BB have seriously let down the LGBTQ community with this years casting

[pontyboi]

I mean c'mon we have 1 gay housemate for once I would like Big Brother to cast regular gay guys like myself who I and others can relate to.

BB viewers are mostly gay men and straight women and I'm sure even the straight viewers are bored of seeing men trying to be lads and all blonde women with the same personalities.

This years casting is false advertising seeing as it was advertised as the United Kingdom of big brother.

[Novo]

About time we had a quiet gay guy like Raphy

[Vicky.]

Will 'regular gay guys' apply? They do tend to only pick OTT camp gay housemates :laugh: Either those are all that apply, or BB purposely cast stereotypes

Not including Raph in that though. But generally

[T*]

About time we had a quiet gay guy like Raphy

'A quiet gay guy'...?

[Vicky.]

We also need some lesbians tbh. Have had loads of gay men over the years but not many lesbians.

[MB.]

BB: Lesbian Trip? :fc:

[Samm]

more of these lesbians

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/06/22/article-2346621-1A7538C9000005DC-91_634x404.jpg

[Christmas Dynasnow]

raph has been a bad stereotype I agree.

when will we have a lesbian who isnt a fanny hound and gay guy who gets on with all guys and not just girls?

Biggns, although camp, was a great role model

[armand.kay]

raph has been a bad stereotype I agree.

when will we have a lesbian who isnt a fanny hound and gay guy who gets on with all guys and not just girls?

Biggns, although camp, was a great role model
Legend Craig Coats?

[Vicky.]

Legend Craig Coats?

He only got on with Anthony as he planned on getting him too drunk to say no :umm2: Still find his behaviour really perverted to this day

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Legend Craig Coats?

yes probably one of the best (if I can call them this) gay housemates

brian D being the LEGEND, natch

[Christmas Dynasnow]

essentially they broke the mould with Brian Dowling and its been downhill ever since

[Christmas Dynasnow]

He only got on with Anthony as he planned on getting him too drunk to say no :umm2: Still find his behaviour really perverted to this day

:fist: his thirst was real

[pontyboi]

Will 'regular gay guys' apply? They do tend to only pick OTT camp gay housemates :laugh: Either those are all that apply, or BB purposely cast stereotypes

Not including Raph in that though. But generally

This isn't the case ive applied a few times now and the producer stage when I said I'm gay they almost looked dissapointed lol. There are outrageous gay characters obviously but there are also regular gay guys like myself who work 9 to 5 jobs as builders and carpenters and I would far prefer watching them than some screaming queen.

[reece(:]

We needed Andrew

[Morgan.]

BB: Lesbian Trip? :fc:

Nah it'll be BB: Gaybomb

[Wizard.]

What about me who wears makeup and can serve Kemal realness?

[pontyboi]

What about me who wears makeup and can serve Kemal realness?

No offence but we've seen it all before.

[Vicky.]

This isn't the case ive applied a few times now and the producer stage when I said I'm gay they almost looked dissapointed lol. There are outrageous gay characters obviously but there are also regular gay guys like myself who work 9 to 5 jobs as builders and carpenters and I would far prefer watching them than some screaming queen.

You should apply and just not mention being gay until you are in the house tbh :p

[Babayaro.]

Yeah, the whole diversity angle they were going for prior to the series beginning just looks embarrassing now lol.

[Wizard.]

No offence but we've seen it all before.

Excuse me!

[armand.kay]

No offence but we've seen it all before.

We've also had "regular gay guys" before so what are we complaining about?

[Vicky.]

What about me who wears makeup and can serve Kemal realness?

Only if you promise to have legendary quotes like kemals tbh. My god I loved him so much :D

[Wizard.]

This isn't the case ive applied a few times now and the producer stage when I said I'm gay they almost looked dissapointed lol. There are outrageous gay characters obviously but there are also regular gay guys like myself who work 9 to 5 jobs as builders and carpenters and I would far prefer watching them than some screaming queen.

I find this offensive that you call yourself a 'regular' gay, reminds me of a person who said I give gays a bad name for wearing makeup!

[Denver]

What about me who wears makeup and can serve Kemal realness?

GET RILEY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[armand.kay]

What about me who wears makeup and can serve Kemal realness?

Joe?

[Jamesy]

Raph seems pretty normal to me? He's not like the textbook camp gays we've seen cast in previous series. He's probably the most normal gay person we've seen on this show for god knows how long.

Big Brother could really do with an entire cast that is diverse. They started well with this series but now most of the house compromises of young white people from former reality TV shows.

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[Wizard.]

GET RILEY OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe?

Armand, Adam, come on bitches!

[armand.kay]

Raph seems pretty normal to me? He's not like the textbook camp gays we've seen cast in previous series. He's probably the most normal gay person we've seen on this show for god knows how long.

Big Brother could really do with an entire cast that is diverse. They started well with this series but now most of the house compromises of young white people from former reality TV shows.

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Hughie and Sam were pretty normal?

[Wizard.]

On a serious note to your topic, I don't feel let down and wouldn't feel let down if they cast NO LGBTQ people because I have bigger things to worry about other than LGBT representation HOWEVER seeing as it is meant to be The UK of Big Brother I would have liked to have seen more representation of everyone I mean why were there no Scottish people :fist:

[Denver]

I hope you have never watched Love Island tbh

[Parmy]

Legend Craig Coats?

Hughie.

[pontyboi]

You should apply and just not mention being gay until you are in the house tbh :p

True but they do ask questions like "how would you deal with living with attractive girls in such a confined space" so I was just like ....erm well I'm gay so...lol

[pontyboi]

I find this offensive that you call yourself a 'regular' gay, reminds me of a person who said I give gays a bad name for wearing makeup!

Oh put your make up brush down and stop being so pollitically correct. You know what I mean with BB they tend to only cast 1 or 2 gay people and they are almost allways the stereotypical, camp, supposedly funny to watch person to entertain the nation for a few weeks....sorry but I find that far more offensive.

Like me and you are polar opposites gay people arnt all about wearing make up and making bitchy comments. You have to agree we need a more diverse casting with the LGBTQ a community and the straight community tbh.

Ratings show this.

[iRyan]

The show used to be a champion of diversity, this year is so homogenized. Even moreso than BB12. Really bizarre casting choices here, they're trying to compete with Love Island by replicating it - that will never work. Love Island is Love Island. Let Big Brother be Big Brother.

[pontyboi]

Raph seems pretty normal to me? He's not like the textbook camp gays we've seen cast in previous series. He's probably the most normal gay person we've seen on this show for god knows how long.

Big Brother could really do with an entire cast that is diverse. They started well with this series but now most of the house compromises of young white people from former reality TV shows.

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Yes but out of 18 housemates he's the only gay person in there.....that's my point.

[T*]

The show is so heteronormative nowadays that it's problematic
Saying that a lot of British reality tv is -looks at LI-

[Wizard.]

Oh put your make up brush down and stop being so pollitically correct. You know what I mean with BB they tend to only cast 1 or 2 gay people and they are almost allways the stereotypical, camp, supposedly funny to watch person to entertain the nation for a few weeks....sorry but I find that far more offensive.

Like me and you are polar opposites gay people arnt all about wearing make up and making bitchy comments. You have to agree we need a more diverse casting with the LGBTQ a community and the straight community tbh.

Ratings show this.

I never make bitchy comments you cow!

[Vicky.]

True but they do ask questions like "how would you deal with living with attractive girls in such a confined space" so I was just like ....erm well I'm gay so...lol

Clearly your answer should be 'I would shag them right infront of everyone else on the kitchen table' or something

Guaranteed acceptance :D

[pontyboi]

Hughie and Sam were pretty normal?

I actually loved hughie he is what a BB housemate is all about. A gay man who grew up as a gypsy....can't write that **** lol

[Lostie!]

Oh put your make up brush down

:unsure: Speaking of "bitchy comments".

[pontyboi]

I never make bitchy comments you cow!

Lol fair enough that did actully make me laugh

[pontyboi]

:unsure: Speaking of "bitchy comments".

I was being sarcastic/ironic clearly I'm not very good at it.

[Denver]

If it lasts to next year, we need to get ride of the fake plastic women and show off men and have normal people that aren't stereotypes.

Leave Kweenelle out of this

[Vicky.]

Actually that would be great. Your whole VT could be about how you are there to shag as many girls as possible and that. The when meeting Ema you could just say 'oh btw, that VT was fake. I am actually gay' and strut off

[pontyboi]

Actually that would be great. Your whole VT could be about how you are there to shag as many girls as possible and that. The when meeting Ema you could just say 'oh btw, that VT was fake. I am actually gay' and strut off

Sashay away? Haha yeah sounds good....better than any twist BB producers could come up with.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

should we not have like 9 series all straight and one series with gay hms?

i think that would be more like reallife

[sampvt]

Personally I have never seen a gay guy in there that acts normal. Im not dragging gays, its just that every time we get a gay guy in there, they are weirdos and do not represent the LGBTV community. Raph is about as normal as it gets and he is as weird as fook as well, so where do they go. They either get camp as fook, or weird as fook. The producers wont cast a regular sane or normal acting gay guy for fear of ruining the show. They think all gays need tobe like Rylan or the trolly dollie from Ireland whos name escapes me.

[pontyboi]

should we not have like 9 series all straight and one series with gay hms?

i think that would be more like reallife

Interesting concept I would like a 50/50 house 8 straight people and 8 LGBTQ people. Would be good to see the interaction and I would actually like to see people in there with negative views on gay people and vice versa make it a proper social experiment.

[SteveG2688]

This isn't the case ive applied a few times now and the producer stage when I said I'm gay they almost looked dissapointed lol. There are outrageous gay characters obviously but there are also regular gay guys like myself who work 9 to 5 jobs as builders and carpenters and I would far prefer watching them than some screaming queen.

I want a mix and to be honest if a guy is going to lay into another guy for being camp i dont want to watch that. Being part of the community you need to band together not pick at people for genetic things that are out of their control. Sadly for you most gay men are camp, genetics and all. Not cool to call people queens.

[pontyboi]

Personally I have never seen a gay guy in there that acts normal. Im not dragging gays, its just that every time we get a gay guy in there, they are weirdos and do not represent the LGBTV community. Raph is about as normal as it gets and he is as weird as fook as well, so where do they go. They either get camp as fook, or weird as fook. The producers wont cast a regular sane or normal acting gay guy for fear of ruining the show. They think all gays need tobe like Rylan or the trolly dollie from Ireland whos name escapes me.

Yup 100% agree this is the point im trying to make. We need more diversity in general though from people of all walks of life.

[Denver]

House full of Lesbo's please

[SteveG2688]

Interesting concept I would like a 50/50 house 8 straight people and 8 LGBTQ people. Would be good to see the interaction and I would actually like to see people in there with negative views on gay people and vice versa make it a proper social experiment.

But no campy queens tho right? Isnt that what you said?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

i guess the show needs to reflect the viewers too however and not maybe the UK as a whole?

so jackie travers and her 10 pals

[SteveG2688]

I think we need a mix, more than just the odd one or 2 gay people/lesbians. I have said for years there are not enough people in the house that are gay. The majority of housemates are always straight. Would be cool to see 50/50.

[pontyboi]

I want a mix and to be honest if a guy is going to lay into another guy for being camp i dont want to watch that.

That's reality though. Jim Davison did it to Brian Dowling and even though it was offensive so ****ing what it's what happens in the real world so why censor it? BB is actually a really good platform for breaking down barriers and even though it's harsh it works.

[Vicky.]

Rather than chosing on sexuality I would really like to see some older people. Not the token 1 that we get (or 2 at best). If its really representative of the UK, there should be a few 40+ people in there.

[armand.kay]

Personally I have never seen a gay guy in there that acts normal. Im not dragging gays, its just that every time we get a gay guy in there, they are weirdos and do not represent the LGBTV community. Raph is about as normal as it gets and he is as weird as fook as well, so where do they go. They either get camp as fook, or weird as fook. The producers wont cast a regular sane or normal acting gay guy for fear of ruining the show. They think all gays need tobe like Rylan or the trolly dollie from Ireland whos name escapes me.

Sam, Hughie, Andy, Christopher, jack (or joe idk who the gay one was), Scott were all so much like Rylan?

[pontyboi]

But no campy queens tho right? Isnt that what you said?

No, not JUST camp people. We need a good mixture that reflects the actual gay community.

[Denver]

We need straight acting gays like Brain Dowling

[pontyboi]

Rather than chosing on sexuality I would really like to see some older people. Not the token 1 that we get (or 2 at best). If its really representative of the UK, there should be a few 40+ people in there.

I brought this up in a previous post to we defo need older housemates. CBB has a lot of older housemates and they are almost allways the most interesting.

[reece(:]

The show is so heteronormative nowadays that it's problematic
Saying that a lot of British reality tv is -looks at LI-

LI don't do geighs do they?

[SteveG2688]

No, not JUST camp people. We need a good mixture that reflects the actual gay community.

I wouldn't say Raph is particularly camp

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Its certainly a debate that needs discussing

[SteveG2688]

No, not JUST camp people. We need a good mixture that reflects the actual gay community.

We need straight acting gays like Brain Dowling

Thats like me saying we need feminine lesbian who act straight.

[pontyboi]

I wouldn't say Raph is particularly camp

I never said Raph was camp....I just addressed he's the only gay in the big brother village lol

[SteveG2688]

I never said Raph was camp....I just addressed he's the only gay in the big brother village lol

Did i say you said raph was camp? No, you said we need more straight acting gays, i mentioned raph as he strikes me as a straight acting gay.

[pontyboi]

Did i say you said raph was camp? No, you said we need more straight acting gays, i mentioned raph as he strikes me as a straight acting gay.

It was implied....maybe I took it the wrong way.

Anyway I'm glad to see so much positive feedback thought this thread was gonna be a troll fest lol.

[SteveG2688]

It was implied....maybe I took it the wrong way.

Anyway I'm glad to see so much positive feedback thought this thread was gonna be a troll fest lol.

Probably, hope you didnt think i was being rude. Not cool to call gay men are queens. Not ok to slam people in your own community especially when we all get slammed so much by people in general.

[sampvt]

who was the girl that changed her gender to become a man and went in the house as a tv then when he came out, it was reported he had fallen for a gay man and were living as a gay couple. why the fook didnt he ditch the pants for a dress and go back to being a woman and call themselves a husband and wife. I get really confused when a gay man lives with a person that has a vagina and has sex with him/her and he/she still wants to be recognised as a man even though he still has a vagina and his partner has a willy.

Im still not sure ive put it across right but in essence she went to a he and he went to a she and they live together but in different rolls but still have their private parts. in my head thats so hard to understand.

[Jamie89]

who was the girl that changed her gender to become a man and went in the house as a tv then when he came out, it was reported he had fallen for a gay man and were living as a gay couple. why the fook didnt he ditch the pants for a dress and go back to being a woman and call themselves a husband and wife. I get really confused when a gay man lives with a person that has a vagina and has sex with him/her and he/she still wants to be recognised as a man even though he still has a vagina and his partner has a willy.

Im still not sure ive put it across right but in essence she went to a he and he went to a she and they live together but in different rolls but still have their private parts. in my head thats so hard to understand.

I was staring at this for ages trying to remember who entered the house dressed as a television, before I realised [emoji23]

[pontyboi]

who was the girl that changed her gender to become a man and went in the house as a tv then when he came out, it was reported he had fallen for a gay man and were living as a gay couple. why the fook didnt he ditch the pants for a dress and go back to being a woman and call themselves a husband and wife. I get really confused when a gay man lives with a person that has a vagina and has sex with him/her and he/she still wants to be recognised as a man even though he still has a vagina and his partner has a willy.

Im still not sure ive put it across right but in essence she went to a he and he went to a she and they live together but in different rolls but still have their private parts. in my head thats so hard to understand.

Sexuality is a very complicated thing....just visit pornhub.com to see that lol but each to their own I say.

[Jamie89]

We also need some lesbians tbh. Have had loads of gay men over the years but not many lesbians.
Agree with this, I've always thought lesbian are extremely underrepresented.

[Wizard.]

House full of Lesbo's please

Melanie C a shoe-in?

[T*]

LI don't do geighs do they?

no gays on that island :sad:

[Vicky.]

no gays on that island :sad:

I can understand them not having gays if the entire point is sex/showmances. As even putting a couple of gay people in is unlikely to result in anything as they might not even fancy each other. That is the kind of show that it would make a lot of sense to have a spinoff series for gay people I think. A whole island full of gay men, then maybe a series of lesbians also. Though the second would probably have very large viewing figures as a lot of men would be tuning in when they wouldn't usually :tongue:

[Oliver_W]

It's LGBT. Let's not add other silly letters to it.

[armand.kay]

no gays on that island :sad:

Adding gays would complicate it so much, the format just doesn't work for gays.

[Vicky.]

It's LGBT. Let's not add other silly letters to it.

Need the rest of the alphabet soup these days or you are excluding people

LGBTQIA+++ I believe the correct acronym is :D

[Rob!]

Tbh I think it was a bit unfair for them to do that Blind Date task but excluding Raph from being able to choose himself a gay

[thesheriff443]

Last year we had a gay gypsy, and not forgetting a Scottish pakki **** as he called himself, gay or straight, we are not getting people from normal backgrounds.

[pontyboi]

I can understand them not having gays if the entire point is sex/showmances. As even putting a couple of gay people in is unlikely to result in anything as they might not even fancy each other. That is the kind of show that it would make a lot of sense to have a spinoff series for gay people I think. A whole island full of gay men, then maybe a series of lesbians also. Though the second would probably have very large viewing figures as a lot of men would be tuning in when they wouldn't usually :tongue:

"Fire Island" ...this needs to happen!

[pontyboi]

It's LGBT. Let's not add other silly letters to it.

Nah I like the Q were taking back queer as our own word. Retro :fist:

[Oliver_W]

Nah I like the Q were taking back queer as our own word. Retro :fist:
Nah it's redundant. It means the same as gay.

[SteveG2688]

Sexuality is a very complicated thing....just visit pornhub.com to see that lol but each to their own I say.

No one needs to visit that site. How disgusting of you to even link it.

[pontyboi]

No one needs to visit that site. How disgusting of you to even link it.

I'm sorry I forgot you had a smooth area down there. Get over it Sheldon cooper we all love sex lol a cross you have to bare.

[Cal.]

Legend Craig Coats?

:love:

[Cal.]

LI don't do geighs do they?

We'll see next summerhttp://i.imgur.com/AWBFJGB.gif

[StephenPullen]

Didn't know BB was about representing every letter of the alphabet - I thought it was about individuals :shrug:

[sungrass]

yeah last year Andy was proposed to and Hugie and R??? cant remember his name - got together - Hughie and Andy were great hm's

[Jack_]

No one needs to visit that site. How disgusting of you to even link it.

:unsure:

[armand.kay]

We'll see next summerhttp://i.imgur.com/AWBFJGB.gif

-at the audition-
cal: so yeah can't wait to get in there and see how many birds I pull

-in the villa-
cal: *runs manicured hands through hair sips her fruity cocktail*
" so..."
Boy: *smiles*
cal: *stirs drink with straw before taking another sip, he then takes a sip and smiles back while biting his straw*
*they both stand there staring at each other for the rest of the series*