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b'\\u201cThe New Girl, Part One\\u201d and \\u201cThe New Girl, Part Two\\u201d (November 19 and 26, 1980)

True, the first episode of The Facts of Life is the one that comes closest to addressing LGBT issues, but so much of Jo and Blair\\u2019s relationship treads close that we are returning to discuss Nancy McKeon\\u2019s two-part introduction to the show. Librarian and Facts of Life scholar Erin Fletcher joins us to discuss the many layers to Jo and many lines that, upon second thought, seem like they might be double entendres.

Listen to our first Facts of Life episode, \\u201cBlair Warner Is a Homophobe\\u201d

Read The L Chat, a message board charting a longstanding history of queer women shipping Jo and Blair

Watch Facts of Life co-creators Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon playing hetero husband and wife on The Ed Sullivan Show

Watch Sara Gilbert tell Lisa Whelchel on The Talk that yep, Jo was gay

\\u201cLiterally the gayest ship that has ever existed\\u201d but also this Jo/Blair montage set to \\u201cGood for Me\\u201d by Amy Grant

\\u201cthe story inside my head of how jo and blair get together (aka the /real/ facts of life)\\u201d

Willona vs. Chip Fields on Good Times

Buy the first issue of Drew and Glen\\u2019s new comic anthology, Beyond Sunset.

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