Family Gay

"Family Gay"
Family Guy episode
Episode no.Season 7
Episode 8
Directed byBrian Iles
Written byRichard Appel
Production code6ACX12
Original air dateMarch 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)
Guest appearances

"Family Gay" is the eighth episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 8, 2009. 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.

The episode was written by Richard Appel and directed by series regular Brian Iles. Seth Rogen provided a guest-voice as Peter under the effects of the "Seth Rogen gene" and Meredith Baxter provided a guest voice as herself. It received divided reviews from television sources and critics, in addition to receiving criticism from the Parents Television Council. "Family Gay", along with two other episodes, was nominated in the "Outstanding Comedy Series" category for the 2009 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.