What do you think about gay television characters?

Ruins the whole show. I will only watch heterosexual men and women.

Most of them are written pretty terribly. Most characters are written terribly though.

It's pretty gay.

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Hate em.

First, they're forced on the show. in a drama, the gay person is always the victim or the person the writers want us to feel sorry for, they're NEVER the murderer nor the one that break the law. They're never the antagonist. It's all a part of an agenda.

The show Glee is a disgrace, for it all ever does is ruin already been songs and promote gay rights all while displaying complete hypocrisy in their bullying messages.

Ask yourself: When was a gay character on TV ever the murderer on a drama show? Or even in real life: The media never calls the prosecutor "gay" in the description but when the gay person is the victim of a crime the media FLOURISHES that, especially in murder cases (TV and real life).

And on the TV shows all gay characters/couples act exactly the same way and carry exactly the same tone in attitude and in voice. They don't portray gay characters with any personality diversity. It's despicable beyond belief.

The least they could do is stop forcing it and revolve tv shows dedicated to it. They could at least every once in a while show they CAN be the antagonist, and they don't have to blow up their stereotypical personality. Do you deny this?

wiifan001

Watching a gay character on the TV is like inviting Satan into your living room. I ain't having it.

I think there have been episodes of law and order that have gay bad guys. It's been a while since i've watched the show, but im pretty sure there were. I feel like Law and Order SVU does gay people pretty well (with one of their main recurring characters being gay and not a stereotype). usually, being gay isn't their character, they are characters that just happen to be gay.

I thought the gay character from this season's dexter (or last seasons, i dont remember anymore) was pretty good. The killer from the Brotherhood. He was a bad man, but a respectable character.

Omar from the wire was also a very good gay character. I think Vito from the Sopranos was also done pretty well, though i feel like he became to big of a character in a show that really isn't about him, but nonetheless, he was an interesting character.

I don't like when the character feels forced, however i feel like this is a necessary growing pain to just end up with gay characters that feel natural.

I can't even really think of any gay characters that didn't really feel forced, except the guy on Six Feet Under (Michael C Hall) and Lafayette on True Blood.  I suppose Tara on Buffy didn't really seem forced.

Felix on Orphan Black is hilarious.wolverine4262

I think there have been episodes of law and order that have gay bad guys. It's been a while since i've watched the show, but im pretty sure there were. I feel like Law and Order SVU does gay people pretty well (with one of their main recurring characters being gay and not a stereotype). usually, being gay isn't their character, they are characters that just happen to be gay.

I thought the gay character from this season's dexter (or last seasons, i dont remember anymore) was pretty good. The killer from the Brotherhood. He was a bad man, but a respectable character.

Omar from the wire was also a very good gay character. I think Vito from the Sopranos was also done pretty well, though i feel like he became to big of a character in a show that really isn't about him, but nonetheless, he was an interesting character.

bionicle_lover

Yeah, his character felt 100% authentic.

So I was just talking to my wife about it and Agron and Nasir on Spartacus were probably the most believable gay characters I've seen on TV.  Actually just about every gay character on Spartacus felt like they were pretty natural.

Lots of shows force them in and many more portray them as weird or "fabulous." I'm sorry but most gays you would not be able to pick out in a crowd. I don't know why shows try to make these gay characters stand out so much from every other normal acting character in the show. ferrari2001

I feel like these shows might be trying to get some sort of anti-bullying message out or have a "serious" episode. It seems like most of the shows that do gay characters as flamboyant weirdos are comedies since its easier to do comedy with stereotypes. But, they want to throw out a serious episode to show that making fun of gay people is not good, and they might think it's easier to throw in someone who fits the gay stereotype so that its obvious they are being bullied for being gay.

i think if a show had a completely normal person that was gay get bullied for being gay, it might resound more with the audience, cause then it'd be like "hey, he's just like me." But, on the other hand, that character might not be as "funny" or "likeable" in non-serious episodes.

they're gay

Gotta have the token gay nowadays.

dont care but the worst ones are always shoving people in the face.

dont care but the worst ones are always shoving people in the face.

punkpunker

No more so than many heterosexuals do.

They could be anywhere.

I don't watch a lot of TV anymore... The only character I can think of in the shows I watch is Darby from Suits... I like his character; all I can think of.

Video games; I loved Gay Tony.

i dont watch gay shows

Omar from The Wire was arguably the best character in the entire series, and he was gay.

I turn off the TV immediately anytime I see a homosexual character on TV since I worry I'll catch the gay from it.

Ask yourself: When was a gay character on TV ever the murderer on a drama show?wiifan001

Depends on the writing. Orange Is The New Black is an excellent example of when it works.Swanogt19

I dont mind if a character is gay as long as just a natural part of the character or them being gay allows for some sort of story telling that the show couldnt otherwise have. Its fluid, natural and not forced in then thats fine.

Like the character of Sirko in 7th season of dexter. He was gay but he didnt "act gay", didnt constantly remind everyone he was gay, didnt dress like a stereotypical gay guy, didnt prance around or any of that stuff. He was simply just a man that was in love with another man. And honestly he was one of my favorite characters in the whole series. Him being gay explained a lot about why his character was doing what he was doing and it just felt like a part of him.

I hate it when they shoe horn in a gay character though and he is there just to act like a gay dude. Sometimes its just to be politically correct and have a overly ambigious gay person just to show they are diverse, sometimes its for cheap laughs because the guy is an obvious flaming homo, sometimes its just done to show how hip and cool they are, or whatever. When that stuff happens it generally turns me off the show whenever they have any kind of stereo typical character of any kind that is really forced and obvious.

Then again thats how I feel about people in general. My best friends brother is gay and he and I are good friends, have been for a long time. But to look at him, talk to him, or play a game with him youd never know he is gay because he is just a human being first and a gay man second. He loves men and dicks, but he never really brings those facts up at all. He isnt afraid to, but to him he just doesnt think its anyones business. The gay people I hate are the ones who prance around, talk like a black woman, talk about being gay constantly, go waving gay pride flags everywhere, and act like steretypical gays. Same thing with black people, I have no problem with them at all but I have a problem with the ones who act like black N*****s constantly.

I personally dont care... at the end of the day, if the show sucks then no one is going to watch it.  

well i couldn't watch six feet under vecause of that gay couple , can't stand watching them cuddling , kissing , or in bed together MAZ85

First, they're forced on the show. in a drama, the gay person is always the victim or the person the writers want us to feel sorry for, they're NEVER the murderer nor the one that break the law. They're never the antagonist. It's all a part of an agenda.

The show Glee is a disgrace, for it all ever does is ruin already been songs and promote gay rights all while displaying complete hypocrisy in their bullying messages.

Ask yourself: When was a gay character on TV ever the murderer on a drama show? Or even in real life: The media never calls the prosecutor "gay" in the description but when the gay person is the victim of a crime the media FLOURISHES that, especially in murder cases (TV and real life).

And on the TV shows all gay characters/couples act exactly the same way and carry exactly the same tone in attitude and in voice. They don't portray gay characters with any personality diversity. It's despicable beyond belief.

The least they could do is stop forcing it and revolve tv shows dedicated to it. They could at least every once in a while show they CAN be the antagonist, and they don't have to blow up their stereotypical personality. Do you deny this?

wiifan001

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What difference does it make if they're straight or gay? 

I don't mind gay characters at all. I don't like when they're one-dimensional characters and the fact that their gay is their only personality trait. But the fact that their gay isn't the problem, they're just bad characters. There are plenty of bad heterosexual characters as well.

As others have pointed out, there have been plenty of good gay characters on tv. I don't see the problem.