I find the British media quite refeshing. they take a common occourence, such as gaynesss, and work it into thier everyday shows on the telly as an everday occurance.

I do aadmit I have been to england and most people are more homophobic than we are, but they aere more willing to admit it's there aand acccept as a neccary part of life.

Dennis

Shameless has gotten some coverage here, the Sundance Channel run of the first season was regularly mentioned in the Queeveiew (though I got thrown off by an incomplete episode guide that left me thinking the first season was only four episodes long). I agree, it's great and I keep hoping I'll hear that a US channel picks up the second (and later) seasons, too.

I am a huge!!!!! fan of Shameless which has to recurring fabulous gay characters and 2 (sometimes more) lesbians and yet get's so little coverage here. It's surprising to me because Ian is such a complex and layered character and his story has been handled with such fabulous writing.

Both Ian and Mickie are very sexually active (no more or less than your average late teenage /early 20's boy) and Ian's just had his first real "boyfriend" (which, ahem, met a bump in the road) but still...

I just love, love, love this show's handling of gay characters over all and I'm wondering if there's any chance folks on AE will be covering it more closely in the future.

Any word?

I would HAPPILY do a blog for y'all on here weekly for shameless! I frigging love that show and watch it weekly on E4 (uk channel) its due to start again soon and i've haerd a few spoilers and there will be 2  gay characters getting introduced this season, one who is new and one who is already an existing member of the cast!!!