On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Donald Larsson wrote: > > I also don't recall anyone mentioning the all-too-short-lived MY > SO-CALLED LIFE, which featured a gay high school student who was thrown > out by his family when he came out. He eventually was taken in by a > teacher--relunctant to do so because he too was gay and still in the > closet. The show ended not too long after that story arc developed, > though. > Which reminds me that there was a peripheral gay character who emerged through a coming out storyline in *Degrassi (Junior) High*--the older brother of one of the regulars. As I remember it, this character was not particularly stereotyped (which is not all that surprising, given the series). But might it be worth considering the construction of gay characters in peripheral vs. regular roles in TV series? Helen. ---------- Helen Kay Department of English University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072 email: [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite