In case you are not aware of it, there is an internet campaign geared to show the gay couple in the ABC hit sitcom Modern Family kissing. The campaign sprung from a recent episode of the show which showed a heterosexual couple kissing while showing the gay couple locked in an embrace.
According to Huffington Post blogger Waymon Hudson:
These are all symptoms of a larger issue. The show completely neuters and desexualizes its gay couple. Sure, they never kiss, but they also never even make innuendo or refer to any kind of sexual relationship between the two of them. The other couples do what every sitcom does, with a nod and a wink refer to their sex lives and their physical relationship as a married couple. That doesn't happen with the gay couple.
Modern Family is a great show. I'm happy to have it on the air and will continue to watch it. What I hope, however, is that the show's producers continue to make a fun, heart-warming show about the make-up of modern families in today's society and strive to make a bit more realistic and reflective of where LGBT families are today.
That would be truly modern.
And now others are starting to weigh in, including a certain homophobic individual whose ignorance I usually make fun of but will not in this case even refer to him OR link to his SPLC designated hate site due to his nasty comments about lgbt couples in general.
But what I will do (and that is the video above) is feature a youtube take on the entire thing regarding gay couples kissing. A kiss may seem irrelevant. But you would be surprised how powerful of an image it conveys.
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The show's craetors recently addressed this, saying there will be an apisode next season that deals with Mitchell's aversion to PDAs.
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