GLAAD praises ABC and FX, but gives NBC and FOX the big fail
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Including gay characters on your TV show is good, unless it’s two lesbians who fall in love with a straight man, as they do in a storyline on New Amsterdam. FOX learned that the hard way when they received a failing grade from GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) on their second annual GLAAD Network Responsibility Index. The index measures the “quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television.”
Although GLAAD gave FOX a failing grade, the network’s cable counterpart, FX, received top honors for cable channels. The advocacy group praised them for including the most original programming that featured members LGBT community. Special notice was given to Nip/Tuck, which had a gay, lesbian, or bisexual character in every episode. Rescue Me’s commitment ceremony storyline was also viewed favorably by the group.
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