Television is failing gays badly

Ed: Is there an admission in the strap-line of htis story: "mean to change views"?

Series such as Queer as Folk were meant to change views on homosexuality. But as C4 starts a gay season, has anything much changed?

It’s jolly nice of Channel 4 to give gays a mini-season of gay-themed TV to mark the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality (between two men over the age of 21 in private). But it’s also depressing: there are so few gays across the schedules generally,a special season is merited. Yes, there is Graham Norton, controversial kisses on soaps and the occasional drama series such as Queer as Folk ( pictured on previous page). But the mushroom clouds of controversy around the odd gay sex scene obscures the fact that TV still doesn’t do “gay” that well – either in dramas or documentaries. Read more