Posted by
Playful Walrus on Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:40:09 PM
Homosexuality advocates are out with a report on representation on TV. Associated Press television writer Frazier Moore has the story.
In its third annual Network Responsibility Index, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation found that of HBO's 14 original prime-time series, 10 included content reflecting the lives of gay, bisexual and transgender people.
Remember, there is a reason "transgender" is included.
Transgender basically means dressing like the opposite sex, or even going so far as to have surgery, hormone treatments, a name change, etc. to pretend to be the opposite sex.
Homosexuality is about being attracted to people of the same sex. Bisexuality is about being attracted to people of both sexes. Transgendered people can, so we are told, be heterosexuals, homosexuals, or bisexuals. We are also told that these people really are changing from male to female and female to male, and not simply males becoming mutilated, deluded males and females becoming mutilated, deluded females. So why is sex (gender) lumped together with sexual orientation? Well, because if "the community" activists are to be believed, a lesbian who has an addadictomy and becomes a "man", would, by definition, no longer be a homosexual, which means fewer homosexuals. We can't have that, right? That means a loss of power, doesn't it? So "transgender" is a way to keep counting the person as part of the team.
That totaled 42 percent of the network's programming hours, in series such as "True Blood," "Entourage" and "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."
By contrast, on NBC and CBS only 8 percent and 5 percent, respectively, of prime-time hours included them, the report said.
Considering only three percent or less of the population is homosexual, then, if programming was truly going to be representative, only 3 out of 100 characters would be homosexual.
Yet, the percentage seems to be higher, probably a for a mix reasons: 1) To suck up to homosexuality advocates and get awards; 2) to push the personal political and social agendas of the writers, directors, and producers; 3) because they think it provides interesting story material as it is yet another way to get sex onto the tube.
I stand by the right of broadcasters to do what they want with their own resources. If they want to have nothing but flamboyant drag queens on their shows, that is up to them. I also stand by the right of GLAAD to issue reports and bestow awards.
My only point is that homosexuality is overrepresented on television.
How many characters in the programming monitored are devout Christians who are not portrayed any more negatively, on average, than others?
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