Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of this Version
9-1-2007
Publication Source
Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting
Start Page
302
Last Page
318
Abstract
In the summer of 2003, gays were big news in the United States and Canada: the U.S. Supreme Court overturned sodomy laws in all states, the Canadian government decided to award marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and Gene Robinson was confirmed as the bishop of New Hampshire, making him the first openly gay and partnered Episcopalian bishop in the Anglican church. The television show that catalyzed the national imagination was Bravo cable channel's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, a makeover show in which five gay men worked with the raw material of a stylistically and socially incompetent heterosexual in order to "build a better straight man."
Copyright/Permission Statement
Reprinted with permission.
Recommended Citation
Sender, K. (2007). Dualcasting: Bravo's gay programming and the quest for women audiences. In C. Chris & A. Freitas (Eds.), Cable visions: Television beyond broadcasting (pp. 302-318). New York, NY: New York University Press. Retrieved from http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/128
Date Posted: 07 October 2008