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Darlene’s 12-Year-Old Son Comes Out as Gay on ABC’s ‘The Conners’ — WATCH

October 4, 2019 by Towleroad Leave a Comment

ABC’s The Conners had a very young coming out this week. Darlene’s (Sara Gilbert) son Mark (Ames McNamara) got called to the principal’s office at school after a kiss transpires between two boys.

At the opening of the show, Darlene tells the family that “we have to go see the principal tomorrow because your school has a ‘No PDA’ rule and somebody posted a picture of you kissing your friend Austin at school.”

Mark’s sister Harris (Emma Kenney) then quipped that is was unfair that Mark “had a boyfriend” because he already “wins at everything.”

Replied Mark: “I guess he’s my boyfriend. When we found out they were gonna start serving personal pizzas at lunch, we got so excited that we kissed. … And that was the first time. He only told me he was gay last week.”

Cut to a scene in the principal’s office, where Mark’s boyfriend Austin and his bigoted grandmother denied everything.

Said the grandmother: “Who are you gonna believe? My kid or the boy with the nail polish? … You raise your kid however you want, but I’ve got enough on my plate raising Austin by myself. I don’t need your kid confusing him into thinking he’s something he isn’t!”

Mark later got a pep talk from his parents as he was removing his nail polish in his room, ultimately declaring, “I love myself! I’m glad I’m gay! Leave me alone!”

Filed Under: Entertainment Tagged With: Entertainment, I'm Gay, television, The Conners, tv

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