Members AMCGio83 Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 Speaking as a gay man, I think OLTL should have explained that gay men are not the only people that get AIDS. Instead the whole AIDS benefit seems tawdry and stupis. I can't believe that once upon a time ABC Daytime had Cindy Chandler's story, Stone's story on GH and Billy's story on OLTL. No more of that socially relevant "nonsense" for ABC Daytime it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jess Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 Speaking as a straight woman, I was insulted too. It does a disservice for OLTL to once again perpetuate this stereotype that AIDS is somehow "gay cancer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shanay Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 Who has AIDS on OLTL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 No one...what they are referring was the gay men AIDS benefit Rex hosted at UV, and used to his advantage to out Tate on tv....only Tate is not really gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Q Steph Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 I was insulted all the way around. Rex only outed Tate as a way of getting back at him as if to insinuate that being gay is "bad" and just due. Rex is so lame. So is OLTL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 It's par for the course that OLTL uses gayness as salacious innuendo. Not surprising coming from a show that created a gay SERIAL KILLER as a May sweeps stunt and then dropped the issue. Yes, OLTL is lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Southofnowhere Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 The whole deal came off as being mean. It's like OLTL's TPTB have a grudge against the gays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members safetchick Posted May 10, 2007 Members Share Posted May 10, 2007 I viewed it more as Rex being so inexplicably stupid, that he would out a man on national television and also to show how little he actually knows about AIDS and HIV. What a friggin moron. I hated that whole thing. It made me uncomfortable to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dtchicago Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 I just caught up with OLTL and this story is absolutely horrifying and ignorant. I hope GLAAD takes note of it like they did with the Daniel story. Who actually approved this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Jay S.W. Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 I dont think it was meant to offend. I think it was a play on Rex's ignorance, about gays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jinx_avery Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 I think it was just the usual lack of creativity. Rex and "Uncle Bo' proved popular at the gay bar during the Daniel story so Higley is revisiting that scenario. Just another opportunity to indulge JPL with "Tate Harmon: Pitcher or Catcher?" jokes. He really needs a strong director because he's not nearly as adorable as he and the show think he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dtchicago Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 I don't think it was meant to offend either, but Higley's choice to make Rex's little AIDS get together a GAY only benefit sends the message that only gay men can suffer from the disease. Unfortunately, alot of ppl still are very ignorant to not only HIV and AIDS, but to homosexuality. Even if Higley's approach was to only make Rex seem ignorant (which I don't buy that he would be THIS ignorant), it still sends the wrong message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DH23 Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 ABC and Frons seem to dislike gay people and don't mind painting them into corners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yogagal Posted May 11, 2007 Members Share Posted May 11, 2007 I'm a straight female, with some gay friends and relatives, and I was also insulted by Higley's treatment of this story. (But why should this one be any different? I'm insulted by almost every other storyline she's responsible for.) I heard Adrianna say to Rex yesterday that they both had gay friends. Well, that was a surprise to me--why do we never see them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SlezaksOLTL Posted May 12, 2007 Members Share Posted May 12, 2007 It was insulting but what on OLTL these days isn't? Dena H. needs to be fired, NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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