Afraid of Gay?

The past several weeks have brought a number of examples of what looks – to me, at least – like fear of gay people and gay issues. For example:

–An almost utter lack of “mainstream” media coverage about LGBT ballot initiatives and the role of gay voters in elections across the country before the presidential election (coverage since then has been dominated by blogs and LGBT outlets)

–The sudden, unexpected dismissal of an actress playing a lesbian from “Grey’s Anatomy,” the hit television show on ABC

–The return of juvenile, humorless “let’s make fun of gays” antics on NBC’s Saturday Night Live

It’s almost as though media has somehow forgotten what to say or how to cover our lives. Whether they are concerned that they’ll “offend” us in some way or they think that the passage of anti-gay ballot initiatives is some indicator of the mood of the country (meaning they shouldn’t talk about us), the result is the same: less attention to our lives and an almost embarrassment of talking about us openly and honestly.

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