In this age of Kurt Hummel, Emily Fields and the dozens of other gay characters prominently featured on some of the most popular teen-skewing shows, it might strike twenty-somethings as crazy to hear there was a time when gay men and women were tougher to find on TV than a speck of glitter in a haystack.
Reality TV was one of the first mediums to actively capture the gay experience and share it with the world, particularly The Real World. From Pedro Zamora of The Real World: San Francisco to Genesis Moss of The Real World: Boston, MTV was breaking Lgbtq ground and educating America by putting a face to this long-overlooked portion of society long before their network counterparts.
Danny Roberts became one of the most beloved members of said community when he starred on The Real World: New Orleans in 2000. The adorable, then-22-year-old basically became the insta-crush of every gay (and...
Reality TV was one of the first mediums to actively capture the gay experience and share it with the world, particularly The Real World. From Pedro Zamora of The Real World: San Francisco to Genesis Moss of The Real World: Boston, MTV was breaking Lgbtq ground and educating America by putting a face to this long-overlooked portion of society long before their network counterparts.
Danny Roberts became one of the most beloved members of said community when he starred on The Real World: New Orleans in 2000. The adorable, then-22-year-old basically became the insta-crush of every gay (and...
- 9/18/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
The Real World was the original reality show, debuting on MTV in 1992. And from the very first season in Los Angeles, there was a lesbian. Beth Anthony came into replace a housemate who left during filming, and she was instantly the first out lesbian on reality TV.
Now in its 26th season, The Real World has played host to several members of the Lgbt community, including 10 women who are out lesbians or bisexual women. (This, of course, is not including the women of Road Rules or those who make out with women on camera but still consider themselves straight.) And on the new season in San Diego, premiering September 28, we'll meet Sam McGuinn, a butch 21-year-old from Virginia.
So where are all those women now?
Aneesa Ferreira (Chicago)
Still active on the Challenges, Aneesa hasn't strayed far from her time on The Real World. She is on Twitter.
Ruthie Alcaide...
Now in its 26th season, The Real World has played host to several members of the Lgbt community, including 10 women who are out lesbians or bisexual women. (This, of course, is not including the women of Road Rules or those who make out with women on camera but still consider themselves straight.) And on the new season in San Diego, premiering September 28, we'll meet Sam McGuinn, a butch 21-year-old from Virginia.
So where are all those women now?
Aneesa Ferreira (Chicago)
Still active on the Challenges, Aneesa hasn't strayed far from her time on The Real World. She is on Twitter.
Ruthie Alcaide...
- 9/16/2011
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
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