Battle of the Network Gays: October 29, 2009

All four of these individuals would be worthy of the crown: the late, great Bea Arthur for being a genuine angel (apparently, they do exist); Oliver Fish for giving us one of the most rounded, most complete and most deeply felt gay male characters on TV; Adam Lambert for being the brilliant entertainer that he is, and unapologetically out at the same time; and Tyler for coming out to his co-worker with a fierce but emotionally moving speech.

But because Fish and Lambert could win this honor again (and again), I had to choose between Bea and Tyler--as much as I admire and love Bea, I went with Tyler, partly because he won't have many more chances and because he's one of the more different and interesting gay characters on TV right now.

oh my god i cried when i found out about this.  I LOVE BEA!!!!  these beautiful women have been advocates of gay rights.... they didn't just advocate it in the show (where the topic of homosexuality have been sinsitively discussed many times) but in their real lives as well.  I LOVE THEM!!!  even from the grave she sings to our hearts and makes the gay youth of today smile knowing they have a bright future.

My vote went towards the dearly beloved and missed Ms. Bea Arthur. As a pre-teen I loved watching The Golden Girls. My grandmother had died the year before the show premiered and I always thought that she would have gotten the same enjoyment out of seeing women her age, on screen living, loving and enjoying their "glory years" the way that she had when she was alive.

Love me less, but love me a long time - Les Chansons D'Amour

I ran into Bea and her husband Gene Saks at a hotel outside of Paris.  My lover at the time called it "Chateau Nightyhouse."  Actually, it was the Chateau d'Artigny built by François Coty the perfume guy.  I would have not recognized her (I talked to Paul Newman for 30 minutes before the light dawned- but he was wearing mirrored sunglasses) but Rich did.  She seemed tired and tense, the TV work must have just gone into hiatus. 

We loved our divorceymoon.

 

 

Aime-mois moins, mais aime-moi longtemps

So I take it that whole retired for a year after someone wins 7 business doesn't apply to Adam Lambert? I don't think Luke's been on BOTNG since he retired, so why should Adam?

 

 

 

BTW... That cover is awful. 

until i decide  to vote Bea beacuse she gave her final gift to homeless gay youth shelter.  Bea, Thanks for being our TRUE  and BEST friend!

This was an easy choice. BEA ARTHUR. I still catch myself watching those bloody re-runs.

I didn't know that non-gays or those not playing gay could be nominated. If that's the case, then I definitely would have lobbied to send a little love Philip Spooner's way this week.  God bless you, man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrEbJBFWIPk

And Bea, what can one say?  Thank you for being a friend....

is for Bea, i like all four candidates, but Bea is just great. We'll miss you Bea

Was definitely for Bea......her final act of charity and caring transcends all other labels/orientations/race/etc etc. 

Way to go Bea.....you always were, and always will be a friend to the human race.

And yes....I watch those reruns all the time....and we also have all the seasons on DVD and will periodically plug in a disc and just watch them for hours on end.

As everybody else has said, I voted for Bea.  I didn't even have to think about it - as soon as I saw she was nominated, I voted for her.  I don't even think I have to provide any reasons, though I just got finished watching an episode of The Golden Girls.

Much as I like Bea it was a really loaded deck. You might as well have just let her get an award. 

This was probably the easiest choice yet.

While I absolutely ADORE Oliver Fish and appreciate Tyler Briggs's coming out. And while I DO admire Adam Lambert's guts, I can't think of one more deserving than the amazing Bea Arthur. she truly deserves the crown and is most definitely a friend we will never forget. Yay for our Golden Girl!

A truly tough choice this week, tougher than it's been in a while.

If the accursed global time zones handn't gotten in the way, I would have had to go for Bea Arthur. Yes, even in distant South Africa during the tumultous late 80s / Early 90s, this young 'mo-to-be tuned into the Golden Girls with a secret relish not even my parents (also watching) could have guessed - these were the grandmas we all wanted, and Miami seemed the most golden, beautiful place on Earth. It still blows my mind that throughout, Bea Arthur was the oldest of them all! Estelle Getty (despite playing her mother) was over a year younger, as was Betty White. Astounding..

So one last time Bea, thank you for being a friend..

(OK, OK, please don't vomit all over your keyboards... golden girls nostalgia zone ends here..gah!)

Our dear Mr Fin comes in a close second for me, not that he's going to be short of the crown in the future I'm guessing- dude's had a s**t week, but I have a feeling next week will go better for him (aah OLTL spoilers, how you both make and break my week) :) yes, that scene with Kyle on Wednesday brought a rare lump to my usually unmoved throat...such intensity! Just like when he was fighting for his relationship with Layla- somebody give this dude something else gold and shiny please!

Adam- great cover, but like the man says, you cant judge a book...

As for Trauma- we haven't picked it up down here yet- nor will we if its to be cancelled. Oh well. Question: was there ever a gay character on Third Watch?

Have a great weekend gentles..

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Sue Sylvester, Oh, you know where it's from (!)

I just hear adam's single, for you entertainment, and it's like Sam Sparro meets Lady Gaga. I like it

http://www.adamofficial.com/us/home

Interesting choice for first single.