In keepg wh a growg trend televisn of troducg posive gay characters, CBS-TV's h seri 'Northern Exposure' wds up s season May 18 wh...
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"NORTHERN EXPOSURE' BREAKS GROUND WH GAY WEDDG
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Two televisn statns have pulled tonight's episo bee of the gay weddg. But she said the show has drawn fire om some gay activists for that reason. SEATTLE -- In keepg wh a growg trend televisn of troducg posive gay characters, CBS-TV's h seri 'Northern Exposure' wds up s season May 18 wh an episo about the lbian uple that found the fictnal town of Cicely.
They are the send homosexual uple for the show -- which twice has featured Ron and Erick, who own and operate a bed-and-breakfast -- and their prense is barely raisg an eyebrow. More and more, homosexuals are g out on televisn. Chris Fowler, executive director of the Los Angel chapter of the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, said televisn is ahead of films the posive portrayal of homosexual characters.
'The cince of gay characters episodic televisn seri is phenomenal, ' he said.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE' ENDS SEASON ON A 'GAY' NOTE
In stark ntrast, he and others note, are such movi as 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Basic Instct, ' which both portrayed homosexuals as psychotic killers and prompted natnwi protts and monstratns. Fowler said GLAAD, which seeks to raise awarens about gay-bashg the media, regularly regniz s newsletter the films and televisn programs that portray posive and accurate imag of homosexuals.
Fowler said there is still a lot of room for improvement the film and televison dtry, bee even though there have been several gay characters on regular seri, only one, 'Rosanne, ' has had a recurrg character.