homophobia-related stories
Posted May 29th 2009 3:09PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free
Late last week,
actor Chris Engen reportedly bolted from
The Young & the Restless, walking out on a front-burner story line on the number one rated daytime drama because he objected to his character sharing a kiss with another man. This week,
Y&R's former Adam Wilson issued a statement online to tell his side of the story.
Engen wasn't unhappy with the gay twist, declared that he is not homophobic and said he didn't quit the show over religious objections. According to the first-time soap actor, "I felt generally unhappy about my contribution to the show, and had greater and greater difficulty making any sense of the challenges they were asking me to face."
Continue reading The Young & the Restless actor claims he didn't quit over gay kiss
Posted Feb 7th 2007 11:32AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Commercials, Web, Super Bowl
Remember that potentially homophobic
Snickers ad that aired during the Super Bowl? The one where two guys are so enamored with a candy bar that they start eating it from opposite ends,
Lady and the Tramp-style, and wind up accidentally kissing? They're so concerned that they just kissed that they decide to do something really macho to affirm their heterosexuality, so they start pulling out their chest hair. Because that's apparently what straight men do all the time.
Anyway, now that you're up to date, you won't be seeing that commercial on television anymore. Snickers
got complaints from the Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Apparently they thought the ad was homophobic. Who knew, I thought it was just anti-gay. Oh, right.
Continue reading Snickers pulls Super Bowl ad in response to complaints
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