a friend of mine reads this site, and he sent me the following:

"Luke and Noah changed my life for the better. I went around having these thoughts and urges about boys. When the show stopped having them kiss, I realized that was God's way of telling me I was wrong for my feelings. Now, i am a proud heterosexual who has stepped out of the dark and into the true light. yes, I am forever changed."

:-P

Hey, I think it's good if we all have a healthy fear of Cowboy Puppets!  Have you ever seen a GOOD cowboy puppet?  I know I haven't!

Thanks As The World Turns, I needed a new phobia as my old ones were getting, well, old...

8)

 

On a more serious note, I've been watching various soaps for years... Santa Barbara, Another World, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, and now As the World Turns.... and they have taught me...they've taught me...  hmm... I'm not sure they've taught me anything!  I'll have to think on that... 8)

Luke and Noah have made me realize that sex, intimacy and affection have nothing to do with gay relationships and that gay men should be portrayed as neutered, colorless automatons who fade into the background of a straight society.  They've surely changed my life for the better.

I would much rather hear about a hair fixation or a tribute in butter than learn that the show is being celebrated because some poor gay kid's first exposure to gay love informs him that it is disgusting for two men to kiss, or relate like a loving couple should. The Emmys are for 2007's show. Luke came out the year before.


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Luke and Noah have made me realized that we have come a long way since stereotypical depictions of gays. Today the depictions of gays are insidious in the attempt to portray them as disgusting. The Luke and Noah story has taught me the desperation of the people who tell daytime romance: they are quick to benefit from ratings while at the same time throwing gay people in front of the bus.

As the World Turns has taught me that day-time television is unsafe for GLBT folks and reminded me that I live in a world informed by mean, bigoted evangelists who's only purpose is to destroy the lives of GLBT people, and that day time T.V. is more than willing to help them deliver their message. I have learned that producers of these shows, like P&G, are willing to work within the narrow confines established by radical right wing groups in order to try and prove that while they love gay people as God would want them to, they actually believe that gay men are revolting and disgusting.

I have learned that the GLBT community is starved for approval from "normal' society. People who say they are our friends, like GLAAD, are more than willing to support a mean portrayal of a gay couple because it brings them free publicity, new donors and attracts celebrities to their award ceremonies. I can only assume that the people presenting this years Emmys feel the same way."

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