christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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March 10, 2005

Two Cheap Bastards (aka Brent Hartinger & Michael Jensen) over at AfterEllen raise an important question about the challenges facing gay television channels.

Black Entertainment Television (BET) is pretty much black programming as if it was created by white supremacists. It’s an endless stream of videos and sitcoms featuring the crudest of African American stereotypes: gangstas, pimps, and whores. And there’s something more than a little ironic about a minority network that uses a geographic loophole so it can pay its stand-up comics a sub-standard wage.

As for the Latino network Telemundo, it has an endless stream of oversexed latinos ripping off their clothes and falling into bed with each other.

Does all this mean that any future gay network is doomed to traffic in the most obvious of gay stereotypes? Cher concerts? An obsession with chiseled pecs, plastic surgery, and penis size? Lots of talk shows with Carson Kressley wannabes being bitchy?
[The Big Gay Picture - AfterEllen - 03-10-05]