Best.Gay.Week.Ever? I don't think so. First, there was that Amazon.com kerfuffle where the online merchant began treating almost all books dealing with gay subject matter (even purely academic ones) as adult content — excluding many very worthy titles from their sales rankings system and standard searches.
One sad result? When you type in "homosexuality" as a search on Amazon, the results are skewed dramatically toward crap like this:
(Here's my bit of unsolicited advice to Amazon shoppers who might be interested in A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality: "Do everyone a favor and don't have kids!")
So what's going on here? On the surface, it sure looked like Amazon had adopted some sort of conservative policy to effectively bury positive gay representation on their site.
But then company spokespersons variously blamed it on a computer "glitch," and a "ham-fisted cataloging error" and made assurances they were working on a fix.
One sad result? When you type in "homosexuality" as a search on Amazon, the results are skewed dramatically toward crap like this:
(Here's my bit of unsolicited advice to Amazon shoppers who might be interested in A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality: "Do everyone a favor and don't have kids!")
So what's going on here? On the surface, it sure looked like Amazon had adopted some sort of conservative policy to effectively bury positive gay representation on their site.
But then company spokespersons variously blamed it on a computer "glitch," and a "ham-fisted cataloging error" and made assurances they were working on a fix.
- 4/17/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)
Q: I am an avid Heroes fan, and despite the original intentions for Zach -- who can forget that debacle? -- there hasn't been much love for gay characters. Is there any chance we will see a legitimate gay "special" on the show? -- Vincent, Sicklerville, NJ
A: “There was some talk about making Danko gay,” Bryan Fuller, consulting producer of Heroes (and the creator of the canceled gay fave Pushing Daisies), tells AfterElton.com. “It was decided it was best to not have our first gay character be a villain, but a gay hero is definitely on the docket for season four in terms of things we'd like to do.”
Željko Ivanek plays the evil "Danko" on Heroes.
Originally intended to be gay?
Q: So Sean Maguire, who played gay...
Q: I am an avid Heroes fan, and despite the original intentions for Zach -- who can forget that debacle? -- there hasn't been much love for gay characters. Is there any chance we will see a legitimate gay "special" on the show? -- Vincent, Sicklerville, NJ
A: “There was some talk about making Danko gay,” Bryan Fuller, consulting producer of Heroes (and the creator of the canceled gay fave Pushing Daisies), tells AfterElton.com. “It was decided it was best to not have our first gay character be a villain, but a gay hero is definitely on the docket for season four in terms of things we'd like to do.”
Željko Ivanek plays the evil "Danko" on Heroes.
Originally intended to be gay?
Q: So Sean Maguire, who played gay...
- 4/7/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
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