In this case, while we do have more gay characters than ever before, we see a sanitized and almost desexualized image of gay characters compared to cable television. Are we still afraid to see two gay men kiss in a hot steamy shower on network television? My answer- Network Television, your privilege is showing. Heterosexual kids in the cast of Glee hooking up and creating new couples nearly every episode and displaying their love in public ways, yet cast homosexual love as a “special episode” is a picture of privilege in mainstream television.
Signal boost.