DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT being literally with the title.

I've noticed a lot of gay subject matter has become more prevalent on TV lately. Shows like AHS, Nashville, Scandel, OITNB, How to Get Away w/ Murder etc have been pushing a lot of gay plot lines into the homes of middle American primetime. Hell, I never thought we'd get gay sex scenes on basic cable primetime like they show on HTGAWM.

The music industry seems to slowly be more accepting of gay acts again. For awhile there was no out gay men in the industry, but now we have Frank Ocean, Sam Smith and a few other up and comers hopefully paving the way. Hell, I've noticed even hip-hop is coming along with guys like Yung Thug making androgyny cool a bit. Also, more and more male celebrities have been doing the "sex sells" photoshoots and ish to appeal to the gayz.


Gay lingo has also been picked up by the media a bit.

Are gay people taking over pop culture? Are we the ones everyone wishes they were but can only dream? Is our Emancipation of Penis era coming?

No. They needed new material....so now the media is looking to the gays to spice up otherwise stale TV.

Doesn't necessarily negate what I said. Even if it's for ratings and controversy, it's still a good that America is starting to give us some platforms.

The gays still have a ways to go

not really taking over but its just becoming more acceptable to talk about in mainstream media. Have you seen that new show on NBC? its a sitcom called the McCarthys the son is gay and hes the MAIN character. now that's pretty cool.

Just to clarify, I was being facetious with "taking over", but I do think we're infiltrating media more now than ever.

WUT??? I have to check that out, that's cool.

wait...

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...nceled/322460/
hope it survives.
Tell my why i thought the son was Zach Braff...

Anyways, I do agree that the gays are hitting their peak in pop culture and acceptance. Though it'll be a while till the likes of Russia and friends start to see the light... One step at a time I guess.

yes

There is a long way to go but yes we are making lots of progess. Its great how Sam Smith came out and it did not affect his career negatively. I like how there is a gay man with huge radio hits. Baby steps, nothing happens overnight

Not at all.

No they aren't. Gays of all kinds are less than 2% of the population. Straight males are 50% and they won't listen to anything gay. 50% is a large demographic to lose. And that's not even counting females, old people, religious, Bedouins, Tamil Tigers and all other people who don't listen to even normal pop acts.

This is not taking over. It's being more recognized.

no but they seem to be some kind of hot things for media

Agreed. They will never take over.

they have been always secretely in charge

Straight people may be the majority of the population yet are still threatened by the small percentage of LGBT people.

Read the first line y'all.

EDIT: d, nvm, I thought I had already edited the op. Read now.