In a recent episode of How I Met Your Mother, Ted walks into his living room and asks if Project Runway is being recorded. Robin and her boyfriend are in the room and as a result of Ted asking this Robin's boyfriend thinks he is gay.

My question is whether or not that is offensive to gay men? If a gay man were watching would he find that to be a stereotype?

Although the way the show portrayed what happened in a light matter I still couldn't help but wonder if this was in anyway a view point from the writers or CBS. I don't think this is something the writers intentionally put in there or meant to be offensive seeing as how one of the shows main characters, Neil Patrick Harris, is gay.

I know Harris does not speak for the entire gay community, but I would think that if the show did anything relating to gay issues they would run it past him to see if it is offensive or could be taken the wrong way.

I do not think what happened on the show was anything intentional and was not meant to be a stereotype in anyway. The show is a comedy and is meant to be funny. It is not meant to dive into serious issues. I can't think of any other time during the series in which they made light of a sensitive issue that could have been offensive towards anyone.