Gays not represented well on TV, study finds

Los Angeles Daily News ^ | Aug. 22, 2006 | GREG HERNANDEZ

[Dubya]

LOS ANGELES - If not for scheming teen Andrew Van De Camp on ABC's megahit Desperate Housewives and Dr. Kerry Weaver on the long-running ER on NBC, the only regular gay or lesbian character on a returning broadcast network show this fall would be a closeted accountant named Oscar on NBC's The Office.

[So Cal Rocket]

How well are Evangelical Christians represented on TV?

[cspackler]

Well, maybe even the Hollwierd freaks are figuring out that we're getting tired of having it rammed down our throats, so to speak...

[theDentist]

Obviously they're not watching much Bravo Channel, where it's wall to wall gays.

[socal_parrot]

There's always Shep Smith.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

what about the police trooper on Reno 911 who wears the hot pants while on patrol?

[dinoparty]

How well are straight men portrayed on TV?

[frogjerk]

Gays not represented well on TV, study finds

WHO CARES?!?!?

I don't think they tune into Bravo. I swear that channel is being beamed right from Christopher Street.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,what about Queer Eye?

"Oooh,oooh,I like that.A lavender tie with matching socks..."

Sounds pretty positive to me.

[squarebarb]

There's always the gay porn on cable.

[longtermmemmory]

There should be 2.7% of the characters and 90% of all aids cases on TV characters should be homosexuals.

If they want a REALISTIC quota, lets give them a realistic quota.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Not represented well? What was Will and Grace then?

[Paisan]

Yeah. And what about the Cave Men on the Geicko commercials?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

HBO = Homo Box Office

[frogjerk]

Obviously they're not watching much Bravo Channel, where it's wall to wall gays.

You beat me to it.

[12th_Monkey]

To many gay characters on TV as it is.

[Tzimisce]

More racist, sexist, homophobia? I'm shocked....

[frogjerk]

Obviously they're not watching much Bravo Channel, where it's wall to wall gays.

You beat me to it.

Obviously, I just set myself up for all kinds of jokes.

[Froufrou]

What about Ellen Degeneres? Rosie O'Donnell? Will & Grace? And there's an even worse channel than Bravo, but I've forgotten what it is.

[Calpernia]

Well, I don't think real men are represented well on TV. They all seem light in the loafers.

[HairOfTheDog]

But I'm SUPER, thanks for asking!

[ArGee]

In a word, SO?

Shalom.

[ichabod1]

They're just cave metros.

[Chuck54]

Hey, nobody panic about lack of gays just yet.

Talladega Nights, The Legend of Ricky Bobby, more than makes up for the lack of gays on TV.

Geezus.

[Calpernia]

bump

[pollyannaish]

You have GOT to be kidding me. Unbelievable.

[frogjerk]

What about Ellen Degeneres? Rosie O'Donnell? Will & Grace? And there's an even worse channel than Bravo, but I've forgotten what it is.

Almost every TV show you watch now a days has to have some sort of Gay element shoved into it.

[cherry]

shep is gay?.......but really, I could care less....he doesn't throw it in our faces.....

OTOH.....the new show "DEAL OR NO DEAL" had one contestant who was a flaming fruitcake of a gay, and I resented the network for putting that piece of trash on.....

but gays pretty much get what they want, and if they want their image to be that of the flaming fruitcake, they are suceeding....

[brooklyn dave]

Don't you think America needs a little breather from things GAY--- The lavender mafia never lets up. BTW, I have a good plot---two gay guys who don't like show tunes, drink a lotta beer(the decor of their pad is Reconstituted Anheuser-Busch), never been to a gym or a disco (I guess these people exist somewhere)

[Calpernia]

bump

[longtermmemmory]

straight men are portrayed as stupid, narrominded, unable to control money, homophobic, clods, and just plain in need of enlightenment.

Just look at the washington mutual commercial, you have a black man who holds all the white back executives in an "coral" while they spout off "ignorant statemetns". If the race was reversed, it would cause riots in the street.

Of course we can extend this to all sitcoms and shows.

The message to straight men on the networks? Networks don't want you as a viewer.

[RSmithOpt]

That's because gays are not represented well with sane lifestyles.

[sean327]

You can't turn on the tv without seeing a homo, or getting homo inuendos shoved in your face!

[MichiganConservative]

And there's an even worse channel than Bravo, but I've forgotten what it is.

There's that LOGO channel. Or that other one, Current.

[frogjerk]

Just look at the washington mutual commercial, you have a black man who holds all the white back executives in an "coral" while they spout off "ignorant statemetns".

When I see this commercial I get ill. Is WaMu trying to tell us that there are no Black, Asian, Female, etc...old money bankers?

[lormand]

"...was released this week by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation."

Now that the Hollywierd Homo-Mafia has infested all programing with homo characters, they are not satisfied until homosexuality is thought of as normal behavior.

All the more reason to keep the TV off.

[gramho12]

Yes, and how about fathers (always the jerk or incompetent), and conservatives/Republicans are always evil....?

[Holicheese]

LOGO is the Gay and Lesbian network.
What more do they want?

[TexasPatriot8]

Gays are represented too much as far as I'm concerned, far more than the demographic of the total American population deserves. There's at most, 3%-5% of the population that is gay, and that's being VERY generous. It's likely no more than 1% and a few tenths. There may not be permanent flaming gay characters thanks to Book of Daniel's four week late demise, and Queer and Grace being cancelled FINALLY, but there are ALWAYS queers being paraded across various tv shows of all kinds. Can't hardly watch anything without some queer in it at some point. Not to mention movies. They're even worse. And it's always done as though it's funny, and not something that offends well over half the American people, which it does contrary to liberal propaganda that most people don't mind. MOST people VERY MUCH mind having it flaunted unexpectedly before them, especially with their kids watching. From where I sit, the Weaver character on ER is one permanent gay character too many on TV shows.

Besides, most gays like being in the closet and having the privacy about their sexual orientation so much, why should gay characters on TV shows always have to be out of the closet that most gays in the real world prefer to remain inside? That's a logic buster.

[hellinahandcart]

I agree they're not represented well.

They are hugely OVER-represented.

[camle]

"Mister Humphreys - are you freee?"
"I'm freeeeeeeeee!"

[Froufrou]

That's the one. Blech.

[Calpernia]

bump

Real men are an endangered species.

[Tired of Taxes]

Obviously they're not watching much Bravo Channel, where it's wall to wall gays.

Or LOGO - it's a cable channel devoted to gay, all-gay all-the-time. The article is talking about network television only, but the LGBTs have a monopoly on cable TV.

[oldleft]

There are actually three on South Park! Jethus Christh!

[hellinahandcart]

And there's an even worse channel than Bravo, but I've forgotten what it is.

HGTV? :D

[Sensei Ern]

You mean they aren't enough self-serving egotistical feminant men on TV?

[frogjerk]

You can't turn on the tv without seeing a homo, or getting homo inuendos shoved in your face!

What is poetic justice is that the movie "Brokeback Mountain" was supposed to "break down barriers" and stereotypes about homosexual relationships.

But in the end (no pun intended), the word "Brokeback" has only become an adjective to mock latent homosexual behavior in general. The word "Brokeback" is used in almost every homosexual joke.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

The frickin Sapranos this season had a gay storyline! Ruined the whole season. But I should of suspected that sooner, than later, Homo Box Office would do it.

Including a scene were a mobster is making out with a guy dressed like the singer from Judas Priest in a grassy field.

[So Cal Rocket]

Oh... and don't forget that EVERY Reality Show (Survivor, The Amazing Race, etc...) has at least one gay player or team every season.