GLAAD praises ABC and FX, but gives NBC and FOX the big fail

July 14th, 2008 | Category: Drama Shows

Including homosexual characters on your TV show is good, unless it’s two lesbians who fall in love with a straight man, as they do in a storyline on New Amsterdam. FOX learned that the tough way when they received a failing grade from GLAAD (The homosexual & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) on their second annual GLAAD Network Responsibility Index. The index measures the “quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens on television.”

Even though GLAAD gave

FOX a failing grade, the network’s cable counterpart, FX, received top honors for cable channels. The advocacy group praised them for including the most original programming that featured members LGBT community. Special notice was given to Nip/Tuck, which had a homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual character in every episode. Rescue Me’s commitment ceremony storyline was plus viewed favorably by the group.

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Original post by Kona Gallagher

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