Dorothy's Friend Is a Lesbian

Published: March 22, 2018, 5:46 p.m.

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"Isn\'t It Romantic?" (November 8, 1986)

An award-winning Golden Girls outing does in the mid-1980s what many \'90s sitcoms failed to do by introducing a nuanced LGBT character who\'s not just a prop for the hetero regulars. Lois Nettleton scored an Emmy nom for her turn as Dorothy\'s friend Jean, who falls for Rose and who is introduced to the audience as being 100 percent comfortable with her sexuality. Everyone else? Not so much. Actor and comedian Tony Rodriguez joins Glen and Drew to talk about why this is one of the best gay episodes of TV ever.

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