Last Thursday, I pointed out that the CBS press release announcing lesbian mom and actor Sara Gilbert’s new talk show simply said she lived “with her family,” whereas for each of the other five co-hosts, it mentioned their husbands by name.

Deadline Hollywood now reports that Gilbert told the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour, “That came from me, CBS would write whatever I wanted. I’ve been acting all my life, and never discussed my personal life . . . I will do it here but a press release is so impersonal.”

Trish Bendix at After Ellen, who also covered the event, wrote, “OK a little strange, in my opinion. She seems to almost be shy about publicizing the fact she’s a mom and a lesbian. That or Allison [Adler, Gilbert's partner] is not interested in being on camera or a huge part of the show.”

But Trish notes that Gilbert then said, “I don’t ever really think of things as out or in. I am who I am. When topics come up that are appropriate, I’ll talk about them and share when it seems right.”

I have to respect that. It is her life and her family, after all. But I also agree with Trish that it seems a little odd, if only because the discrepancy with the other co-hosts was glaring, at least to many of us in the LGBT community. From a marketing perspective, it seems a bad call. Still, I’m glad it wasn’t because of homophobia at CBS.

Over at Entertainment Week’s PopWatch column, however, writer Tanner Stransky effuses, “I’m excited to hear more about the way Sara and Allison raise their two adorable children, mostly because they seem like good ladies and great representatives of lesbian moms everywhere.”

Gah. I know the comment was meant well, and I’m sure Gilbert and Adler are fine people. I just dislike when the media makes one person or couple, however noble they may be, representatives for a whole group. It’s not fair to either the person/couple or the group.

Ah well. At least this way people won’t think we all sleep with our sperm donors.