Gay Agenda: Focus on the FamilIES

While I was doing a web search for "National Coming Out Week, 2003", (Oct 6-11), I came across this link near the top of the list:

Had a major Barf this morning while surfing to FoxNews Channel and lit on an ABC promo for their new Fall show, "It's All Relative."

It's All Relative
Wednesday 8:30/7:30c

Starring: Lenny Clarke, Reid Scott, Maggie Lawson, John Benjamin Hickey, Harriet Harris, Chris Sieber

So you think Romeo and Juliet had family issues? Listen to this.

Bobby's a bartender – the only son of gregarious, salt-of-the-earth Irish Catholic parents from Boston. His fiancé, Liz, is a toney Harvard medical student and she's Protestant (no, that's not the problem). Liz has two dads, not one, and they're a worldly pair of well-heeled gay men.

The moment Bobby popped the question to Liz, they knew their families would have to meet. And the first time they brought his Mom and Dad together with her Dad and Dad... well, things did not go well.

Aside from the obvious, there's a culture gap between these in-laws-to-be that makes the Grand Canyon look like a seam in the sidewalk. Liz's parents are devotees of the arts. Bobby's are devotees of the Red Sox. Liz's parents are into St. Laurent. Bobby's parents swear by St. Patrick. Did we mention that Bobby's sister, Maddy, loves throwing gasoline on the fire?

From Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, acclaimed producers of the Oscar-winning Chicago.

This is going to be like those shows in the 70s. The "bad" and stupid characters will be the non-minorities. In this case, I predict there will be one person who is very anti-gay and he will be portrayed as mostly stupid while the gays, while being flippant and silly, will hold the high ground. In the end - reconciliation for all. Ha ha - those gays sure are funny. I guess they're ok.

Still waiting for the episodes about the AIDS ward, the suicide watch, and the chicken hawkin'.

On next week's show:

As Bobby's parents stew about the upcoming nuptials, madcap Mike and goofy Gary slip away for some randy fun at the highway rest-stop. Gary scores some ecstasy, but when the clean-shaven, well-hung Mike manages to coax a cub-scout into their SUV for some love, all heck breaks lose as they realize the winsome tot is Bobby's very own nephew.

Mon, 8 pm, CST

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Focus on the Families, UCLA’s National Coming Out Week 2003 Celebration, happens this year October 6-11. Considering the recent sodomy law strike-down and the passing of gay marriage in Canada, it seemed a great time to highlight our queer family ties.

Events such as the Womens’ Expression Night and Bi-Icecream Social were designed to highlight the great contributions of individual groups to the state of Queerdom at UCLA. Other events, such as the Sex Workshop, were designed to educate. Others, such as the Lambda Alumni Family Picnic, were created to fortify the ties between Queers past and present. Our Family Festival and Dance end the week with fantastic abandon, celebrating our unity.

.Please click on the following links for event details:

...Kiss-in..Sex Workshop/Bi-icecream Social..Womens’ Expression Night..

..Lambda Alumni Family Picnic..Family Festival..Dance..

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.....Directions to Event Locations (By Car; By Bus.) and Campus Map....

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.Queer Alliance. La Famila de UCLA. Mishpacha. Mahu. Fluid.

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