Showing posts with label gay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay. Show all posts

Saturday, March 14, 2009

TV: American Idol Gay Issues

Here's a very interesting article from the LA Times about American Idol's obvious lack of comfort with issues of sexuality and maybe even race... 

I would just like to underline the incredibly inappropriate nature of the homophobic jokes that Ryan and Simon exchange.  Remember just a few short weeks ago when Ryan brought head-band wearing Nathan (who was obviously gay) up to the Judge's table to interact with Simon?  As if Nathan would suddenly combust in a super-fabulous strip-tease and we could all laugh at Simon's discomfort?  That was awkward as hell and completely wrong.  

If you don't think that in 20 years our children will be reading about the intolerance towards the LGBT community in our times, you are deluded.  It is your choice if you want to be a part of the progress or part of the problem. 
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