+738 Gays are usually portrayed as flamboyant and feminine in the media, and not usually just a regular guy who just happens to like other guys. Lesbians are portrayed either really butch or the more erotic variation, which is sexy, curvy, voluptuous and usually blonde (and sometimes brunette), and never just a regular female who just happens to like other females. amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's pretty annoying. I'm a regular guy.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I luv gay people

by Anonymous 14 years ago

You're right... but really, nothing is portrayed realistically by most media sources.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Blacks are either portrayed as dangerous criminals or supergeniuses.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Or basketball players.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well, the cliche of an over weight female African-American female with an amazing voice is also used a lot.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Also, Disney Channel used to have a tendency to make black people the main characters of shows (e.g. That's So Raven, The Proud Family, Sister Sister.)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Or comedians.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

or rappers. or would that fit in with criminals?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

In degrassi, Riley, who is gay is portrayed as just a regular guy who likes football and sports and all that stuff :)

by Anonymous 14 years ago

But Marco, the original Degrassi gay guy, was portrayed as flamboyant. That being said, I love degrassi (the older seasons, mostly) and Marco was one of the best characters ever.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Stereotypes are based on reality. The reason we think this is because a lot of them are.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

In reality, gays are just piss-useless parasites.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

in reality, you're just a close minded fuck. Love is love.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Gays are not regular people...

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(Chicken Sandwich): why does someone elses sexual orientation matter so much to you? Let's get out of the 1800's, kthxbai.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Ha. But on thing I find funny is life imitating art, nowadays when homosexual teenagers come out, many of them go through a bit of a "pride" phase before accepting that their sexuality is just one part of who they are. IE being the flamboyant, prancing gay men, or butch, manly lesbian.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The media wouldn't be able to get the idea across if the gay person just acted like a straight person. I know gay people that you wouldn't guess so in real life things are not always that way.

by Anonymous 8 years ago