Viewers kick up a stink about Home and Away lesbian storyline...

I havent time to read or watch but i agree with you point entiely. Write a strongly worded and get others to do the same. Thios usually makes them think twice about apologising for it!

 

I have now watched it and it seems to be just totally unreasionable to have this fuss, maybe it is just much more accepting in the UK cause we have gay story lines all the time, like in a program called "skins" there was male Gay sex. In soaps like "eastenders" there is gay story lines everywhere, have been since about 3 years ago and maybe before. I think there is a big difference bettween the acceptance of different countries!
Hope that the program holds its ground on this one.

 

i saw this when it was broadcast a couple of weeks ago and it was a true reflection of Charlie the cop battling with her feelings towards another woman. It was actually a very true story of what happens for lots of people out there!

surely this cant be the first time Home and Away have done a sexuality storyline in its 21 years??

 

that is so silly!

 

Gays and lesbians being portrayed on TV? Head for the hills!

DEAR GOD, WHAT'S THIS WORLD COME TO?!?! :rolleyes:

 

its not jsut that we have them its also where we have them.

there was the gay story lines in hollyoaks a show aimed at young teenagers, skins teh same ...

then we have the soaps who throw one in every few years.

then we only need to look at some celebs

john barrowman, sir ian mckellen to name a few....

then we have music,art,sport

the only place i would like to see people come out is football as i think it could do a) alot for the sport show its not the backbone of the manly straight stereotype and help show those less than friendly that i can kick a ball and still check out the opposing striker. sad thing is players are still to afraid due to negative reaction

and after the suicide of the only open footballer justin fashanu i cant imagine they are too keen to come out

 

^ i kind of agree this isnt the sort of reaction to lesbians but in the media world it will be other women ( sorry nothing personal just based on experience) that see this and complain that its wrong

 

Jeeze.. That aired AGESS ago here lol.
It was kinda annoying. I don't wach Home and Away, but having that censored was really annoying, considering Neighbours has had HEAPS of gay storylines with gay kisses in an earlier timeslot and haven't had this happen to them.

 

I don't watch Home and Away, though my mum loves watching it. I think it's because of the age and acceptance brackets that seven appeals to at the specific time. While Neighbours and ten appeal to different age and acceptance brackets.

 

Say what? Neighbours has had gay storylines?
Maybe I just don't notice them.
Sadly I grew up watching Home and Away, but we switched to Neighbours a few years ago.
That being said Donna totally stole Sunny's first kiss! Omg lesbian peck! Haha

Sadly there are always (well hopefully not always) going to be people who just don't like gays and lesbians, ect.
Just like there's probably always going to be racist and sexist people.
It's not entirely their own fault as it has to do with how they were raised, but once they get to a certain age they should be able to think for themselves.
I know I did.

In conclusion, people suck.

 

Definitely. Network TEN have always won the 16-39 demographic with most of their shows and although Neighbours only gets around 800,000-900,000 viewers now, the majority of those viewers are in the show's intended demographic so Freemantle Media can get away with a lot more to suit that demographic, whereas Home and Away gets around 1.1 million viewers on average (can be as low as 900,000 or as high as 1.2 depending on the leadin from Today Tonight and whatnot). Home and Away isn't going the greatest in demographics because of the leadin from Seven News and Today Tonight, which gives a lot of spillage of viewers. Around 1.4-1.8 million will watch Seven News, then it'll go down to 1.3-1.5 for Today Tonight and then go down to 1.1-1.2 for Home and Away, as people will stay tuned in for what's on at 7:30. So even though Home and Away has higher ratings, as the younger demographics are somewhat lacking they can't get away with a lot because of all the older people staying tuned in for whatever's on next.
See, Neighbours is always winning its demographics as its leadin is The Simpsons. Around 900,000-1.1 million viewers watch TEN News at Five, and then at 6PM around 800,000 watch The Simpsons. However, from 6-7PM most of the older people watching TEN News at Five would have switched to another network as The Simpsons AND Neighbours would be too much to sit through, whereas on Seven it's only 30 mins to sit through, as opposed to an hour.
So while the adults switch to Seven and Nine to watch the news, the kids switch to TEN to watch The Simpsons.

Now do you get why Neighbours has gotten away with teenage pregnancy, rape, same-sex relationships and flings and so much more over the years?

 

Notice though that the "critics" are the people whose opinions don't mean anything such as a church minister and a family values organization. To me it's just a laugh riot and I agree with the actress, they need to get a reality check.