Alcoholic Parent: Brian's father, first encountered in the show at a bar.
Emmett was somehow never made fun of for dating George, an actual old man.Age Is Relative: Old man jokes about the well-preserved fortysomething David.When she found out about Hunter's HIV status during his custody battle, his mother's reaction was so foul that the judge granted the custody to Ben and Michael. Ben and Michael's eventual adopted son Hunter was abused by his own mother and pimped out as a child prostitute.Abusive Parents: The biggest reason Brian grew up into the man he is today.Also compare The L Word (for lesbians), and Noah's Arc (for Black gay men). Like Sex and the City, except with men in the stereotypical gay man roles.
