GAY TV - Launched on PPV

Hmm!I wonder where I put my deckchair?

The problem is I can actually see both sides of this argu..errr points of view.Sometimes 'hetero' programming doesn't cover certain aspects that would be of use and interest to the gay community for fear of causing offence...to those not of a gay disposition.However after years of trying to get equal treatment maybe gays DON't want to be a special case and would rather 'gay' issues were regarded as mainstream.Which it has to be said they are only partially so at the moment.

Mainly health issues and specifics of sexual practice for those who are wondering what I'm on about.

[Shaun]

Fancy a Pimms and Lemonade while we wait Incog?

[purenuman]

Originally Posted by whyme38

I could but the post would be removed so I am shutting up

Originally Posted by garyparson

anal

Banal more like - and incorrect of course as anal sex is not the preserve of homosexual men. Please could you consider your contributions a little more.

[gooner4life]

Originally Posted by andyl

Banal more like - and incorrect of course as anal sex is not the preserve of homosexual men. Please could you consider your contributions a little more.

Quite right infact many do not even partake in said activity.

I still stand by my point though, there is enough adult channels already and there is no need for exclusively gay television channels either.

[Nugget]

I wouldn't go as far as to say that there is need, carte blanche - the people who've set up the station obviously feel that there is.

Having said that, it's a PPV channel so, if they don't get people subscibing or buying as a one-off, it won't last very long anyway

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by gooner4life

I still stand by my point though, there is enough adult channels already and there is no need for exclusively gay television channels either.

Agreed. We don't need seperate channels for homosexuals (which, to me, is like Apartheid). We need greater representation of Gay issues on mainstream TV.

Originally Posted by Nugget

I wouldn't go as far as to say that there is need, carte blanche - the people who've set up the station obviously feel that there is.

Having said that, it's a PPV channel so, if they don't get people subscibing or buying as a one-off, it won't last very long anyway

A need? well that's a whole different debate. Do we need hetero porn channels? I don't personally but clearly there's an audience. Indeed, if there is a market for Gay TV it will survive, if not it won't. On the point of why "Gay TV", I would suggest this is a necessity of marketing, a need to communicate baldly what the channel offers to its target audience. Hetero channels can afford to be more subtle - Men & Motors doesn't call itself "Cheaply Generated Soft Porn With A Few High Power Cars & Bikes For Sexually Turbo-charged Hetero Men"! The channel owners need to hit promote their product in the most impactive way; calling it Gay TV is certainly a good start.

Finally, this is gay porn we're talking about. How can it not be a seperate channel for gay (and bisexual) people?

[Angua]

Originally Posted by whyme38

I take it this will be catering for men as female gay sex has been on the porn channels for a long time

Not strictly true as standard porn channel girl on girl is aimed specifically at hetro men and has little reality for women.

Originally Posted by Angua

Not strictly true as standard porn channel girl on girl is aimed specifically at hetro men and has little reality for women.

And it is soooooo posed.

[Jules]

I presume that a lot of gay men and women are turned on by porn just as heterosexual ones are, so it is only natural that they want a channel that shows this

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[Nugget]

Originally Posted by whyme38

I presume that a lot of gay men and women are turned on by porn just as heterosexual ones are, so it is only natural that they want a channel that shows this

That's what I thought really. Presumably (and I'll have to be careful here!), the majority of gay men and women probably wouldn't find 'straight' porn a turn on, whereas 'gay' porn is directed at their (assumed) desires or fantasies.

That also sort of tunes in to why 'lesbian porn' appeals to a lot of blokes - the idea of two women together (or *ahem* with the bloke) is a fantasy for them).

Having said that, I've never seen any gay porn, so I dunno really

[STONEISLAND]

'lesbian porn' do they do that?

Hmmmmmmmmm

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by skunk4u

'lesbian porn' do they do that?

Hmmmmmmmmm

Yeah, but you have to be a lesbian to buy it

Sorry about that