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… but didn’t like it.

“It was better in my head,” Justin says, before being kissed (to greater effect) by his friend Austin.

Sometimes I feel like I’m a gay man trapped in a lesbian’s body.  Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lesbian there too; I have plenty of room. But this is one of my gay man moments, and I’m falling in love with Michael Urie (not to mention all the writers at Ugly Betty).

It seems like only yesterday that Justin denied he was gay. Now of course, you can’t be gay without having denied it at least once. Even so, the scene was painful, it a really great way.

Poor Sceptical Uncle Marc. He’s been so good through all of this, and Justin’s best sounding board. I know I had a Wise Fairy Gaymother when I was coming out. I’m glad Justin has his very own Wise Fairy Gayfather.

In last night’s Ugly Betty episode, “All the World’s a Stage”, Justin benefited from a Wise Uncle Marc talk on kissing, when Justin announces he “has to” kiss his fabled girl crush.

And both of these actors knocked their parts out of the park. As for the rest of the episode, it might as well have not even happened.

Yes!

Head on over to After Elton, where Michael Jenson posted a recap yesterday.

All in all, I thought the episode handled the topic terrifically well and I appreciate that while the story isn’t about unaccepting parents or homophobic classmates, it still addresses the fact that even in 2010, accepting one’s sexual orientation isn’t just a walk in the park. Adolescence and young love is scary for anyone, but it’s still often doubly so for gay and bisexual men.
from AfterElton

I am going to miss this show in a really shocking way when it ends. And I am kind of living for the scene where Marc finds out.

Oh and when Ugly Betty ends, I can haz spinoff?

If you’re going to miss Ugly Betty like I am, join the facebook group and sign the petition to Save Ugly Betty!

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