Family Gay

In the episode, to help pay off debt, Peter participates in a series of medical drug tests including one in which he is injected with an experimental gene that renders him gay.

Though the horse ends up dying of a fatal heart attack and Peter disposes of the body by flinging it into Mort Goldman's pharmacy, the Griffins are in debt for initial damages.

In order to pay for the damage, Peter decides to participate in a series of medical drug tests, including one in which he is injected with an experimental gene that renders him gay.

Upon learning that the effects of the gene may be permanent, she decides to make the best of things when Peter suddenly leaves her for a man named Scott.

[3] "Family Gay", along with the first eight episodes of the seventh season were released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on June 16, 2009, one month after it had completed broadcast on television.

[5] The "Volume 7" DVD release features bonus material including deleted scenes, animatics, and commentaries for every episode.

[6] All the main Family Guy cast members lent their voices to the episode, along with writers Kirker Butler, John Viener, Alec Sulkin, Mark Hentemann, and Danny Smith, who all had minor speaking roles.

[3] Other guest stars included writer Wellesley Wild, actress Meredith Baxter-Birney, and actor Seth Rogen.

[8] "Family Gay" references, in a cutaway, James Bond's iconic ability to persuade women to have sex with him despite their initial resistance.

[8] The western spoof film Blazing Saddles is referenced when Peter and the other men are dancing and singing, "The French Mistake".

[9] "Family Gay", along with "I Dream of Jesus" and "Road to Germany", were nominated in the "Outstanding Comedy Series" category for the 2009 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.

Club gave the episode a negative review, calling it "yet another pointless exercise in Family Guy insider smugness", and rating it C−.

[17] In March 2009, the Parents Television Council (PTC), a conservative decency campaigning group, filed an indecency complaint to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

PTC President Tim Winter stated, "Fox treated viewers to everything from an 'eleven-way' gay orgy to baby Stewie possibly eating a bowl of cereal with horse semen instead of milk.

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"Family Gay" was executive producer Richard Appel 's first writing credit during his time on Family Guy .
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Show creator Seth MacFarlane submitted "Family Gay" along with " I Dream of Jesus " and " Road to Germany " for the " Outstanding Comedy Series " category, Family Guy was later nominated in the category.