Inganda za firime zigezweho ntabwo zibangamira inyuguti za LGBT, nurugero rwibintu byihutirwa byibura, ariko birumvikana ko bitari bisanzwe. Umwe mu bicaye bwa mbere, aho Lesibiya yagaragaye ku mugaragaro, yabaye "inshuti" - umugore wa mbere wa Ross, Carol, yahisemo kuva mu bashakanye no guhambira ubuzima bwe n'undi mugore. Kandi byaje kumenya ko uruhare rwatanzwe na Jane Sibbett ntabwo yoroshye.
Mu kiganiro giherutse, noneho gukunda, umukinnyi wasobanuwe muburyo burambuye uburyo yamaganye uruhare rwa lesbiyani. Yasobanuye ko Karoli atangiye gukina, yumvise ashinzwe imico ye kandi ahura no kunengwa ndetse no mu bantu ba hafi. Jane yemeye ko agomba kunanira "abantu bose bavuga ko ari bibi, harimo na se we," wari utoroshye kubona umukobwa mu bishusho nk'ibi.
Numvaga ko bikwiye gusobanuka cyane. Urukundo nikintu cyingenzi mubintu byose dushobora gukorera hamwe, iyi nuburyo tutera imbere. Inshingano zanjye zikomeye kwari ugutuma abantu babiziho
- Sibbett yavuze.
Kandi ariko umubano wa Carol hamwe na Susan (Jessica Heht) yari mwiza cyane, kandi nubwo ubuyobozi bwa NBC bwiteze amabaruwa yamajana nyuma yigihembwe cya kabiri cyarashyingiwe, igisubizo rusange nticyakomeye. Sibbett ubwe yizeye ko agishoboye kugera ku ntego ye, yerekana ko abagore babiri bashobora gukora abashakanye bangana kuruta mu bitekerezo gakondo.
Carol na Susan babayeho gusa kandi barabikoze babaye isoko yo guhumekwa kubareba benshi. Kandi nubwo bari inyuguti za kabiri zo kwerekana, umusanzu wabo uremereye Sibbett na Hecht barangije rwose.