One of the whacky twists on a gay dating show on a gay cable network is that one of the contestants has HIV. This is important, according to the gay producers, because they have to remove the “stigma” of HIV. Because, you know, the last thing we would want people to think is that maybe dating someone with a contagious, life-altering (and wholly preventable) disease is something that one might think twice about.
Host Lance Bass confirmed the news Monday, following reports that a contestant’s positive diagnosis will become a main storyline on the show. “This is one of the things I love about the show — it’s a fun reality show, it’s dramatic, but there’s a lot of heart in it and amazing storylines that you’re going to shed a tear over,” he told People Now. “And one of those is finding about this guy’s HIV.”
Do they want to create more bug-chasers? Because this is how you create more bug-chasers. To a certain kind of personality type, the attention and sympathy one gets as a hero of the HIV victim group is very appealing.
There’s also a bit of tokenism going on in this. It’s like, “Hey, guess what, one of the contestants is going to turn out to be a black guy. You’ll never guess which one it is.”
Because that’s what the left does; it objectifies people based on their ability to fit into a certain social cubbyhole: Black, Trans, Mohammedan, HIV-positive, et cetera. Because people are not so much individuals to the left but symbols of whatever ethnic or social group they belong to by virtue of skin color, native ethnicity, sexual proclivity, or disease-having-status.
The HIV positive dating show contestant — like the hijab-wearing Olympic woman — is just an object sociopathic leftists can use to virtue-signal to one another.
Fortunately, nobody watches Logo anyway.
If they are stressing the responsibility on the part of HIV-positive men to share their status with their partners and to minimize the risk of transmission, I’m all for it. If it’s “hey guys, HIV isn’t a big deal anymore,” then I’m not amused.
Hmmmm, based on the previews and the drivia-trip [sp] I don’t find any of the
predatorscontestants nor the “perfect victim” personally-attractive nor compelling. And I just don’t need the heavily-edited reality-TV dramedy no-thanks-very-much.Why doesn’t the left objectify the really interesting minorities who dare to be different? Are they letting some sort of Puritan prudery overwhelm their objectivity?
For real viewership, one of the contestants should be a Black, Trans, Mohammedan, HIV-positive Milwaukee Cannibal specializing in rape, murder, dismemberment, necrophilia, cannibalism and body parts preservation.
^ Tsk! Can’t you wait until next year’s shows start?
Wait, I thought next season will feature the gang rape of a gay conservative. Damn!
Unfortunately, these attempts to de-stigmatize a terrible disease has existed from day one. People try, something bad happens that is settled out of court & everything goes away, including someone’s good idea. Single issue voters, Liberal gays, aren’t the sharpest sticks in the fence, but even they wise up when faced with oblivion. Anyone can find a cheap lawyer (vulture).
I had a weird TV moment a few weeks ago. Bored on a weekend afternoon, I was surfing the channel guide and I swear to Trump there was an All In The Family marathon running on Logo. I had to keep checking behind the sofa for Rod Serling. Or maybe Alan Funt.
While a disease that requires $30k-$60k worth of meds a year is not something you want if the currency collapses, the bigger deal is that the PRINCE CHARMING is a male prostitute. Of course over at towleroad they say you shouldn’t be prejudice against sex workers, but could they not have found a doctor, nurse, engineer to play the part? I don’t know about you but I would rather date someone that worked at McDonalds than a male escort.
The show will also have a male nanny, hair stylist, make up artist, model, event planner, beauty expert, personal trainer, “works in behavioral health”, and 2 who have no professions listed as contestants.
#3 A new batch of drug resistant HIV came into the US just this year.
The people using Truvada PRep (at a cost to taxpayers or others of $1500/month)instead of condoms can catch it. Along with other diseases. We may see incurable gonorrhea in a decade or 2.
If firearms weren’t so politically incorrect, there would be a TV game show by now with contestants playing Russian Roulette with a loaded revolver.
My best friend has had HIV for 22 years and has been with his partner for 11 and his partner is HIV-negative.
Also, Pedro Zamora was one of the first people on a TV show to be openly gay and/or HIV-positive. For some people, he was the first gay person/person with HIV they ever “knew” and helped them humanise gay people/people with HIV in their eyes. May he rest in peace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Zamora
Before you were able to get gay married V the K, gays first had to be humanised in the public sphere for mass acceptance.
These things don’t happen by magic.
That’s probably the best part about the whole concept. It was just coming on-air when I got rid of my satellite TV service and I don’t know of any local cable system which carries it, plus in all of the hotel rooms I’ve been in in the past ten years, I think I only saw it available once. Apparently it’s yet another outlet primarily for gays in large urban areas (because there aren’t enough for them already).
“Apparently it’s yet another outlet primarily for gays in large urban areas (because there aren’t enough for them already).”
That is because gays outside of large metro areas don’t relate to the broadcast lineup.
#11 … I have a number of friends on Prep and they now laugh off condoms as somekind of backwards joke.
Meanwhile I had a conversation with my doctor and she says the Prep is causing people to be irresponsible and she has repeat offenders with other STDs and her doctor friends confirm they are seeing a lot more infections.
Even my diagnosed HIV positive friends run around without condoms because everyone is on Prep and their own viral loads are undetectable.
If you even question any of this you’re looked at like some backwards pariah.
I feel this is not going to end well – especially with lack of antibiotic research. You might survive HIV but you’ll have a life long case of gonorrhea. Sounds fun!