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

Contents:

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

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

Fergon, who is gay real life, and Stontreet played the beloved married uple Mchell Prchett and Cameron Tucker for eleven seasons on ABC's Morn Fay.

Fergon was nomated for five Emmys for his role, and Stontreet was nomated for three, wng two awards for Outstandg Supportg Actor a Comedy uple was much ld for their pictn of everyday married life for a gay uple on an ABC s. They also adopted a dghter, Lily, and later another child, beg one of the most visible exampl of a gay fay on TV for fans might be beggg for the whole st to rne, this cute rnn will have to hold over until then. 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.

“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.

ARE M AND MCHELL GAY REAL LIFE?

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.

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

” 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.

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

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. 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. Many doors have opened gay people”s fight for equaly. I”m glad to have played gay characters, but at the same time have been trated by the stereotyp I feel I”ve been party to playg those rol.