gays in the media

Groups inadequately represented by the Media

One group I feel is inadequately presented by the media is gays. Only recently have gays been allowed to be portrayed on television programmes without huge uproar from the public and in the papers the fact that someone is gay is often used against them. When George Michael was found in L.A participating in gay intercourse there was scandal all over the newspapers. Would there have been as much media hype if he had been found with a woman?
In television people often describe there being a ‘token’ black character and this is coming apparent with gays. Gays are never portrayed as just being normal people or people that actually do have problems aside from being gay. In Eastenders elderly Derick ...