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And they were surprisingly progressive about it, too. I don't remember exactly how the scene went down, but I remember it being more or less something like this:
And that was it except for a "telling the parents" episode, I believe.
I need to rewatch the series before "10-4"ing that (at the very least the fact that what should be a major part of someone's self conception was treated as a thing which could be dropped without issue or comment is troubling.)
Totally remember when Oswald got boobs though. That sort of thing plants some seeds, I tell ya. ("If you had a hand on your head we'd want to shake it.")
Drew's character also got civil union'd before anyone in his country could get gay married as I recall, but again I'll need to rewatch how that was handled prior commenting.
I do remember taking issue with some of the social structures reinforced in some of the show's humor, such as Drew looking up the definition of sexual harassment, " 'Any unwelcome sexual advance.'? that's every sexual advance I make!" I viewed that more as making light of sexual harassment than self-depreciation on Drew's part.
I don't personally care for Drew Carey—the sort of asshole who supports Ron Paul—and haven't since he told a joke in 2003, "My girlfriend's a Democrat; well... she hasn't actually come out as a Democrat but she's always bitching." despite allegedly being critical of the united states invasion of Iraq himself.
Some of the company he keeps I fuck with so heavily it's not like I'm calling on his canceling. He's just that friend you wish would be a better person (and stop voting for Garry Johnson).