haha, see, here was me all ready to comment, and you said everything already. Hmph. :P
But yeah, basically; being gay is not a big deal. Well, ok, possibly the wrong phrasing. But we certainly seem to have less 'militant' gays in the media. Yes, there might have been "OMG WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO???" reactions when, for example, Queer As Folk first started. But that was years ago now.
Shows like Torchwood, with an openly bi-sorry, omni-sexual, leading man, just show how far we've come. No one CARES who he's shagging. He's a hero. And the public love him.
Honestly? I just think that the gay finalists (and I think there's probably at least one) either don't want to be outed on TV because they think it will hurt their chances/they've been advised not to, or they just don't have a partner to be shown in the crowd shots.
I would like to think it's not the first, though. Although there is the stereotype of 'musical theatre' boys, I don't know why they would think that coming out would hurt their chances. Unless they think they'll lose the teenybopper vote if said teenybopper can no longer maintain her delusions that she's going to marry him...
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Date: 2007-05-18 01:21 pm (UTC)But yeah, basically; being gay is not a big deal. Well, ok, possibly the wrong phrasing. But we certainly seem to have less 'militant' gays in the media. Yes, there might have been "OMG WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO???" reactions when, for example, Queer As Folk first started. But that was years ago now.
Shows like Torchwood, with an openly bi-sorry, omni-sexual, leading man, just show how far we've come. No one CARES who he's shagging. He's a hero. And the public love him.
Honestly? I just think that the gay finalists (and I think there's probably at least one) either don't want to be outed on TV because they think it will hurt their chances/they've been advised not to, or they just don't have a partner to be shown in the crowd shots.
I would like to think it's not the first, though. Although there is the stereotype of 'musical theatre' boys, I don't know why they would think that coming out would hurt their chances. Unless they think they'll lose the teenybopper vote if said teenybopper can no longer maintain her delusions that she's going to marry him...