GLAAD’s 2009-2010 TV Season Study: More Gay Characters On Network, Fewer On Cable

COMMENTS (8)

• No, there are fewer.

  Comment by Bill Johnson — Wednesday September 30, 2009 @ 5:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’m gay and I really dislike GLAAD and the gay movement. I remember watching MILK how proudly I would have fought for my rights then and now it’s like something happened and the movement was neutered and the balls were removed. What happened, seriously?

  Comment by Wally — Wednesday September 30, 2009 @ 6:47pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The numbers of gay characters are improving, but the gay people of color really sucks. Beyond The Wire and Six Feet Under, I am hard pressed to think of any good shows with strong gay people of color on the show. I can think of several bad shows. But, not many good ones. Still, I am happy to see the slow trickle of quality characters on TV.

  Comment by akaison — Wednesday September 30, 2009 @ 10:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

• what about the lack of latinos on network television. –15% of the population vs. 1%

  Comment by candyland — Thursday October 1, 2009 @ 3:39am PDT  Reply to this post

• As a dedicated and loyal Will and Grace supporter of the show and cast as well as a “straighty”, I think that the GLAAD organization is a valid and viable organization, overall.

  Yes, there needs to be some better lesbian representation and those of color too.

  I love Queer As Folk and that was the best show from the cable side of the house, per se. I would like to see another show of its capacity and realness.

  There have been improvements but both the nets and cable need to continue to strengthen their shows with inclusion to all races, ethic origins, and the GLBT population also.

  Comment by LindaTNo1 — Thursday October 1, 2009 @ 7:34am PDT  Reply to this post

• lol “but what about gays of color????”

  this mentality has made so many shows suck hard: fill out the cast with an affirmative action checklist and let “ethnicity” fill in for character…see Dexter and a zillion other hack dramas

  anyone keeping track of how many gays are regular characters on television should hang themselves from an attic rafter

  Comment by Waiting for the collapse — Thursday October 1, 2009 @ 10:49am PDT  Reply to this post

  • The better question is anyone keeping track of how many white straight actors fill roles considering that is the bulk, and, indeed, increasingly do not represent the break down of the greater society. No one asks this question because people like you think that any variation from this theme is a special treatment, but any unnatural support is not. It is like when the show Friends used to show New York City without any people of color. Have you ever been to NYC? Good luck on having an old white environment that way. But hey, it is good to let’s play pretend so long as it is your own biases.

    Comment by akaison — Monday October 5, 2009 @ 9:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• TV networks still need to get up to that 10% in order to be totally realistic. It’s so important for LGBT youth to see themselves positively reflected in the media!

  Kudos to GLAAD for publishing this information. That do that great behind the scenes work of relationship building that wins over hearts and minds. Awesome job, GLAAD! (P.S.: angry people just create more anger and unhappiness).

  Comment by eguy — Thursday December 31, 2009 @ 7:38am PST  Reply to this post