If you were a TV scriptwriter, what 'gay' character would you invent for prime time television and why?

Question

What gay and lesbian characters on TV have we never seen before and why do we need to see them depicted today?

Answer 1

When I write characters, I write them as individual characters--y'know, like, people-type-things?

We need gay characters that are like actual real people. Characters who you wouldn't know were gay until they talk about dating somebody. Characters for whom being gay is a part of the character, not the definition of the character.

When you can have the characters referred to as the "smart guy", "stupid guy", "tough guy", "asshole", etc., and have any of them be gay instead of having "gay" be its own archetype, then I'm happy.

People also shouldn't feel a need to make sure there's a gay guy running around somewhere--not every group of three people needs at least one homosexual to show that they're represented!

Answer 2

A butch lesbian. I don't think I've ever seen a recurring role for a butch lesbian (the precious few butches on "The L Word" seem to only stick around a few episodes, and the lovely Moira transitioned to Max . . .). There are tons of femme lesbians and a great deal of gay men, but the general community is still immensely ignorant on butch lesbians- who they are, how they define themselves, why women are attracted to them, the fact that they can be smoking hot (instead of, as they are often perceived, as "fat, ugly, and gay because they can't get a man"). If we could get a TV show to accurately portray a recurring, or particularly butch lesbian main character, I might weep for joy.

Second to that, I'd love to see a main character who is a bisexual man. I've often fantasized about writing a script for a sitcom featuring a single bisexual man in the prime of his life, in which his bisexuality is just another facet of his life (along with his tough, high-pressure job, his wacky but funny family, etc., etc.). Something that could also put to rest the awful myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions about bisexual men.

Those are the two I'd like to be able to watch during prime time.

Answer 3

properly Milk is a huge one . try the Ellen tutor ( in the previous she grew to grow to be a verbal change tutor host ) even as she got here out on the tutor . South of Nowhere , they're all little ones accepting the gay couple , no longer extremely being concerned . isn't someone on 90210 gay ? The L note , haha huge one . each and anyone's fantastic , the nature performed through Drew Barrymore is gay .

Answer 4

I think just more gay men that aren't scene queens. And lesbians. And DEFINITELY more trans representation. There's no ONE character I'd make; my problems usually aren't with one character. My problem is usually that there's so little representation in the first place that they can't possibly, even if they tried, give an "accurate representation" of the gay community because it is so big and so diverse. (I do get a little peeved when EVERYONE chooses to "represent" the exact same gay man, just with different names and played by different actors).

Answer 5

I'd depict a realistic gay male couple. I'd show the violence of the break ups - I'd show what happens when you put two male libidos together. I'd show it for the pretty difficult thing it is, not how it's been glamorized into something trendy in the media. The lives of gay men aren't that great.

Answer 6

i know it is a cartoon but ranma 1/2
a boy that when he is splashed with cold water turns into a girl
and when splashed with hot water he turns back into him self
the whole cartoon has many gender issues
with that many life issues
and therefore relationships it would not be easy to twist any way you want

putting all this together i feel it asks you who you really are

i would even keep the idea of the fighting that is one of the main parts of the cartoon just for the actions

Answer 7

I would create the 'average Moms' on a series.

Dealing with the realities of parenting and being gay in society wpuld probably be informative to many.

Answer 8

I would love to make an Australian 'Queer As Folk' or a Supernatural gay show.

Answer 9

I would prohibit this from perverting the airways and harming the children who might happen to watch it. Such material is NOT protected by free speech, because of the harm it does (it actually causes more harm than yelling fire in a theater).

The airing of it is a plank of The Homosexual Agenda to desensitize the American people for the purpose of evangelizing the gay cause, instead of providing wholesome entertainment.

Answer 10

i want to see the gay version of 'prison break'! hehehe...