Why Are Gay Be Usually Laught At By The Media?

Raul, I hear you on this. It's hard to say which is the worst, but the show "Next" on MTV has to be high in the running. For those that haven't seen it, I'll let you read about it rather than have me describe it to you. What would happen if I butchered something that's already a train wreck? It's hard to say.

I think it's really unfortunate that the large majority of gay males portrayed in media fulfill stereotypes and enforce a "See? Look how weird they act and how different they are" mentality. It's definitely something to think about whether it's worse to be in the background or to be portrayed as only ridiculous, effeminate, and wildly different. It's gotten to the point where it makes me cringe to hear 20-something girls scream, "Oh, I need a gay friend to go shopping with, just like on Will and Grace!"

Do you know what doesn't sell? That which is regular. What does sell? That which is seen as different and ridiculous. In case you haven't noticed, major networks on television are far, far more concerned with their bottom line than with the quality or practicality of their programs.

Want to know who are a few of my favorites? Rock Hudson, Marlon Brando, and Cary Grant. It's not because I find them to be particularly incredible actors or love their movies. I just love the fact that here are guys making movies for decades, as a man's man. In fact, they were arguably the man's man at their time. Women wanted to do them and guys wanted to be them. Once told by an interviewer "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I." A total stud, right? Trouble is, for all the heterosexuals, they were all either rumored to be gay or, at the very minimum, bisexual. Now, these aren't the same kind of rumors that was started about Brad Pitt when he first came on the scene and every male was so threatened that they had no problem spreading the "he's gay" rumor. A lot of people who would know about these matters confirm. So where are all these types of guys now? I wish I knew, because I'd love to see a little bit of representation from someone besides Carson from "Queer Eye for the Staight Guy." It's nothing against Carson, but I know there are gays everywhere, like Raul here, that are thinking, "Dammit! We're so much more than that!"