Thanks “Talks With S” for these links:
Billionaire offers 40 million pound reward to man who will marry his lesbian daughter
California bans gay-to-straight therapy for teens
http://www.usatoday.com/story/ondeadline/2012/09/30/jerry-brown-gay-straight-teens/1603965/
I also just saw this:
http://tv.yahoo.com/photos/the-evolution-of-gay-tv-characters-slideshow/
It lists the gay characters in sitcoms and how it was initially viewed with opposition. You will notice that although we may stereotype, these actors (based off the pictures) fit into many different categories- for example masculine and feminine males of different races.
Here is one more link to a discussion about gays and racism (and a new term “gaycism”) on tv:
http://inourwordsblog.com/2012/09/27/gaycism-and-the-new-normal-the-hot-trend-this-tv-season-is-bigotry/