri is a hard-fought civil rights the after that first pri march on June 28, 1970, New York’s gay rights movement ma so much progrs that by 1981 the police force self was facg LGBTQ activism om wh.

VENEZUELAN POLICE ARRT 33 MEN AT GAY SNA

Gay ps New York Cy, for example, led by Officer Charl Cochrane, sought to form their own employee rource group, like the on that existed for Hispanic, Irish-Amerin and Ain-Amerin Rodriguez, now a retired NYPD sergeant, was still the New York Cy Police Amy when Officer Cochrane entered his classroom 1982.

A few months earlier, Cochrane had bee the first NYPD officer to publicly e out when he announced that he was gay at a cy uncil meetg November 1981.

... IS GAY

Courty Edgar RodriguezLater that day, a woman om Rodriguez’s Police Amy class asked him which room the gay officers’ group was meetg .

”Rodriguez, who kept his sexualy to himself his early days as a p, relled overhearg on several ocsns racist, sexist and homophobic ments om his largely straight, whe and male lleagu back he was posted to New York Cy’s 6th Precct, which vers Greenwich Village, he relled a senr officer askg him, “So you work wh all the fags? He relled a particularly dntg cint when a fellow officer who had been patrollg Mabs Dam Park, where the new Yankee Stadium now stands, enuntered a well-known gay cisg area.

He was still closeted to most of his fellow officers, but when he was off duty, he lived openly the gay neighborhoods of New York Cy. C., to Sacramento, a number of progrsive LGBTQ activists, some of them too young to remember the gay police activism of the ‘80s and ‘90s, view ps to be an unwele — and even threateng — prence at pri addn to gettg ps out of pri, many of the different activist groups also have an array of social jtice mands. However, this year members of the Gay Officers Actn League will march, as they have every year sce 1996, uniform wh their guns FORWARDRodriguez said while he knows where the protters are g om, he disagre wh their tactics.