Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: LGBT Character Representation On TV Decreases Again, Per GLAAD Report Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 08:44:07 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.2BE34C18004BBE85700005FCF38F@news.eternal-september.org> <690539331.736400765.890950.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 14:44:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e12949ecc131b2bdbb013bda6fab7a2e"; logging-data="588744"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19AlITmuF+9NzgI9QwJ1cxCMnSRxjlpkuk=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:o2x+BkF3sDiNLW8cQ72CPOmMzYk= Bytes: 2184 On Fri, 3 May 2024 01:14:53 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >The Horny Goat wrote: >> On Thu, 02 May 2024 01:50:40 -0230, David Dalton >> wrote: >> >>> Do they have LGBT actors play LGBT characters? >> >> Why is that a reasonable expectation? > >Because years ago people started screaming that only deaf people could play >deaf and only blind people could play blind, etc. etc. I get that sort of opinion if you are in one of those groups as it means you are competing in a much smaller group of people. > > > >Everybody knows lots of gay >> actors have played straight roles through the year and there are lots >> of roles where the sexuality of the character isn't relevant. >> >> Tell me do YOU care which way Han Solo swings? Not me.... (even though >> he does get a thank you kiss from Leia at the end of the first >> movie...) It's not an issue for me with any of the characters in the TV shows/movies I watch unless it is an important part of the story.