The only non-white character with a featured role in The New Normal was a straight character named Rocky Rhoades played by Nene Leakes: There wasn't (both shows were canceled) much diversity here either.
On network television, there have been a couple of recent sitcoms that delved into gay life, most notably Sean Saves the World (2013) and The New Normal (2012), whose main protagonists are gay parents. And while the numbers are balanced, there are still no Asian-American characters (Patrick's straight co-worker is Asian-American but is in hardly any of the episodes) of significance. During the show's first season, it faced criticism for being too white. Looking is actually the most diverse of these shows, featuring a balance between non-white and white characters: A look at which cast members are spotlighted in those shows ( in the cast and crew section of the films/shows' websites), yields a staggering number of white characters and a lack of non-white characters, and barely any non-white gay characters. Over the past two years, a number of gay-focused shows and movies on HBO and network television have been released. What are we missing when we don't acknowledge non-white gay characters? What the current state of gay shows looks like
The problem arises when that becomes the only example of gay life that we see. There's nothing wrong with gay, white, male television characters. But if your knowledge about gay life and the gay rights movement came solely from television and movies, you might think that the only people fighting the good fight are good-looking, affluent gay white men and their good-looking, affluent white boyfriends and husbands. These characters have shown people that gay parents are just like any other parents, that gay men are just like any other men, and that gay people are just as imperfect as their straight counterparts.