so, channel four are having a bit of a thing at the moment about the 40th(?) anniversary of the decriminalisation of those dirty gays. i agree this is something forth getting excited about, but i'm not convinced that their program on sunday, clapham junction, does the cause a great amount of good. they managed to roll out all the standard stereotypes: cruising for sex in public toilets, check! trying to bed straight men left right and centre, check! cocaine habits galore, check! cheating on your boyfriend at the reception of your civil partnership, check! the cherry on the cake was the paedophile trying to seduce a schoolboy. granted they had a vaguely different take on it, but it seemed a bit off that following an extended arguement on big brother beforehand about gay men being equated with paedos, c4 then went and perpetuated that myth. no wonder there seems to be a preconception that all gay guys are drug addicted paedophiles with a sideline in shagging straight men. it'd be really nice if for once there was a gay character on tv that bore even the slightest resemblance to me or any of my gay mates. Failing that though, i guess we'll have to make do with paul nichols knob...
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