Surprise! ABC Fay and Fox Are the Gayt Networks on TV

Contents:

• THE FOTTEN GAY CABLE NETWORK THAT CHANGED LGBTQ HISTORY
• SURPRISE! ABC FAY AND FOX ARE THE GAYT NETWORKS ON TV
• LOU MALETTA, GAY-TELEVISN PNEER, DI AT 74
• GAY NET ROLE MOLS: OXYGEN, WILL & GRACE
• GAY CABLE NEWS
• SURPRISE! ABC FAY AND FOX ARE THE GAYT NETWORKS ON TV MUST GAY TVTHE WORKS WH THE MOST LGBT ARE ABC FAY AND FOX—ONCE NSIRED THE MOST NSERVATIVE CHANNELS ON TELEVISN. HERE'S HOW THEY BEME OUT AND PROUD. CAROLE LTONUPDATED JUL. 11, 2017 6:17PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 07, 2013 5:45AM EST THE DAILY BEASTIT’S 9 P.M. ON WHAT TELEVISN CHANNEL IS YOUR TEEN MOST LIKELY TO SEE A GAY CHARACTER? IT’S NOT THE ONCE-SUBVERSIVE MTV. OR NBC, ONCE THE HOME OF FRIENDS AND WILL AND GRACE. IT’S ABC FAY AND FOX, THE WORKS LNCHED BY NSERVATIV, WHO HAVE THE MOST GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS ON BLE AND BROADST, RPECTIVELY. WHAT’S MORE, GLAAD SPECIFILLY CED ONE OF ABC FAY’S SIGNATURE SHOWS, THE FOSTERS, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIRECTN THAT WORKS SHOULD FOLLOW. “IT’S IMPORTANT TO THAT THE SHOW REFLECT THE WORLD,” SAYS PETER PAIGE, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND HEAD WRERS ON THE FOSTERS.GLAAD’S NETWORK RPONSIBILY INX (NRI) EVALUAT THE “QUANTY AND QUALY OF IMAG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PEOPLE ON TELEVISN.” IN THE 2012-13 TELEVISN SEASON, 42 PERCENT OF ALL PRIMETIME BROADSTG HOURS ON FOX HAD LGBT CHARACTERS (SO ’S NOT JT GLEE), 33 PERCENT OF THE HOURS ON ABC HAD LGBT CHARACTERS, 29 PERCENT ON NBC, 28 PERCENT ON THE CW, AND JT 14 PERCENT ON CBS. ON BLE, ABC FAY CLOCKED 50 PERCENT OF S PRIMETIME HOURS WH LGBT CHARACTERS, FOLLOWED BY FX WH 40 PERCENT, SHOWTIME WH 31 PERCENT, MTV WH 28 PERCENT, TLC WH 27 PERCENT, HBO WH 26 PERCENT, USA 20 PERCENT, TNT 17 PERCENT, TBS 10 PERCENT, AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL G AD LAST, WH ZERO PERCENT. GLAAD ASSOCIATED DIRECTOR OF ENTERTAMENT MEDIA MATT KANE SAYS THEY WERE “SURPRISED” TO SEE FOX DO SO WELL, ALTHOUGH THE WORK IS FAMO FOR GLEE, ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND GAY-IENDLY SHOWS ON TELEVISN.MTV WAS THE FIRST BLE WORK TO EVER RECEIVE AN “EXCELLENT” SRE, WH S GROUNDBREAKG SHOWS THE REAL WORLD, TE LIFE, AND SKS. GLAAD PRAISED THE WORK FOR BEG “RELIABLY CLIVE” 2012-13, BUT DID MENTN THAT THE NUMBER OF LBGT CHARACTERS HAVE SCE CLED. ABC FAY, MEANWHILE, RECEIVED THE SEND-EVER “EXCELLENT” SRE OM GLAAD 2011 (FOR THE RERD, ABC FAY ONLY RECEIVED A “GOOD” SRE THE 2012 REPORT). KANE SAYS THE ABC FAY HAS TRANSFORMED “NSIRG WHERE THEY ME OM—ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AGO THAT THE WORK HAD A NSERVATIVE BENT AND SIMPLY ISN’T THAT WORK ANY SHAPE OR FORM.”PAT ROBERTSON STARTED ABC FAY AS THE CBN SATELLE SERVICE 1977 TO FOC ON RELIG PROGRAMMG. IN 1990, HE SPUN THE HUGELY PROFABLE CHANNEL OFF TO THE INTERNATNAL FAY ENTERTAMENT INC., WH THE NEWLY-NAMED “FAY CHANNEL” BEG THE PRCIPLE PROPERTY. THE PANY WENT PUBLIC 1992, AND THEN WAS SOLD TO FOX KIDS WORLDWI 1997 FOR $1.9 BILLN. CBN RECEIVED $136.1 LN OM THE SALE, WH ROBERTSON PERSONALLY RECEIVG AN TIMATED $19 LN, ACRDG TO CHRISTIANY TODAY. ONE OF THE VEATS OF THE AL, ASI OM KEEPG “FAY” THE NAME, WAS THAT ROBERTSON’S SIGNATURE PROGRAM, THE 700 CLUB, WOULD NTUE TO AIR TWICE A DAY ON THE WORK. IN 2001, FOX SOLD THE CHANNEL TO DISNEY, WHERE WAS RENAMED ABC FAY.TODAY, ABC FAY IS NOT AFFILIATED WH CBN EXCEPT FOR THE 700 CLUB, AND THE WORK AIRS A DISCLAIMER PRR TO THE BROADST THAT SAYS DO NOT ENDORSE THE VIEWS STATED ON THE SHOW. MEANWHILE, 2006, THE WORK REBRAND SELF WH THE TAGLE “A NEW KD OF FAY.”“WE WANTED TO REPRENT FAY A NTEMPORARY AND THENTIC WAY, BUT WE ALSO DIDN’T WANT TO N AWAY OM THE WORD FAY,” SAYS KATE JUERGENS, ABC FAY’S CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRINT FOR ORIGAL PROGRAMMG AND DEVELOPMENT. “I THK [SEXUALY] WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF OUR PROGRAMMG—I DON’T SEE GOG AWAY OM .”ENTER THE MORN ERA OF ABC FAY. ONE OF S SIGNATURE SHOWS, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERIN TEENAGER, HAS THREE GAY CHARACTERS (AND A GUT SPOT BY CHAZ BONO), SWCHED AT BIRTH FEATUR A LBIAN CHARACTER, AND THE BREAKOUT H PRETTY LTLE LIARS HAS A MA CHARACTER, EY, WHO IS A LBIAN. PRETTY LTLE LIARS CREATOR MARLENE KG SAYS THAT WHEN ABC FAY APPROACHED HER TO ADAPT THE BOOK SERI TO A SHOW, SHE ASKED IF THE WORK WAS FORTABLE WH A CENTRAL CHARACTER BEG A LBIAN. WHAT’S MORE, KG DIDN’T WANT EY’S SEXUALY BE SOMETHG THAT F HER. “SHE JT SO HAPPENED TO BE GAY,” KG SAYS. BEG GAY IS “PART OF WHO SHE IS, BUT DON’T FE HER AND ’S NOT 100 PERCENT A PART OF WHO SHE IS.”THE FOSTERS, WHICH PREMIERED JUNE 2013, TELLS THE STORY OF A LBIAN UPLE RAISG SEVERAL CHILDREN, CLUDG THE BLOGIL SON OF ONE OF THE WOMEN AND SEVERAL ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN. GLAAD’S KANE LLS THE FOSTERS “A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SHOW THAT HAS VERY DIVERSE CHARACTERS TERMS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND THEIR ETHNICY.” IN FACT, THE SEASON FALE (SPOILERS), WHICH WAS FILMED JT DAYS AFTER THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT WAS STCK DOWN, FEATURED THE WEDDG OF MA CHARACTERS LENA AND STEF.“BY FAR, WE WERE THE FIRST POST-DOMA LGBT WEDDG ON TELEVISN,” PAIGE SAYS. IN FACT, THE SCRIPT THE WEDDG SPEECH WAS LEFT WH ELLIPS TO CLU THE SUPREME COURT’S CISN. BIS BOTH HAVG NSERVATIVE ROOTS, ABC FAY AND WORK TELEVISN LEAR FOX ARE TARGETG LENNIALS (AND YOUNGER)—A MOGRAPHIC THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS THAN OLR GENERATNS. AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AGED 18-32 (LENNIALS), 70 PERCENT SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ACRDG TO A MARCH PEW REARCH POLL. THE GENERATN AFTER LENNIALS, THE TEEN DIENCE THAT ABC FAY URTS, IS LIKELY TO BE EVEN MORE SUPPORTIVE OF LGBT RIGHTS.“THE TEEN DIENCE HAS EMBRACED THIS SHOW AND THIS FAY TO SUCH A GREE THAT THEY’RE CELEBRATG ,” PAIGE SAYS. “THEY DON’T SEE , AND THEY’RE NOT WATCHG THE SHOW THE WAY PEOPLE OF MY GENERATN ARE, WHERE THEY’RE LIKE ‘HOLY SMOK, I N’T BELIEVE THIS IS ON TV.’ THEY’RE GOG, ‘OH YEAH, THAT’S LIKE MY IEND JIM, WHO'S GOT TWO MOMS. OR MY IEND BILL, WHO'S GOT TWO MOMS.’ IT’S JT A PART OF THE WORLD THEY LIVE , AND I THK THAT’S SUCH A BETIFUL, BETIFUL THG.”BUT THERE’S A FLIPSI TO THAT: AMONG THE BABY BOOMERS, ONLY 38 PERCENT SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ACRDG TO THE SAME PEW POLL. MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF REPUBLINS, MEANWHILE, ARE OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ACRDG TO A JUNE PEW POLL. THAT ULD HELP EXPLA THE HISTORY CHANNEL HAVG ZERO GAY CHARACTERS. VIEWERS OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL TEND TO LEAN REPUBLIN, ACRDG TO A 2012 REPORT BY YOUGOV BRAND INX, AS WELL AS TEND TO BE OLR, WH 39 PERCENT OF THE WORKS DIENCE BEG OVER 55 AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF S VIEWERS IS 49.4 YEARS, ACRDG TO NATNAL TV SPOTS.WHEN ASKED FOR MENT, THE HISTORY CHANNEL SENT A STATEMENT SAYG THAT THE MAJORY OF S NTENT IS “HISTORIL NATURE, AND PRIMARILY FEATUR PROGRAMMG THE HISTORY-BASED REALY GENRE. ADDNALLY, WE HAVE VERY LIMED SCRIPTED PROGRAMS, AND WHAT WE DO HAVE, IS HISTORILLY-BASED, SUCH AS VIKGS AND HATFIELDS & MCCOYS. BEE OF THE NATURE OF OUR PROGRAMMG, AS A WORK, WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE AND SENSIVE TO ASK ANY OF OUR CHARACTERS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY (AND SEXUAL PREFERENCE).”IN THE MEANTIME, KANE REMAS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE HISTORY CHANNEL AND OTHER WORKS WH LOW REPRENTATN OF GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS WILL PROGRS MORE TOWARD CLN. FOR EXAMPLE, KANE, SAYS, TRANSGENR PEOPLE WERE ONCE “NEARLY VISIBLE” ON WORKS, AND NOW GLEE HAS MA UNIQUE A RECURRG CHARACTER, NETFLIX’S ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK HAS A TRANS CHARACTER, AND THE FOSTERS IS ADDG A TRANS CHARACTER NEXT SEASON.“THERE’S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ORIGAL STORI OUT THERE TO TELL ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE NOT GOG TO GET SIMPLY BY PUTTG ANOTHER GAY WHE MAN ON TELEVISN,” KANE SAYS. CAROLE LTON
• CABLE NETWORK {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 25, 2007/7:45 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 25, 2007 / 7:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CABLE NETWORK ROUNDUP","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-25T23:45:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-25T23:45:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU WATCH BLE TELEVISN, HOW QUEER IS THE VIEW THE DAYS? TOOK A LOOK AT THE FIVE MAJOR TELEVISN WORKS LAST MONTH AND GRAD THEM ON GAY VISIBILY. NOW 'S THE BLE WORKS' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE THE AIRWAV, THERE'S ALMOST NO LIM TO THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON BLE. TO FD — LET ALONE EVALUATE — ALL THE POSSIBLE GAY NTENT ON EVERY BLE STATN WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE, SO OUR FOC IS ON 17 WELL-TABLISHED, GENERAL-TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVEN OF THE WORKS ARE STANDOUTS THEIR REPRENTATN OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AND OUR ISSU. FOUR RATE "MIDDLE OF THE PACK" STAT WHILE SIX FISH UP AS "LAGGARDS". THIS ARTICLE DO NOT ADDRS THE “GAY” WORKS WHICH CLU LOGO (THE PARENT PANY OF AFTERELTON) NOR HERE! AS THOSE WORKS ARE EXCLIVELY GAY. NOR DO EXAME LBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN'S REPRENTATN WHICH ARE OUTSI OF OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}( ALPHABETIL ORR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} BBC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE LNCHG 1998, BBC AMERI HAS RRIED PROGRAMMG OM THE BBC AND OTHER U.K. TELEVISN WORKS (ITV, CHANNEL 4, ETC,). BEGNG 2004, BEGAN TO OFFER ORIGAL PROGRAMMG OF S OWN. SHOWS WH GAY NTENT THAT CURRENTLY AIR OR HAVE AIRED THE PAST ON BBC AMERI CLU BAD GIRLS, LTLE BRA, HEX, SO GRAHAM NORTON, COUPLG, FOOTBALLERS WIV, HOLLYOAKS AND THE STATE WH. BBC AMERI PROGRAMMG REFLECTS MORE PERMISSIVE EUROPEAN NTENT STANDARDS, AND TH S SLATE OFTEN NTAS MORE ADULT NTENT THAN AMERIN BLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SERV SPECIAL REGNN FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO DO: MAKE THE SCI-FI SERI TORCHWOOD AVAILABLE TO AMERIN DIENC. THIS DOCTOR WHO SP-OFF FEATUR BISEXUAL LEAD CHARACTER CAPTA JACK HARKNS, PLAYED BY OPENLY GAY ACTOR JOHN BARROWMAN. IN THE U.K., THE FIRST SEASON OF TORCHWOOD WAS A CERTIFIED SMASH, PULLG RERD NUMBERS FOR BBC3. WHEN THE SCI FI CHANNEL, WHICH AIRS DOCTOR WHO THE UNED STAT, ELECTED NOT TO N TORCHWOOD, BBC AMERI WON THE HEARTS OF GAY SCI-FI FANS THE U.S. BY RISG TO THE CHALLENGE AND BRGG THE SHOW TO AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS A TIME WHEN BRAVO WAS A SLEEPY LTLE BLE WORK WHOSE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM WAS INSI THE ACTORS STUD WH JAM LIPTON. THGS CHANGED 2003 WHEN BRAVO WAS ACQUIRED BY NBC AND LNCHED QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALMOST OVERNIGHT, AVERAGE PRIME-TIME RATGS WENT OM 300,000 TO 3 LN. THE WORK SHREWDLY LEVERAGED THE QUEER EYE PHENOMENON, QUICKLY FILLG THEIR SCHLE WH NTENT AIMED AT QUEER EYE FANS: BOY MEETS BOY, PROJECT RUNWAY, KATHY GRIFF'S MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST, WORK OUT, TOP CHEF, TOP DIGN AND, MOST RECENTLY, SHEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BRAVO ISN'T QUE AS GAY AS ONCE WAS AND IS NOW ORIENTG SELF TOWARD A MORE GENERAL DIENCE OF THE AFFLUENT AND THE YOUNG, GAYS AND LBIANS REMA A SOLID PART OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH COMEDY CENTRAL ACTUALLY HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF QUEER-IENDLY ORIGAL PROGRAMMG, THERE ARE TWO SHOWS THAT ULD ALONE SEND THIS WORK TO THE STANDOUT TEGORY: THE DAILY SHOW WH JON STEWART, AND THE COLBERT REPORT HOSTED BY STEPHEN COLBERT. THEIR BLISTERGLY FUNNY, SATIRIL LOOK AT AMERIN POLICS AND CULTURE IS AIMED AT HOMOPHOBIA ON A REGULAR BASIS. STEWART'S SEMI-RECURRG "GAYWATCH" FELY UNTS AS MT-SEE TV FOR QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE 2006–07 SEASON, COMEDY CENTRAL FEATURED THREE SERI WH LEADG GAY CHARACTERS: XANDIR ON DRAWN TOGETHER, LOG CAB REPUBLIN ON FREAK SHOW AND LT. JIM DANGLE ON RENO 911! IT'S ALSO THE HOME OF THE GROUNDBREAKG ANIMATED SERI SOUTH PARK, WHICH CHEERFULLY ANNIHILAT HOMOPHOBIA ALONG WH EVERYTHG ELSE S SIGHTS. COMEDY CENTRAL'S TRACK RERD ON QUEER VISIBILY IS NOTHG TO LGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HBO HAS REACHED HEIGHTS NO OTHER BLE WORK EVER HAS WHEN TO QUALY ORIGAL PROGRAMMG. IN THE LAST , HAS NTUALLY RECEIVED MORE EMMY NOMATNS THAN ANY OTHER WORK. HBO WAS BEHD MANY OF THE BT AND MOST SUCCSFUL GAY-THEMED MISERI AND FILMS, CLUDG THE 1989 AMY AWARD-WNG DOCUMENTARY COMMON THREADS AND ANGELS AMERI. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SHOWTIME (SEE BELOW) IS THE HOME OF THE OVERTLY GAY DRAMATIC SERI, THEN HBO PNEERED THE CLN OF GAY CHARACTERS SERI ABOUT THE FULL SPECTM OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. THE SOPRANOS, OZ, SIX FEET UNR AND THE WIRE ALL FEATURE PROMENT GAY NTENT OR CHARACTERS, WHILE SERI SUCH AS ROME AND SEX AND THE CY ALSO OCSNALLY FEATURE FULLY TEGRATED, GAY-THEMED STORY L AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF BY "QUEER VISIBILY" YOU MEAN "SEEG GAY PEOPLE NAKED," THERE IS NO WORK WH A HIGHER SRE THAN SHOWTIME. IT WAS SHOWTIME THAT, 2000, BROUGHT AMERI S FIRST BALLS-TO-THE-WALL GAY SOAP OPERA/DRAMA WHEN BEGAN AIRG QUEER AS FOLK, WH LOTS OF NUDY AND A DISTCT LACK OF FA-TO-BLACK SEX SCEN. HOWEVER, THE LS SAID ABOUT QUEER DUCK, THE BETTER. (THE WORK ALSO AIRS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LBIAN TAKE ON THE SOAP OPERA/DRAMA GENRE THE L WORD.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWTIME ALSO RAN, WAY BACK 1984, A SHOW LLED BROTHERS. IT WAS THE STORY OF THREE BROTHERS, ONE A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER, ONE A NSTCTN WORKER, AND ONE A WILL TMAN FORENNER NAMED CLIFF WATERS (PL REGA), WHO HAD A JACK MCFARLAND FORENNER BT IEND NAMED DONALD MLPEY, PLAYED QUE BRILLIANTLY BY PHILIP CHARL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER AS FOLK FISHED S FIVE-YEAR N 2005, AND THE L WORD IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY QUEER-THEMED OFFERG ON SHOWTIME. HOPEFULLY THE WORK WILL LIVE UP TO S PAST THE FUTURE, AND NOT FD SELF DROPPG OUT OF THE STANDOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HISTORY OF MTV AND GAY VISIBILY N'T BE TOLD WHOUT GOG BACK TIME TO 1994, WHEN THE WORK TRODUCED AMERI TO PEDRO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZAMORA WAS YOUNG, GAY AND HIV-POSIVE WHEN HE WAS ST ON THE MTV REALY SHOW THE REAL WORLD. THE IMPACT HE HAD ON DIENC N'T BE OVERSTATED, AND HE MAY HAVE DONE MORE TO FLUENCE CULTURAL PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN AND PEOPLE WH HIV THAN ANY TNAL OR AWARENS MPAIGN EVER DID — OR EVEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ZAMORA FELL LOVE WH SEAN SASSER DURG THE SERI FILMG, AMERI WATCHED AND MOSTLY APPLD. THE UPLE EVEN EXCHANGED VOWS ON THE SHOW THE LOFT THAT THE ST SHARED SAN FRANCIS. ZAMORA SUFFERED AIDS-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS WHILE FILMG THE SHOW, BUT THGS TOOK A SHARP TURN FOR THE WORSE AFTER THE SHOW WRAPPED. MTV CREATED A TST ORR TO PAY FOR HIS MEDIL STS, AS ZAMORA HAD NO HEALTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA DIED ON NOV. 11, 1994, THE DAY AFTER THE FAL EPISO OF THE REAL WORLD AIRED. MTV BROADST A MEMORIAL TO HIM LLED A TRIBUTE TO PEDRO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUBSEQUENT SEASONS OF THE REAL WORLD, CLUDG THE CURRENT EDN SET DENVER, HAVE OFTEN CLUD OPENLY GAY ST MEMBERS, THOUGH NOT ALWAYS THE MOST POSIVE LIGHT. NOHELS, THE SHOW'S GAY CLIVENS ARGUABLY HAS FLUENCED UNTLS NUMBERS OF YOUNG VIEWERS TO BE MORE OPEN-MD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NTUED TO RAISE NSCNS ABOUT GAY ISSU WHEN, APRIL 2001, THEY CEASED ALL REGULAR PROGRAMMG FOR 24 HOURS AS PART OF A MPAIGN AGAST HATE CRIM. THE WORK ALSO AIRED THE MOVIE ANATOMY OF A HATE CRIME, THE STORY OF THE MURR OF MATTHEW SHEPARD. THE FILM END WH A BLACK SCREEN SHOWG ONLY THE NAM OF THE VICTIMS OF HATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT GO A LONG WAY TO MAKG QUEER VIEWERS FIVE THE GENERAL CHES OF OTHER, NEWER GAY-POSIVE MTV SHOWS SUCH AS UNDRSED, WHICH SHOWS GAY CHARACTERS ALONG WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS A VARIETY OF UNREALISTIC BUT NICELY SOUNDTRACKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE DAY, THE N IS KNOWN AS NOGG, A CHILDREN'S WORK. BUT BY NIGHT, 'S STRICTLY FOR TEENS — AND THAT CLUS GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE N AIRED RENS OF THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED '90S DRAMA MY SO-CALLED LIFE, WHICH HAD A GAY TEENAGER PLAYED BY WILSON CZ, AS WELL AS GAY-IENDLY TEEN DRAMA DAWSON'S CREEK . IT'S ALSO THE HOME OF DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATN, A CANADIAN SHOW WH TWO SAME-SEX TEEN UPL, MAR AND DYLAN, AND ALEX AND PAIGE. THE N IS A GAY BOY'S HAPPY PLACE. (THE N ALSO CURRENTLY AIRS SOUTH OF NOWHERE, WH LBIAN TEENS ASHLEY AND SPENCER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWS ON FX, PARTICULARLY THEIR ORIGAL SERI RCUE ME (WHERE FIREMAN MIKE SILLETTI HAS SEX WH HIS MALE ROOMMATE, THEN SPENDS THE RT OF THE SEASON A SEXUAL INTY CRISIS BEFORE REVERTG TO HETEROSEXUALY), TEND TO E HOMOSEXUALY FOR SHOCK VALUE. GAYISH STORY L AND CHARACTERS ARE TRODUCED, VIEWERS GASP, AND THEN PRETTY MUCH ALL GO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN THERE'S NIP/TUCK. THIS SHOW, BRACHILD OF OUT PRODUCER RYAN MURPHY, HAS ALWAYS PLAYED AROUND WH GAY STORY L AND CHARACTERS, SOMETIM UNUAL AND PROVOTIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS MOSTLY MA THE SHOW JT A SMALL CUT ABOVE NORMAL FX FARE — UNTIL LAST SEASON'S SORT-OF ROMANCE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN (JULIAN MCMAHON) AND SEAN (DYLAN WALSH). THE TWO MEN, PARTNERS THEIR PLASTIC SURGERY PRACTICE, ARE BT IENDS AND EVEN SOMETIM -PARENT A CHILD TOGETHER. BUT ONE DAY CHRISTIAN WAK UP AND STARTS THKG THAT MAYBE HE WANTS TO BE MORE THAN IENDS WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE END, THE DOCTORS FIGURE OUT THEY ARE HAPPY BEG SOMETHG MORE THAN IENDS, BUT NOT QUE LOVERS. IT'S NOT AS IF VIEWERS HAVE NEVER SEEN SUBTEXTUAL HOMOSEXUALY ON TV BEFORE — XENA: WARRR PRCS, ANYONE? — BUT TO DRAG THE UNRCURRENTS BETWEEN TWO MEN UP TO THE MA TEXT OF A SHOW IS REALLY SOMETHG NEW, EVEN IF DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY GAY. (THERE IS A RECURRG LBIAN CHARACTER, DR. LIZ CZ [ROMA MAFFIA], AS WELL AS A STORY LE VOLVG DR. SEAN MCNAMARA'S SON, MATT, WHO HAS AN AFFAIR WH AN OLR, TRANSGENR WOMAN. HE ALSO FDS OUT HIS GIRLIEND IS HAVG AN AFFAIR WH A CHEERLEAR.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW FX SERI THE RICH, STARRG MNIE DRIVER AND EDDIE IZZARD AS HEADS OF A FAY OF GRIFTERS PROVIS ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT. PERHAPS AS A NOD TO IZZARD (A SELF-SCRIBED STRAIGHT TRANSVTE), THE FAY'S YOUNGT SON IS A CROSS-DRSER WHO MAY FEEL PRSURE OM SOCIETY TO DON GENR-APPROPRIATE CLOTHG, BUT WHOSE FAY IS OVERWHELMGLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS TASTE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHIELD ALSO SEEMED TO OFFER SOMETHG DIFFERENT WH THE CHARACTER OF JULIEN LOWE (MICHAEL JACE), A RARY ON TELEVISN AS NOT JT A GAY PERSON OF LOR, BUT ONE STGGLG WH HIS SEXUALY AN TERTG, BELIEVABLE FASHN. OR SO SEEMED UNTIL THE CHARACTER UNRWENT NVERSN THERAPY, GOT MARRIED, AND THE ISSUE OF HIS SEXUALY ABPTLY DISAPPEARED. WH THE SIXTH SEASON NOW UNRWAY, HOPEFULLY FX WILL REVIS LOWE'S SEXUALY. IF NOT, THE WORK WILL HAVE MISSED ANOTHER OPPORTUNY AND WILL BE DANGER OF FDG SELF FALLG TO THE LAGGARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HGTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A WORLD WHERE NOT ONLY ARE ALL THE SOFA CHNS PERFECTLY PLUMPED BUT GAY PEOPLE ARE FULLY AND UNREMARKABLY TEGRATED TO THE FABRIC OF HUMAN LIFE, THEN CHECK OUT HGTV, THE HOME AND GARN NETWORK . NOT ONLY IS THE HOME OF COLOR SPLASH, THE SHOW OF OUT GAY DIGN STAR WNER DAVID BROMSTAD, BUT NSISTENTLY RPORAT GAY UPL TO S SHOWS ON LANDSPG, HOME RERATG, AND EVEN HOW TO GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF A HOE SAN FRANCIS NEEDS S CURB APPEAL LIFTED, THE FACT THAT S OWNERS ARE TWO GAY MEN IS JT PART OF THE SCENERY. WHEN HOE HUNTERS WENT TO SWEN AND HELPED A MARRIED UPLE FD NEW DIGS, NO ONE THOUGHT TO MENT THAT BOTH SPO WERE WOMEN. THE HOSTS NEVER TREAT SAME-SEX UPL ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN MIXED-SEX UPL, AND CHEERFULLY TALK ABOUT GAY UPL' "MASTER BEDROOMS" AND "PARTNERS" AS IF 'S THE MOST ORDARY THG THE WORLD - WHICH IS, ALL THGS NSIRED, SOMEWHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVI ABOUT MOMS — THE GOOD, THE ABED AND THE SERIAL KILLERS — MGLE WH SOME CLEVER, GAY-IENDLY ORIGAL PROGRAMMG, CLUDG A -GAYED VAMPIRE SERI (AND GIVEN THE HOTNS FACTOR OF LEAD VAMPIRE KYLE SCHMID, GAY MEN SHOULD REALLY PROTT THAT), AND GAYISH DATG SHOWS BOTH FICTNAL (LOVPRG INTERNATNAL ) AND REAL (GAY, STRAIGHT OR TAKEN?) ON LIFETIME, THE FORT FOOD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WORK RECENTLY AIRED THE STAIRSE MURRS, STARRG TREAT WILLIAMS AS A BISEXUAL MAN NVICTED OF MURRG HIS WIFE. THE FILM HANDLED THE BISEXUAL ELEMENT A NONSENSATNAL MANNER THAT DIDN'T E THE KILLER'S BISEXUALY TO MAKE HIM MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIFETIME ALSO AIRS RENS OF WILL & GRACE AND DPERATE HOEWIV — AND OF URSE, ONE OF THE GAYT NON-GAY SHOWS OF ALL TIME, GOLN GIRLS .{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MIC WORK FOR GROWNUPS HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT GAY-CLIVE OVER THE YEARS. OUT EDIAN ANT HOSTS CELEBRY F CLUB, AND HE UALLY ISN'T THE ONLY GAY PRENCE ON THE SHOW. PREV SEASONS HAVE CLUD CHASTY BONO AND BCE VILANCH BEG OUT AND PROUD AS THEY TRY TO SHED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SURREAL LIFE ALSO CLUD TRANSGENR ACTRS ALEXIS ARQUETTE AND HANDLED THE TOPIC FAIRLY WELL. JT RECENTLY, THE WORK'S NEW PROGRAM ACCEPTABLE TV CLUD "GAYLIENS," A BG SATIRE ON HOW AMERI REACTS TO GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE DOWNSI IS THE WORK'S RECENT REALY SHOW I LOVE NEW YORK, WHICH CLUD THE AWFUL WALKG STEREOTYPE KNOWN AS CHAMO. BUT THAT IS BALANCED OUT BY THE 2003 SPECIAL TOTALLY GAY AND A LOT OF MELISSA ETHERIDGE, AND GIVEN THAT, VH1 JT MAK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAGGARDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A&E STOOD FOR "ARTS & ENTERTAMENT" AND FOCED PRIMARILY ON BGRAPHI, DOCUMENTARI AND MISERI. IN FACT, THE WORK'S PROGRAMMG SENSIBILI WERE QUE SIAR TO THOSE OF PBS, AND LIKE PBS, A&E IMPORTED MUCH OF S PROGRAMMG OM THE UNED KGDOM (MI-5, POIROT INVTIGAT).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, 'S MOVED AWAY OM S HIGHBROW ASPIRATNS AND HAS FOUND SOME SUCCS WH A SLATE OF ORIGAL REALY SHOWS (DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER, GROWG UP GOTTI, GENE SIMMONS: FAY JEWELS). UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THE SHOWS HAVE ADDRSED GAY AND LBIAN ISSU ANY MEANGFUL WAY. WH NO SCRIPTED GAY CHARACTERS ON THE WORK AND NO INTIFIABLE GAY PERSONALI ON THEIR REALY SHOWS, THE NEW A&E BRGS UP THE REAR TERMS OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN RAY CUNNGHAM FIRST MA HIS BUT ON THE REALY SHOW COLLEGE HILL, HE GENTLY CHID BLACK ENTERTAMENT TELEVISN THAT HE WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FACE TO GRACE THE WORK 25 YEARS. OTHER BET PROGRAMMG WH GAY NTENT CLUS THE RECENT SHOW RIP THE RUNWAY WHICH F FASHN AND HIP-HOP AND OFTEN PROFIL SIGNERS, MAKE-UP ARTISTS, AND STYLISTS THAT ARE GAY. AIN AMERIN AND GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVIST KEH BOYK -HOST'S MY TWO CENTS ON BET'S SISTER CHANNEL BET J. ALSO ON BET J'S MY MOL IS BETTER THAN YOUR MOL PRODUCED BY BOYK'S PARTNER NATHAN H. WILLIAMS. THE SHOW OFFERS UP AN UNAPOLOGETIC GAY ATHETIC WHOUT ANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, BET JT ADD RENS OF THE VERY-GAY CLIVE P DRAMA THE WIRE TO THEIR LE-UP. ONE OF THE SHOW'S MA CHARACTERS IS OMAR LTLE (MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS) WHO IS UNAPOLOGETILLY GAY AS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE ON THE “DOWN LOW”.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF THE “DOWN LOW” BET'S NEWS SPECIAL THE DOWN LOW EXPOSED PURPORTED TO SHOW THE EXTENT OF THE “DOWN LOW” THE AIN-AMERIN MUNY SPE THE FACT PROVID NO EVINCE TO BACK UP S NTENTNS. THE SHOW WAS PECIALLY NTROVERSIAL GAY AIN-AMERIN MUNY WHICH OBJECTED TO S SENSATNALISM AND THE FACT THAT WAS HOSTED BY J.L. KG, THE BLACK GAY THOR WHO POPULARIZED THE TERM “DOWN LOW” AND APPEARED ON OPRAH TO TELL WOMEN HOW THEY ULD SUPPOSEDLY SPOT A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BET RECENTLY ANNOUNCED S MOST EXTENSIVE LP OF ORIGAL AND SCRIPTED PROGRAMMG S 26-YEAR HISTORY. WILL THGS LOOK UP FOR THE GAYS? BET'S ENTERTAMENT PRINT REGALD HUDL BRAGGED THAT BET'S NEW LP WOULD SHOW "THE DIVERSE ARRAY OF PROGRAMMG ABOUT BLACK CULTURE." TIME WILL TELL IF THAT CLUS SHOWG A FEW MORE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU'D THK AN ENTIRE WORK ABOUT THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A CENT JOB WH GAY VISIBILY, BUT E! WOULD PROVE YOU WRONG. NOW AND THEN A GAY CELEBRY IS FEATURED ON E! TE HOLLYWOOD STORY. BAD GAY JOK ABOUND ON THE SOUP (FORMERLY TALK SOUP). THEN THERE WAS THE LBIAN WEDDG ON THE SIMPLE LIFE WH NOTED GAY ACTIVISTS PARIS HILTON AND NILE RICHIE. THE EPISO WAS QUE GAY-POSIVE AND MA THOSE WH HOMOPHOBIC ATTUS LOOK QUE BAD, BUT WH ONLY A HANDFUL OF OTHER MOR GAY MENTNS ON THE WORK, ALL OF ADDS UP TO LTLE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. WHO, BUT NO TORCHWOOD? NO GAY CHARACTERS ON BATTLTAR GALACTI? IT MIGHT BE NEWS TO THE SCI FI CHANNEL (NOT TO MENTN THE PRODUCERS OF STAR TREK), BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GAY SCI-FI FANS OUT THERE, AND THIS WORK REALLY NEEDS TO GIVE SOMETHG . 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THE FOTTEN GAY CABLE NETWORK THAT CHANGED LGBTQ HISTORY

When to gettg the most out of life, experts Theodore, Jon, Rob and Ronnie tell all wh hot tips on style, stenance, socializg and rponse to a wave of discrimatory anti-LGBTQ+ laws and the divisive 2016 electn, the San Francis Gay Men's Chos embarks on a tour of the Amerin Deep sgle documentary filmmaker Jennifer navigat the ups and downs of the lbian datg PREMIERE NOW STREAMING ON PARAMOUNT+Twelve queens are g together for a send chance at the crown, and there will be two ways to snatch on RuPl's Drag Race All Stars Season 8. 25, 1982, rints of Woodstock, New York, turned on their TVs to fd gay porn airg on their lol public accs statn. The program, technilly a review of gay pornography lled Men & Films, clud a clip of two naked men kissg bed.

The ntroversy soon attracted natnal attentn: Playboy and NPR vered the town’s cri to censor Men & Films, and the Village Voice asked, “Do nstutnally guaranteed eedom of exprsn extend to public accs TV shows pictg nsentg gay mal gettg on wh, pardon the exprsn, equally nsentg u? On the show, which first aired on Manhattan Cable’s racy leased accs Channel J, Maletta terviewed gay porn stars and reviewed slightly eded X-rated clips om newly released vios of gay pornography. To support his programs, he lnched the Gay Cable Network, one of the first productn pani dited to creatg LGBTQ televisn seri.

SURPRISE! ABC FAY AND FOX ARE THE GAYT NETWORKS ON TV

GCN shows clud Be Our Gut, a satire of 1950s game shows hosted by drag queen Sybil Bncheon; Candied Camera, a queer variety and sketch show siar to Saturday Night Live; In the Dungeon, an rmatnal seri about New York’s leather and BDSM scene; Sixth Floor Harrison, one of the first scripted gay soap operas on TV; and Gay USA, a news show that offered LGBTQ polil mentary, on-lotn verage of LGBTQ events, and terviews wh LGBTQ artists, activists, and public tellectuals. GCN programmg received numero mendatns and awards, cludg om the Coaln for Lbian and Gay Rights, the Gay and Lbian Prs Associatn, and the GLAAD Media Awards.

LOU MALETTA, GAY-TELEVISN PNEER, DI AT 74

” The typil narrative has that between the 1950s and 1980s, gay characters on TV were few and far between, and were picted primarily stereotyp or nuendo.

… [He]was verg AIDS on the show when no one else was, ” said longtime Gay USA -host Andy Humm, who joed the GCN team as a volunteer 1985. After watchg the health of a close iend rapidly terrate followg an AIDS diagnosis (the disease was known as gay-related immune ficiency at the time), Maletta cid to expand Men & Films to clu weekly LGBTQ news and health segments.

GCN footage also clus other aspects of LGBTQ life: monstratns at the 1987 and 1993 March on Washgton; muny events like Wigstock, the Gay Gam, and Mr. Fancials were a nstant ncern: Maletta soliced advertisements om lol LGBTQ bs, cludg gay bars and sex hotle servic (and even anized his own sex parti his personal dungeon), to offset the st of his programmg.

GAY NET ROLE MOLS: OXYGEN, WILL & GRACE

But the spir of Maletta’s GCN liv on Gay USA, which activist-journalist duo Humm and Ann Northrop cid to keep producg whout him.

Gay USA soon found a home at the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, where Northrop and Humm still film the show weekly on Wednday afternoons.

GAY CABLE NEWS

Airg nsistently sce 1990, Gay USA is now the longt-nng LGBTQ televisn seri, and one of the very few programs dited to airg LGBTQ news on a weekly basis.

In a ntemporary media market which many LGBTQ publitns are closg and/or layg off staff, Gay USA provis an example of fancially staable, pennt, and progrsive LGBTQ programmg.

SURPRISE! ABC FAY AND FOX ARE THE GAYT NETWORKS ON TV MUST GAY TVTHE WORKS WH THE MOST LGBT ARE ABC FAY AND FOX—ONCE NSIRED THE MOST NSERVATIVE CHANNELS ON TELEVISN. HERE'S HOW THEY BEME OUT AND PROUD. CAROLE LTONUPDATED JUL. 11, 2017 6:17PM EDT / PUBLISHED NOV. 07, 2013 5:45AM EST THE DAILY BEASTIT’S 9 P.M. ON WHAT TELEVISN CHANNEL IS YOUR TEEN MOST LIKELY TO SEE A GAY CHARACTER? IT’S NOT THE ONCE-SUBVERSIVE MTV. OR NBC, ONCE THE HOME OF FRIENDS AND WILL AND GRACE. IT’S ABC FAY AND FOX, THE WORKS LNCHED BY NSERVATIV, WHO HAVE THE MOST GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS ON BLE AND BROADST, RPECTIVELY. WHAT’S MORE, GLAAD SPECIFILLY CED ONE OF ABC FAY’S SIGNATURE SHOWS, THE FOSTERS, AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE DIRECTN THAT WORKS SHOULD FOLLOW. “IT’S IMPORTANT TO THAT THE SHOW REFLECT THE WORLD,” SAYS PETER PAIGE, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND HEAD WRERS ON THE FOSTERS.GLAAD’S NETWORK RPONSIBILY INX (NRI) EVALUAT THE “QUANTY AND QUALY OF IMAG OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) PEOPLE ON TELEVISN.” IN THE 2012-13 TELEVISN SEASON, 42 PERCENT OF ALL PRIMETIME BROADSTG HOURS ON FOX HAD LGBT CHARACTERS (SO ’S NOT JT GLEE), 33 PERCENT OF THE HOURS ON ABC HAD LGBT CHARACTERS, 29 PERCENT ON NBC, 28 PERCENT ON THE CW, AND JT 14 PERCENT ON CBS. ON BLE, ABC FAY CLOCKED 50 PERCENT OF S PRIMETIME HOURS WH LGBT CHARACTERS, FOLLOWED BY FX WH 40 PERCENT, SHOWTIME WH 31 PERCENT, MTV WH 28 PERCENT, TLC WH 27 PERCENT, HBO WH 26 PERCENT, USA 20 PERCENT, TNT 17 PERCENT, TBS 10 PERCENT, AND THE HISTORY CHANNEL G AD LAST, WH ZERO PERCENT. GLAAD ASSOCIATED DIRECTOR OF ENTERTAMENT MEDIA MATT KANE SAYS THEY WERE “SURPRISED” TO SEE FOX DO SO WELL, ALTHOUGH THE WORK IS FAMO FOR GLEE, ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE AND GAY-IENDLY SHOWS ON TELEVISN.MTV WAS THE FIRST BLE WORK TO EVER RECEIVE AN “EXCELLENT” SRE, WH S GROUNDBREAKG SHOWS THE REAL WORLD, TE LIFE, AND SKS. GLAAD PRAISED THE WORK FOR BEG “RELIABLY CLIVE” 2012-13, BUT DID MENTN THAT THE NUMBER OF LBGT CHARACTERS HAVE SCE CLED. ABC FAY, MEANWHILE, RECEIVED THE SEND-EVER “EXCELLENT” SRE OM GLAAD 2011 (FOR THE RERD, ABC FAY ONLY RECEIVED A “GOOD” SRE THE 2012 REPORT). KANE SAYS THE ABC FAY HAS TRANSFORMED “NSIRG WHERE THEY ME OM—ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AGO THAT THE WORK HAD A NSERVATIVE BENT AND SIMPLY ISN’T THAT WORK ANY SHAPE OR FORM.”PAT ROBERTSON STARTED ABC FAY AS THE CBN SATELLE SERVICE 1977 TO FOC ON RELIG PROGRAMMG. IN 1990, HE SPUN THE HUGELY PROFABLE CHANNEL OFF TO THE INTERNATNAL FAY ENTERTAMENT INC., WH THE NEWLY-NAMED “FAY CHANNEL” BEG THE PRCIPLE PROPERTY. THE PANY WENT PUBLIC 1992, AND THEN WAS SOLD TO FOX KIDS WORLDWI 1997 FOR $1.9 BILLN. CBN RECEIVED $136.1 LN OM THE SALE, WH ROBERTSON PERSONALLY RECEIVG AN TIMATED $19 LN, ACRDG TO CHRISTIANY TODAY. ONE OF THE VEATS OF THE AL, ASI OM KEEPG “FAY” THE NAME, WAS THAT ROBERTSON’S SIGNATURE PROGRAM, THE 700 CLUB, WOULD NTUE TO AIR TWICE A DAY ON THE WORK. IN 2001, FOX SOLD THE CHANNEL TO DISNEY, WHERE WAS RENAMED ABC FAY.TODAY, ABC FAY IS NOT AFFILIATED WH CBN EXCEPT FOR THE 700 CLUB, AND THE WORK AIRS A DISCLAIMER PRR TO THE BROADST THAT SAYS DO NOT ENDORSE THE VIEWS STATED ON THE SHOW. MEANWHILE, 2006, THE WORK REBRAND SELF WH THE TAGLE “A NEW KD OF FAY.”“WE WANTED TO REPRENT FAY A NTEMPORARY AND THENTIC WAY, BUT WE ALSO DIDN’T WANT TO N AWAY OM THE WORD FAY,” SAYS KATE JUERGENS, ABC FAY’S CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRINT FOR ORIGAL PROGRAMMG AND DEVELOPMENT. “I THK [SEXUALY] WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF OUR PROGRAMMG—I DON’T SEE GOG AWAY OM .”ENTER THE MORN ERA OF ABC FAY. ONE OF S SIGNATURE SHOWS, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERIN TEENAGER, HAS THREE GAY CHARACTERS (AND A GUT SPOT BY CHAZ BONO), SWCHED AT BIRTH FEATUR A LBIAN CHARACTER, AND THE BREAKOUT H PRETTY LTLE LIARS HAS A MA CHARACTER, EY, WHO IS A LBIAN. PRETTY LTLE LIARS CREATOR MARLENE KG SAYS THAT WHEN ABC FAY APPROACHED HER TO ADAPT THE BOOK SERI TO A SHOW, SHE ASKED IF THE WORK WAS FORTABLE WH A CENTRAL CHARACTER BEG A LBIAN. WHAT’S MORE, KG DIDN’T WANT EY’S SEXUALY BE SOMETHG THAT F HER. “SHE JT SO HAPPENED TO BE GAY,” KG SAYS. BEG GAY IS “PART OF WHO SHE IS, BUT DON’T FE HER AND ’S NOT 100 PERCENT A PART OF WHO SHE IS.”THE FOSTERS, WHICH PREMIERED JUNE 2013, TELLS THE STORY OF A LBIAN UPLE RAISG SEVERAL CHILDREN, CLUDG THE BLOGIL SON OF ONE OF THE WOMEN AND SEVERAL ADOPTED AND FOSTER CHILDREN. GLAAD’S KANE LLS THE FOSTERS “A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SHOW THAT HAS VERY DIVERSE CHARACTERS TERMS OF THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND THEIR ETHNICY.” IN FACT, THE SEASON FALE (SPOILERS), WHICH WAS FILMED JT DAYS AFTER THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT WAS STCK DOWN, FEATURED THE WEDDG OF MA CHARACTERS LENA AND STEF.“BY FAR, WE WERE THE FIRST POST-DOMA LGBT WEDDG ON TELEVISN,” PAIGE SAYS. IN FACT, THE SCRIPT THE WEDDG SPEECH WAS LEFT WH ELLIPS TO CLU THE SUPREME COURT’S CISN. BIS BOTH HAVG NSERVATIVE ROOTS, ABC FAY AND WORK TELEVISN LEAR FOX ARE TARGETG LENNIALS (AND YOUNGER)—A MOGRAPHIC THAT IS MORE LIKELY TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS THAN OLR GENERATNS. AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AGED 18-32 (LENNIALS), 70 PERCENT SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ACRDG TO A MARCH PEW REARCH POLL. THE GENERATN AFTER LENNIALS, THE TEEN DIENCE THAT ABC FAY URTS, IS LIKELY TO BE EVEN MORE SUPPORTIVE OF LGBT RIGHTS.“THE TEEN DIENCE HAS EMBRACED THIS SHOW AND THIS FAY TO SUCH A GREE THAT THEY’RE CELEBRATG ,” PAIGE SAYS. “THEY DON’T SEE , AND THEY’RE NOT WATCHG THE SHOW THE WAY PEOPLE OF MY GENERATN ARE, WHERE THEY’RE LIKE ‘HOLY SMOK, I N’T BELIEVE THIS IS ON TV.’ THEY’RE GOG, ‘OH YEAH, THAT’S LIKE MY IEND JIM, WHO'S GOT TWO MOMS. OR MY IEND BILL, WHO'S GOT TWO MOMS.’ IT’S JT A PART OF THE WORLD THEY LIVE , AND I THK THAT’S SUCH A BETIFUL, BETIFUL THG.”BUT THERE’S A FLIPSI TO THAT: AMONG THE BABY BOOMERS, ONLY 38 PERCENT SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ACRDG TO THE SAME PEW POLL. MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF REPUBLINS, MEANWHILE, ARE OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ACRDG TO A JUNE PEW POLL. THAT ULD HELP EXPLA THE HISTORY CHANNEL HAVG ZERO GAY CHARACTERS. VIEWERS OF THE HISTORY CHANNEL TEND TO LEAN REPUBLIN, ACRDG TO A 2012 REPORT BY YOUGOV BRAND INX, AS WELL AS TEND TO BE OLR, WH 39 PERCENT OF THE WORKS DIENCE BEG OVER 55 AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF S VIEWERS IS 49.4 YEARS, ACRDG TO NATNAL TV SPOTS.WHEN ASKED FOR MENT, THE HISTORY CHANNEL SENT A STATEMENT SAYG THAT THE MAJORY OF S NTENT IS “HISTORIL NATURE, AND PRIMARILY FEATUR PROGRAMMG THE HISTORY-BASED REALY GENRE. ADDNALLY, WE HAVE VERY LIMED SCRIPTED PROGRAMS, AND WHAT WE DO HAVE, IS HISTORILLY-BASED, SUCH AS VIKGS AND HATFIELDS & MCCOYS. BEE OF THE NATURE OF OUR PROGRAMMG, AS A WORK, WE FEEL IS APPROPRIATE AND SENSIVE TO ASK ANY OF OUR CHARACTERS ABOUT THEIR SEXUALY (AND SEXUAL PREFERENCE).”IN THE MEANTIME, KANE REMAS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE HISTORY CHANNEL AND OTHER WORKS WH LOW REPRENTATN OF GAY AND LBIAN CHARACTERS WILL PROGRS MORE TOWARD CLN. FOR EXAMPLE, KANE, SAYS, TRANSGENR PEOPLE WERE ONCE “NEARLY VISIBLE” ON WORKS, AND NOW GLEE HAS MA UNIQUE A RECURRG CHARACTER, NETFLIX’S ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK HAS A TRANS CHARACTER, AND THE FOSTERS IS ADDG A TRANS CHARACTER NEXT SEASON.“THERE’S A LOT OF REALLY GREAT ORIGAL STORI OUT THERE TO TELL ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE THAT YOU’RE NOT GOG TO GET SIMPLY BY PUTTG ANOTHER GAY WHE MAN ON TELEVISN,” KANE SAYS. CAROLE LTON

” Bahlman, a seasoned AIDS activist who has volunteered wh Gay USA sce 2004, created and manag the show’s webse and posts the weekly episos to YouTube and iTun. Gay USA is not jt about reportg the news: As Northrop put , “the show is about spirg the dience to actn. Costs are mimal bee MNN provis the film equipment, stud, and human rourc the form of Gay USA director Rich Speziale, a succsful producer and broadster on staff at MNN.

CABLE NETWORK {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 25, 2007/7:45 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEAPRIL 25, 2007 / 7:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CABLE NETWORK ROUNDUP","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-25T23:45:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-25T23:45:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU WATCH BLE TELEVISN, HOW QUEER IS THE VIEW THE DAYS? TOOK A LOOK AT THE FIVE MAJOR TELEVISN WORKS LAST MONTH AND GRAD THEM ON GAY VISIBILY. NOW 'S THE BLE WORKS' {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNLIKE THE AIRWAV, THERE'S ALMOST NO LIM TO THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS ON BLE. TO FD — LET ALONE EVALUATE — ALL THE POSSIBLE GAY NTENT ON EVERY BLE STATN WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE, SO OUR FOC IS ON 17 WELL-TABLISHED, GENERAL-TERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEVEN OF THE WORKS ARE STANDOUTS THEIR REPRENTATN OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AND OUR ISSU. FOUR RATE "MIDDLE OF THE PACK" STAT WHILE SIX FISH UP AS "LAGGARDS". THIS ARTICLE DO NOT ADDRS THE “GAY” WORKS WHICH CLU LOGO (THE PARENT PANY OF AFTERELTON) NOR HERE! AS THOSE WORKS ARE EXCLIVELY GAY. 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SHOWS WH GAY NTENT THAT CURRENTLY AIR OR HAVE AIRED THE PAST ON BBC AMERI CLU BAD GIRLS, LTLE BRA, HEX, SO GRAHAM NORTON, COUPLG, FOOTBALLERS WIV, HOLLYOAKS AND THE STATE WH. BBC AMERI PROGRAMMG REFLECTS MORE PERMISSIVE EUROPEAN NTENT STANDARDS, AND TH S SLATE OFTEN NTAS MORE ADULT NTENT THAN AMERIN BLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SERV SPECIAL REGNN FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO DO: MAKE THE SCI-FI SERI TORCHWOOD AVAILABLE TO AMERIN DIENC. THIS DOCTOR WHO SP-OFF FEATUR BISEXUAL LEAD CHARACTER CAPTA JACK HARKNS, PLAYED BY OPENLY GAY ACTOR JOHN BARROWMAN. IN THE U.K., THE FIRST SEASON OF TORCHWOOD WAS A CERTIFIED SMASH, PULLG RERD NUMBERS FOR BBC3. WHEN THE SCI FI CHANNEL, WHICH AIRS DOCTOR WHO THE UNED STAT, ELECTED NOT TO N TORCHWOOD, BBC AMERI WON THE HEARTS OF GAY SCI-FI FANS THE U.S. BY RISG TO THE CHALLENGE AND BRGG THE SHOW TO AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS A TIME WHEN BRAVO WAS A SLEEPY LTLE BLE WORK WHOSE FLAGSHIP PROGRAM WAS INSI THE ACTORS STUD WH JAM LIPTON. THGS CHANGED 2003 WHEN BRAVO WAS ACQUIRED BY NBC AND LNCHED QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALMOST OVERNIGHT, AVERAGE PRIME-TIME RATGS WENT OM 300,000 TO 3 LN. THE WORK SHREWDLY LEVERAGED THE QUEER EYE PHENOMENON, QUICKLY FILLG THEIR SCHLE WH NTENT AIMED AT QUEER EYE FANS: BOY MEETS BOY, PROJECT RUNWAY, KATHY GRIFF'S MY LIFE ON THE D-LIST, WORK OUT, TOP CHEF, TOP DIGN AND, MOST RECENTLY, SHEAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH BRAVO ISN'T QUE AS GAY AS ONCE WAS AND IS NOW ORIENTG SELF TOWARD A MORE GENERAL DIENCE OF THE AFFLUENT AND THE YOUNG, GAYS AND LBIANS REMA A SOLID PART OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH COMEDY CENTRAL ACTUALLY HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF QUEER-IENDLY ORIGAL PROGRAMMG, THERE ARE TWO SHOWS THAT ULD ALONE SEND THIS WORK TO THE STANDOUT TEGORY: THE DAILY SHOW WH JON STEWART, AND THE COLBERT REPORT HOSTED BY STEPHEN COLBERT. THEIR BLISTERGLY FUNNY, SATIRIL LOOK AT AMERIN POLICS AND CULTURE IS AIMED AT HOMOPHOBIA ON A REGULAR BASIS. STEWART'S SEMI-RECURRG "GAYWATCH" FELY UNTS AS MT-SEE TV FOR QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THE 2006–07 SEASON, COMEDY CENTRAL FEATURED THREE SERI WH LEADG GAY CHARACTERS: XANDIR ON DRAWN TOGETHER, LOG CAB REPUBLIN ON FREAK SHOW AND LT. JIM DANGLE ON RENO 911! IT'S ALSO THE HOME OF THE GROUNDBREAKG ANIMATED SERI SOUTH PARK, WHICH CHEERFULLY ANNIHILAT HOMOPHOBIA ALONG WH EVERYTHG ELSE S SIGHTS. COMEDY CENTRAL'S TRACK RERD ON QUEER VISIBILY IS NOTHG TO LGH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HBO HAS REACHED HEIGHTS NO OTHER BLE WORK EVER HAS WHEN TO QUALY ORIGAL PROGRAMMG. IN THE LAST , HAS NTUALLY RECEIVED MORE EMMY NOMATNS THAN ANY OTHER WORK. HBO WAS BEHD MANY OF THE BT AND MOST SUCCSFUL GAY-THEMED MISERI AND FILMS, CLUDG THE 1989 AMY AWARD-WNG DOCUMENTARY COMMON THREADS AND ANGELS AMERI. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SHOWTIME (SEE BELOW) IS THE HOME OF THE OVERTLY GAY DRAMATIC SERI, THEN HBO PNEERED THE CLN OF GAY CHARACTERS SERI ABOUT THE FULL SPECTM OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. THE SOPRANOS, OZ, SIX FEET UNR AND THE WIRE ALL FEATURE PROMENT GAY NTENT OR CHARACTERS, WHILE SERI SUCH AS ROME AND SEX AND THE CY ALSO OCSNALLY FEATURE FULLY TEGRATED, GAY-THEMED STORY L AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF BY "QUEER VISIBILY" YOU MEAN "SEEG GAY PEOPLE NAKED," THERE IS NO WORK WH A HIGHER SRE THAN SHOWTIME. IT WAS SHOWTIME THAT, 2000, BROUGHT AMERI S FIRST BALLS-TO-THE-WALL GAY SOAP OPERA/DRAMA WHEN BEGAN AIRG QUEER AS FOLK, WH LOTS OF NUDY AND A DISTCT LACK OF FA-TO-BLACK SEX SCEN. HOWEVER, THE LS SAID ABOUT QUEER DUCK, THE BETTER. (THE WORK ALSO AIRS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LBIAN TAKE ON THE SOAP OPERA/DRAMA GENRE THE L WORD.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWTIME ALSO RAN, WAY BACK 1984, A SHOW LLED BROTHERS. IT WAS THE STORY OF THREE BROTHERS, ONE A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER, ONE A NSTCTN WORKER, AND ONE A WILL TMAN FORENNER NAMED CLIFF WATERS (PL REGA), WHO HAD A JACK MCFARLAND FORENNER BT IEND NAMED DONALD MLPEY, PLAYED QUE BRILLIANTLY BY PHILIP CHARL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUEER AS FOLK FISHED S FIVE-YEAR N 2005, AND THE L WORD IS CURRENTLY THE ONLY QUEER-THEMED OFFERG ON SHOWTIME. HOPEFULLY THE WORK WILL LIVE UP TO S PAST THE FUTURE, AND NOT FD SELF DROPPG OUT OF THE STANDOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HISTORY OF MTV AND GAY VISIBILY N'T BE TOLD WHOUT GOG BACK TIME TO 1994, WHEN THE WORK TRODUCED AMERI TO PEDRO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ZAMORA WAS YOUNG, GAY AND HIV-POSIVE WHEN HE WAS ST ON THE MTV REALY SHOW THE REAL WORLD. THE IMPACT HE HAD ON DIENC N'T BE OVERSTATED, AND HE MAY HAVE DONE MORE TO FLUENCE CULTURAL PERCEPTNS OF GAY MEN AND PEOPLE WH HIV THAN ANY TNAL OR AWARENS MPAIGN EVER DID — OR EVEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ZAMORA FELL LOVE WH SEAN SASSER DURG THE SERI FILMG, AMERI WATCHED AND MOSTLY APPLD. THE UPLE EVEN EXCHANGED VOWS ON THE SHOW THE LOFT THAT THE ST SHARED SAN FRANCIS. ZAMORA SUFFERED AIDS-RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS WHILE FILMG THE SHOW, BUT THGS TOOK A SHARP TURN FOR THE WORSE AFTER THE SHOW WRAPPED. MTV CREATED A TST ORR TO PAY FOR HIS MEDIL STS, AS ZAMORA HAD NO HEALTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA DIED ON NOV. 11, 1994, THE DAY AFTER THE FAL EPISO OF THE REAL WORLD AIRED. MTV BROADST A MEMORIAL TO HIM LLED A TRIBUTE TO PEDRO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUBSEQUENT SEASONS OF THE REAL WORLD, CLUDG THE CURRENT EDN SET DENVER, HAVE OFTEN CLUD OPENLY GAY ST MEMBERS, THOUGH NOT ALWAYS THE MOST POSIVE LIGHT. NOHELS, THE SHOW'S GAY CLIVENS ARGUABLY HAS FLUENCED UNTLS NUMBERS OF YOUNG VIEWERS TO BE MORE OPEN-MD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NTUED TO RAISE NSCNS ABOUT GAY ISSU WHEN, APRIL 2001, THEY CEASED ALL REGULAR PROGRAMMG FOR 24 HOURS AS PART OF A MPAIGN AGAST HATE CRIM. THE WORK ALSO AIRED THE MOVIE ANATOMY OF A HATE CRIME, THE STORY OF THE MURR OF MATTHEW SHEPARD. THE FILM END WH A BLACK SCREEN SHOWG ONLY THE NAM OF THE VICTIMS OF HATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT GO A LONG WAY TO MAKG QUEER VIEWERS FIVE THE GENERAL CHES OF OTHER, NEWER GAY-POSIVE MTV SHOWS SUCH AS UNDRSED, WHICH SHOWS GAY CHARACTERS ALONG WH THEIR STRAIGHT UNTERPARTS A VARIETY OF UNREALISTIC BUT NICELY SOUNDTRACKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE DAY, THE N IS KNOWN AS NOGG, A CHILDREN'S WORK. BUT BY NIGHT, 'S STRICTLY FOR TEENS — AND THAT CLUS GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE N AIRED RENS OF THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED '90S DRAMA MY SO-CALLED LIFE, WHICH HAD A GAY TEENAGER PLAYED BY WILSON CZ, AS WELL AS GAY-IENDLY TEEN DRAMA DAWSON'S CREEK . IT'S ALSO THE HOME OF DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATN, A CANADIAN SHOW WH TWO SAME-SEX TEEN UPL, MAR AND DYLAN, AND ALEX AND PAIGE. THE N IS A GAY BOY'S HAPPY PLACE. (THE N ALSO CURRENTLY AIRS SOUTH OF NOWHERE, WH LBIAN TEENS ASHLEY AND SPENCER.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHOWS ON FX, PARTICULARLY THEIR ORIGAL SERI RCUE ME (WHERE FIREMAN MIKE SILLETTI HAS SEX WH HIS MALE ROOMMATE, THEN SPENDS THE RT OF THE SEASON A SEXUAL INTY CRISIS BEFORE REVERTG TO HETEROSEXUALY), TEND TO E HOMOSEXUALY FOR SHOCK VALUE. GAYISH STORY L AND CHARACTERS ARE TRODUCED, VIEWERS GASP, AND THEN PRETTY MUCH ALL GO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN THERE'S NIP/TUCK. THIS SHOW, BRACHILD OF OUT PRODUCER RYAN MURPHY, HAS ALWAYS PLAYED AROUND WH GAY STORY L AND CHARACTERS, SOMETIM UNUAL AND PROVOTIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS MOSTLY MA THE SHOW JT A SMALL CUT ABOVE NORMAL FX FARE — UNTIL LAST SEASON'S SORT-OF ROMANCE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN (JULIAN MCMAHON) AND SEAN (DYLAN WALSH). THE TWO MEN, PARTNERS THEIR PLASTIC SURGERY PRACTICE, ARE BT IENDS AND EVEN SOMETIM -PARENT A CHILD TOGETHER. BUT ONE DAY CHRISTIAN WAK UP AND STARTS THKG THAT MAYBE HE WANTS TO BE MORE THAN IENDS WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE END, THE DOCTORS FIGURE OUT THEY ARE HAPPY BEG SOMETHG MORE THAN IENDS, BUT NOT QUE LOVERS. IT'S NOT AS IF VIEWERS HAVE NEVER SEEN SUBTEXTUAL HOMOSEXUALY ON TV BEFORE — XENA: WARRR PRCS, ANYONE? — BUT TO DRAG THE UNRCURRENTS BETWEEN TWO MEN UP TO THE MA TEXT OF A SHOW IS REALLY SOMETHG NEW, EVEN IF DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY GAY. (THERE IS A RECURRG LBIAN CHARACTER, DR. LIZ CZ [ROMA MAFFIA], AS WELL AS A STORY LE VOLVG DR. SEAN MCNAMARA'S SON, MATT, WHO HAS AN AFFAIR WH AN OLR, TRANSGENR WOMAN. HE ALSO FDS OUT HIS GIRLIEND IS HAVG AN AFFAIR WH A CHEERLEAR.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW FX SERI THE RICH, STARRG MNIE DRIVER AND EDDIE IZZARD AS HEADS OF A FAY OF GRIFTERS PROVIS ANOTHER BRIGHT SPOT. PERHAPS AS A NOD TO IZZARD (A SELF-SCRIBED STRAIGHT TRANSVTE), THE FAY'S YOUNGT SON IS A CROSS-DRSER WHO MAY FEEL PRSURE OM SOCIETY TO DON GENR-APPROPRIATE CLOTHG, BUT WHOSE FAY IS OVERWHELMGLY SUPPORTIVE OF HIS TASTE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHIELD ALSO SEEMED TO OFFER SOMETHG DIFFERENT WH THE CHARACTER OF JULIEN LOWE (MICHAEL JACE), A RARY ON TELEVISN AS NOT JT A GAY PERSON OF LOR, BUT ONE STGGLG WH HIS SEXUALY AN TERTG, BELIEVABLE FASHN. OR SO SEEMED UNTIL THE CHARACTER UNRWENT NVERSN THERAPY, GOT MARRIED, AND THE ISSUE OF HIS SEXUALY ABPTLY DISAPPEARED. WH THE SIXTH SEASON NOW UNRWAY, HOPEFULLY FX WILL REVIS LOWE'S SEXUALY. IF NOT, THE WORK WILL HAVE MISSED ANOTHER OPPORTUNY AND WILL BE DANGER OF FDG SELF FALLG TO THE LAGGARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HGTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU WANT TO LIVE A WORLD WHERE NOT ONLY ARE ALL THE SOFA CHNS PERFECTLY PLUMPED BUT GAY PEOPLE ARE FULLY AND UNREMARKABLY TEGRATED TO THE FABRIC OF HUMAN LIFE, THEN CHECK OUT HGTV, THE HOME AND GARN NETWORK . NOT ONLY IS THE HOME OF COLOR SPLASH, THE SHOW OF OUT GAY DIGN STAR WNER DAVID BROMSTAD, BUT NSISTENTLY RPORAT GAY UPL TO S SHOWS ON LANDSPG, HOME RERATG, AND EVEN HOW TO GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF A HOE SAN FRANCIS NEEDS S CURB APPEAL LIFTED, THE FACT THAT S OWNERS ARE TWO GAY MEN IS JT PART OF THE SCENERY. WHEN HOE HUNTERS WENT TO SWEN AND HELPED A MARRIED UPLE FD NEW DIGS, NO ONE THOUGHT TO MENT THAT BOTH SPO WERE WOMEN. THE HOSTS NEVER TREAT SAME-SEX UPL ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN MIXED-SEX UPL, AND CHEERFULLY TALK ABOUT GAY UPL' "MASTER BEDROOMS" AND "PARTNERS" AS IF 'S THE MOST ORDARY THG THE WORLD - WHICH IS, ALL THGS NSIRED, SOMEWHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOVI ABOUT MOMS — THE GOOD, THE ABED AND THE SERIAL KILLERS — MGLE WH SOME CLEVER, GAY-IENDLY ORIGAL PROGRAMMG, CLUDG A -GAYED VAMPIRE SERI (AND GIVEN THE HOTNS FACTOR OF LEAD VAMPIRE KYLE SCHMID, GAY MEN SHOULD REALLY PROTT THAT), AND GAYISH DATG SHOWS BOTH FICTNAL (LOVPRG INTERNATNAL ) AND REAL (GAY, STRAIGHT OR TAKEN?) ON LIFETIME, THE FORT FOOD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE WORK RECENTLY AIRED THE STAIRSE MURRS, STARRG TREAT WILLIAMS AS A BISEXUAL MAN NVICTED OF MURRG HIS WIFE. THE FILM HANDLED THE BISEXUAL ELEMENT A NONSENSATNAL MANNER THAT DIDN'T E THE KILLER'S BISEXUALY TO MAKE HIM MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIFETIME ALSO AIRS RENS OF WILL & GRACE AND DPERATE HOEWIV — AND OF URSE, ONE OF THE GAYT NON-GAY SHOWS OF ALL TIME, GOLN GIRLS .{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MIC WORK FOR GROWNUPS HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT GAY-CLIVE OVER THE YEARS. OUT EDIAN ANT HOSTS CELEBRY F CLUB, AND HE UALLY ISN'T THE ONLY GAY PRENCE ON THE SHOW. PREV SEASONS HAVE CLUD CHASTY BONO AND BCE VILANCH BEG OUT AND PROUD AS THEY TRY TO SHED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SURREAL LIFE ALSO CLUD TRANSGENR ACTRS ALEXIS ARQUETTE AND HANDLED THE TOPIC FAIRLY WELL. JT RECENTLY, THE WORK'S NEW PROGRAM ACCEPTABLE TV CLUD "GAYLIENS," A BG SATIRE ON HOW AMERI REACTS TO GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON THE DOWNSI IS THE WORK'S RECENT REALY SHOW I LOVE NEW YORK, WHICH CLUD THE AWFUL WALKG STEREOTYPE KNOWN AS CHAMO. BUT THAT IS BALANCED OUT BY THE 2003 SPECIAL TOTALLY GAY AND A LOT OF MELISSA ETHERIDGE, AND GIVEN THAT, VH1 JT MAK TO THE MIDDLE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LAGGARDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A&E STOOD FOR "ARTS & ENTERTAMENT" AND FOCED PRIMARILY ON BGRAPHI, DOCUMENTARI AND MISERI. IN FACT, THE WORK'S PROGRAMMG SENSIBILI WERE QUE SIAR TO THOSE OF PBS, AND LIKE PBS, A&E IMPORTED MUCH OF S PROGRAMMG OM THE UNED KGDOM (MI-5, POIROT INVTIGAT).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MORE RECENTLY, 'S MOVED AWAY OM S HIGHBROW ASPIRATNS AND HAS FOUND SOME SUCCS WH A SLATE OF ORIGAL REALY SHOWS (DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER, GROWG UP GOTTI, GENE SIMMONS: FAY JEWELS). UNFORTUNATELY, NONE OF THE SHOWS HAVE ADDRSED GAY AND LBIAN ISSU ANY MEANGFUL WAY. WH NO SCRIPTED GAY CHARACTERS ON THE WORK AND NO INTIFIABLE GAY PERSONALI ON THEIR REALY SHOWS, THE NEW A&E BRGS UP THE REAR TERMS OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN RAY CUNNGHAM FIRST MA HIS BUT ON THE REALY SHOW COLLEGE HILL, HE GENTLY CHID BLACK ENTERTAMENT TELEVISN THAT HE WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY FACE TO GRACE THE WORK 25 YEARS. OTHER BET PROGRAMMG WH GAY NTENT CLUS THE RECENT SHOW RIP THE RUNWAY WHICH F FASHN AND HIP-HOP AND OFTEN PROFIL SIGNERS, MAKE-UP ARTISTS, AND STYLISTS THAT ARE GAY. AIN AMERIN AND GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVIST KEH BOYK -HOST'S MY TWO CENTS ON BET'S SISTER CHANNEL BET J. ALSO ON BET J'S MY MOL IS BETTER THAN YOUR MOL PRODUCED BY BOYK'S PARTNER NATHAN H. WILLIAMS. THE SHOW OFFERS UP AN UNAPOLOGETIC GAY ATHETIC WHOUT ANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INTERTGLY, BET JT ADD RENS OF THE VERY-GAY CLIVE P DRAMA THE WIRE TO THEIR LE-UP. ONE OF THE SHOW'S MA CHARACTERS IS OMAR LTLE (MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS) WHO IS UNAPOLOGETILLY GAY AS OPPOSED TO SOMEONE ON THE “DOWN LOW”.{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF THE “DOWN LOW” BET'S NEWS SPECIAL THE DOWN LOW EXPOSED PURPORTED TO SHOW THE EXTENT OF THE “DOWN LOW” THE AIN-AMERIN MUNY SPE THE FACT PROVID NO EVINCE TO BACK UP S NTENTNS. THE SHOW WAS PECIALLY NTROVERSIAL GAY AIN-AMERIN MUNY WHICH OBJECTED TO S SENSATNALISM AND THE FACT THAT WAS HOSTED BY J.L. KG, THE BLACK GAY THOR WHO POPULARIZED THE TERM “DOWN LOW” AND APPEARED ON OPRAH TO TELL WOMEN HOW THEY ULD SUPPOSEDLY SPOT A GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BET RECENTLY ANNOUNCED S MOST EXTENSIVE LP OF ORIGAL AND SCRIPTED PROGRAMMG S 26-YEAR HISTORY. WILL THGS LOOK UP FOR THE GAYS? BET'S ENTERTAMENT PRINT REGALD HUDL BRAGGED THAT BET'S NEW LP WOULD SHOW "THE DIVERSE ARRAY OF PROGRAMMG ABOUT BLACK CULTURE." TIME WILL TELL IF THAT CLUS SHOWG A FEW MORE GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU'D THK AN ENTIRE WORK ABOUT THE ENTERTAMENT DTRY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO A CENT JOB WH GAY VISIBILY, BUT E! WOULD PROVE YOU WRONG. NOW AND THEN A GAY CELEBRY IS FEATURED ON E! TE HOLLYWOOD STORY. BAD GAY JOK ABOUND ON THE SOUP (FORMERLY TALK SOUP). THEN THERE WAS THE LBIAN WEDDG ON THE SIMPLE LIFE WH NOTED GAY ACTIVISTS PARIS HILTON AND NILE RICHIE. THE EPISO WAS QUE GAY-POSIVE AND MA THOSE WH HOMOPHOBIC ATTUS LOOK QUE BAD, BUT WH ONLY A HANDFUL OF OTHER MOR GAY MENTNS ON THE WORK, ALL OF ADDS UP TO LTLE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DR. WHO, BUT NO TORCHWOOD? NO GAY CHARACTERS ON BATTLTAR GALACTI? IT MIGHT BE NEWS TO THE SCI FI CHANNEL (NOT TO MENTN THE PRODUCERS OF STAR TREK), BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GAY SCI-FI FANS OUT THERE, AND THIS WORK REALLY NEEDS TO GIVE SOMETHG . THE UNIVERSE IS A BIG PLACE; SURELY THERE IS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE BEYOND THE STARS WH GAY PEOPLE, AND 'S TIME FOR SCI FI TO SHOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TNT MAY, AS S SLOGAN PROCLAIMS, "KNOW DRAMA," BUT THE WORK DON'T SEEM TO KNOW GAY PEOPLE. THE CLOSER IS AN EXCELLENT SHOW, BUT WHAT SORT OF GAY REPRENTATN HAVE WE HAD ON THE WORK? AN EX-GAY MURRER WHO KILLS HIS LOVER AND MAK LOOK LIKE A HATE CRIME. A CLOSETED PORN STAR WHO HAS AIDS, HIS , AND FECTS HIS STRAIGHT FEMALE PORN -STARS. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}USA, ONCE A MOR PLAYER BASIC BLE, HAS RAISED S PROFILE STEADILY RECENT YEARS. THE WORK HAS SOME GOOD ORIGAL SHOWS — MONK BEG THE BT — AND SOME GOOD RENS (THE HALF OF THE LAW & ORR ANCHISE NOT SHOWN ON TNT), BUT WHAT ABOUT GAY VISIBILY? NOT SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST YEAR THEY DID PRENT A GAY UPLE THEIR REALY SPECIAL THE GREAT AMERIN CHRISTMAS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1997 TO BREAKG THE SURFACE: THE GREG LOUGANIS STORY TO FD ANY OTHER SIGNIFINT GAY NTENT. BEYOND THAT, ALL THAT TO MD (OTHER THAN THE OCSNAL LAW & ORR EPISO WH GAY NTENT) ARE RENS OF HOE AND THE SUBTEXTY HOE/WILSON THG THAT OCCURRED LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DENNIS AYERS, ROD MCCOLLUM, AND MICHAEL JENSEN NTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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