Gays of daytime

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Grimes recently advocated for the two women to marry, a moment that would be groundbreaking on daytime’s No. 1 soap. It doesn’t appear that will be happening any time soon. Viewers deserve better. Now more than ever, representation matters. LGBTQ characters should be more than side dressing. Will Horton (Chandler Massey) and Sonny Kiriakis (Freddie Smith) made history when they became the first male-male couple to get married on daytime drama TV back in I am absolutely LOVING this turn of events.

We need more gay male characters in Port Charles for representation now that Lucas, Brad and Felix are off canvas or rarely shown. Prior to the show turning 50, and airing their anniversary episodes, several key plot points occurred. Paul is, of course, going to be seen on-air in the coming months helping his father John Black Drake Hogestyn find out about his past.

Will Horton was killed off. Did Days of Our Lives turn away from the gay characters due to homophobic fallout? Did they blame the ratings decline on that? Is daytime afraid to be gay?

I am absolutely LOVING

But is this just purely the case of a major part of the daytime audience tuning-out and not wanting to see two men on camera kissing and being together as a couple still in ? Could it be on primetime there is a more diverse and accepting audience watching in total? It is also curious that when you speak to any experts in the field of daytime soaps, females and gay men comprise the biggest segment and demographic of the population who watch their favorite shows.

Weigh-in on: Why you think there is a lack of gay characters and major central stories for them on the canvas of the soaps in in the comment section below! As we can see the more the LGBT community makes advances in getting equal rights the more the bigots scream and yell, causing some to reverse where they are going.

In this time when we need the shows that we have supported our entire lives to send the message that all should be looked at without prejudice and hate they are running in the other direction. Atwt made its mark with its first gay character. Ken Corday should step up and restore the Wilson story and stop listening to homophobic old fans that represent the minority opinion in America.

Ultimately, the ratings are closely watched and the previously super low ratings are what caused several changes at DAYS. Corday Productions had been wanting to do introduce a gay character for years, and they took the opportunity when Will, a character strongly linked to the canvas by family, was of the age of becoming a man, and NBC and Sony were very supportive of Corday Productions in developing the gay storyline, and encouraged them to go for it.

And the show was still giving strong support in , when they gave the two gay characters a gay wedding — and the show was very proud of this! The show itself won Emmy awards too in this period! So what happened in , that suddenly caused the show to become start being demeaning and destructive towards its gay characters? But why this sudden change of heart and direction at Days, when previously the production company, the network, and the distributor were all fully behind the gay elements of the show?

Clearly, the back-burning and demeaning and destruction of the gay characters began in earnest when new Head Writers, Dena Higley and Josh Griffith took the helm. But why on earth were they given free-reign to destroy and demean the gay characters? That is one question. That said, personally I would totally love Will back, because he is my favorite character ever, and I really do miss him!

The discrimination towards gays has just gone on and on. Supporting character Paige gets far more send off and grieving and opportunity to be seen again in the imaginations of a grieving relative, as does Bo get the opportunity to be seen again in the imagination of his grieving life-partner, Hope. But not gay Will — the GAY can no longer be seen on this show, and so Will is back-burned and then stamped out and brutally obliterated and mentioned as little as the show can get away with.

And the publicity for the show ignored him during the period of his murder too! Gay was suddenly unmentionable all round! Whoever is to blame, the people who hold the real power and responsibility — the network and the distributor — should step up and take responsibility, apologize, and set things right. What is broadcast is important — and the network and the distributor should stand up and take responsibility for the demeaning messages that the show that they air has put out there.

They need to stand up and do the right thing and show their support for universal human solidarity, and set things right again!