Posted on 08/21/2013 9:51:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
We may be seeing more prominent gay and lesbian characters on TV shows, but the movie industry lags well behind the small screen, an advocacy group reports.
In its first study of LGBT roles in major studio releases, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found that compared with TV, where there has been a significant shift over the past decade, “Major studios appear reluctant to include LGBT characters in significant roles or franchises.”
In its report released Wednesday, GLAAD found that of the 101 releases from Hollywood’s six major studios in 2012, just 14 included characters identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. Most were no more than cameos or minor roles, it said—and none of the films tracked had transgender characters.
“Until LGBT characters appear more regularly in these studio films, there will be the appearance of bias,” said Wilson Cruz, GLAAD’s national spokesperson, in an interview. He added that his organization will be meeting with studio executives to discuss the findings. …
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I was thinking of Corey Haim.
A friend says it chilled him that Michael had a “memory” for boys that interested him.
There was some project my friend worked on. Michael learned the man had a son and invited him over for something or other. They never went.
Around 2 years later, (and I forget the circumstances of the communication/encounter) but Michael remembered the name of the man’s son, asked how he was doing, and again extended an invite. He event sent a signed photo to the man (who kept it from his son at the time, and has mentioned it to the son now grown to adulthood, who does not want it).
# TV Show Channel Start Finish
1 “Hot L Baltimore” ABC 1975 1975
2 “Barney Miller” ABC 1975 1982
3 “Soap” ABC 1977 1981
4 “The Kids in the Hall” HBO 1988 1995
5 “Roseanne” ABC 1988 1997
6 “In Loving Color” FOX 1990 1994
7 “The Real World” MTV 1992 current
8 “NYPD Blue ABC 1993 2005
9 “Ellen” ABC 1994 1998
10 “Friends” NBC 1994 2004
11 “ER” NBC 1994 2009
12 “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” WB, UPN 1997 2003
13 “South Park” Comedy Central 1997 current
14 “Dawson’s Creek” WB 1998 2003
15 “Sex and the City” HBO 1998 2004
16 “Will and Grace” NBC 1998 2006
17 “Family Guy” Fox 1999 current
18 “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” NBC 1999 current
19 “House Hunters” HGTV 1999 current
20 “TSG Presents … World’s Dumbest” truTV 1999 current
21 “Queer as Folk” Showtime 2000 2005
22 “Trading Spaces” TLC, Disc, Home 2000 2008
23 “Survivor” CBS 2000 current
24 “Big Brother” CBS 2000 current
25 “24” Fox 2001 2005
26 “Six Feet Under” HBO 2001 2005
27 “The Amazing Race: CBS 2001 current
28 “American Idol” Fox 2002 current
29 “Nip/Tuck” FX 2003 2010
30 “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” Bravo 2003 2007
31 “Lost” ABC 2004 2009
32 “Rescue Me” FX 2004 2011
33 “House M.D.” Fox 2004 2012
34 “Desperate Housewives” ABC 2004 current
35 “The Office” NBC 2005 current
36 “Grey’s Anatomy” ABC 2005 current
37 “American Dad” Fox 2005 current
38 “Iron Chef America” Food Network 2005 current
39 “Ugly Betty” ABC 2006 2010
40 “Brothers & Sisters” ABC 2006 2011
41 “30 Rock” NBC 2006 current
42 “HGTV Design Star” HGTV 2006 current
43 “The Bad Girls Club” Oxygen 2006 current
44 “Mad Men” AMC 2007 current
45 “Rules of Engagement” CBS 2007 current
46 “True Blood” HBO 2008 current
47 “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” ABC Family 2008 current
48 “90210” CW 2008 current
49 “Glee” Fox 2009 current
50 “Modern Family” ABC 2009 current
51 “Chopped” Food Network 2009 current
52 “Southland” NBC, TNT 2009 2013
53 “Archer” FX 2010 current
54 “Pretty Little Liars” ABC Family 2010 current
55 “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” Bravo 2010 current
56 “Happily Divorced” TV Land 2011 current
57 “My Cat from Hell” Animal Planet 2011 current
58 “American Horror Story” FX 2011 current
59 “Kathy” Bravo 2012 2013
60 “Anger Management” FX 2012 current
61 “The New Normal” NBC 2012 2013
62 “Partners CBS 2012 2013
63 “Smash NBC 2012 2013
64 “Go On, Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23” ABC 2012 2013
65 “Malibu Country” ABC 2012 2013
66 “Emily Owens, M.D.” CW 2012 2013
67 “The Carrie Diaries” CW 2013 current
68 “Sean Saves the World” NBC 2013 current
69 “Under the Dome” CBS 2013 current
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Thank you.
Did you know that there are conservatives here?
Non sequitur.
The phrase “non sequitur” means “that does not follow”. In this website’s case, it most likely does.
Wow. These perverts are really sharp!
Apparently they haven't noticed that every otherwise entertaining TV series in the last few years which chose to show protracted and in your face gratuitous explicit gay activity which added nothing to the plot met a quick rejection and slow death.
A few come to mind...
Torchwood.
Revenge.
Stargate Universe.
Several more which, after I erased them from my hard drives, I try not to think about again.
Clueless, these producers. ay
Fortunately, the deviants have yet to achieve legislation to force me to buy a ticket to see a pervert movie.
How does it follow that I shouldn't comment on the talents of an actor (who, in this case, happens to be gay) because I'm doing so on a conservative forum?
The clueless little fag killed the Spiderman franchise all by himself.
I suspect a very large number of people who profited from the series are not amused...
Are you trying to put words in my mouth, so to speak? I never tried to tell you not to comment.
Perhaps I misinterpreted your comment when you said, "Did you know that there are conservatives here?". Could you be more explicit? I'm honestly confused as to why I'm being jumped on (it seems that way, at least) for simply pointing out that Ian McKellen is an extraordinarily gifted actor.
Fortunately, that's still a deeply personal individual assessment and choice.
Jeffrey Dahmer might have been a great actor too.
Posting about the fellow after someone else posted about him, in a thread about said actor’s personal lifestyle (although not about him personally) versus his career. That can be interpreted by some as a defense of said lifestyle.
I suppose that activity does affect the brain...
You were celebrating the fact that being a great actor, somehow rendered his flaming gayness invisible to conservatives.
It's not the epitome of mental health to mutilate hotel room bibles. Some might say it's a pathology. "Sicko" to you; great actor or not.
I'm certainly not defending the man's lifestyle; I'm just a fan of some of his film work (hence my comment). The fact that he's a gay activist simply doesn't have any impact on my enjoyment of the Lord Of The Rings films, or any other movies in which I've seen him perform.
There were always prissy closet cases in old movies, “gigolos”, floor walkers, pansies and sissies. Actors like Franklin Pangborn made a career out of roles like these. Audiences were sophisticated and got the joke.
Let it pass, after a while it just becomes background noise
Another one: Commander Susan Ivanova in Babylon 5 (1994-1998) was bisexual, the first portrayal of such in television science fiction.
Thanks!
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