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Disney/ABC receive top rating from homosexual activists.(Inside Track)(Brief article)

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For regular viewers of network television dramas, soaps, and sitcoms, it might appear that Hollywood has been on a "gay" binge in recent years. After all, the number of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) TV characters in major and minor roles has exploded in the past decade. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD) website even features a "TV GAYED: GLAAD's Weekly Guide to What's LGBT on TV."

However, the GLAAD activists are not glad about the progress of LGBT themes and characters on network television. In the introduction to its Network Responsibility Index issued on August 6, GLAAD President Neil G. Giuliano complained: "Millions of television viewers are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.... What kind of message does it send when such a large segment of the population is missing from the storytelling and unscripted programming that comes into our homes ...

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