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Oct. 31, 2004 There are more gays on TV than you can shake a boa feather scarf at. A rainbow of sexual diversity reigns supreme from the major broadcast networks to the most ratings-challenged cable station. Even the most square coach potatoes are accepting the contributions of the lavender triangle community, right? It's morning in America and there are "Will & Grace" fans in every neighborhood and a rainbow in every horizon, right? Well, maybe not. Let's consider the merits of lack thereof of the runaway success, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy." Before Queer Eye, most folks didn't even know that Bravo was a cable TV station and not a laundry detergent or a laxative. Now in it's second season, the program continues to draw millions of viewers to a cable channel once watched only by a few thousands of pretentious fans of "Actor's Studio," Queer Eye has been an unqualified success for Bravo, but an abject failure as a fair and balanced representation of the homosexual community. The title "Queer Eye for the straight Guy" perpetuates the myth that predatory homosexuals are out to recruit members of the heterosexual community. Queer Eye should be renamed "Gay Stereotypes 101." A TV program that typecasts gay men as fashion divas, hair dressers and interior designers is not a bold step forward, but a shameless step backward. Hopefully, we will see more TV shows depicting homosexuals as hardworking librarians, studious professors or brave police officers and not as outrageous divas or flamboyant hairdressers. ------------ About the author Robert Paul Reyes: I am a columnist for the Lynchburg Ledger. Email: rreyes4966@aol.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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