OLTL: A Little insulted

[AMCGio83]

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.

[Jess]

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."

[Shanay]

Who has AIDS on OLTL?

[Scotty]

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.

[Q Steph]

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.

[Faulkner]

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.

[Southofnowhere]

The whole deal came off as being mean. It's like OLTL's TPTB have a grudge against the gays.

[safetchick]

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.

[dtchicago]

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?

[Dr. Jay S.W.]

I dont think it was meant to offend. I think it was a play on Rex's ignorance, about gays.

[jinx_avery]

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.

[dtchicago]

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.

[DH23]

ABC and Frons seem to dislike gay people and don't mind painting them into corners

[yogagal]

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?

[SlezaksOLTL]

It was insulting but what on OLTL these days isn't? Dena H. needs to be fired, NOW.