# Bravo does first gay reality show
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 28, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048 "2003-05-28T16:31:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/1 "2003-05-28T16:31:17Z")
It’s called _Boy Meets Boy_ and I had to laugh at the quote from the Traditional Values Coalition.
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> "Clearly they’ve hit a new low. What’s next after _Boy Meets Boy_? _Boy Meets Sheep_?
Because, we all know, homosexuality always leads to bestiality. :rolleyes:
Anyway, I’m not into reality shows anyway, so I’ll probably give this one a miss. But if anyone else is [interested](http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-05-27-bravo_x.htm)…
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### Author:  [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/2 "2003-05-28T16:39:53Z")
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> Because, we all know, homosexuality always leads to bestiality.
Well, duh. And then necrophilia, euthanasia, abortion, uppity coloreds, women at Augusta, remakes of Casablanca, and the Traditional Values Coalition. Hey this is fun!
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/3 "2003-05-28T16:43:24Z")
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> \*Originally posted by stolichnaya \*
> **remakes of Casablanca**
Now come on, this is a real menace to society.
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### Author:  [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/4 "2003-05-28T16:43:28Z")
Will they have a token straight-guy like all the other reality shows have a token homo?
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/5 "2003-05-28T16:49:19Z")
Apparently the show will have some closet straight guys, trying to win the prize.
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### Author:  [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/6 "2003-05-28T16:54:47Z")
What, you mean _Queer as Folk_ isn’t a reality show?!?
Actually, Bravo has produced and/or aired at least two other “gay reality” shows, Gay Weddings (which IMDB doesn’t seem to list) and [Fire Island](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0283731). They are also producing [Queer Eye for the Striaght Guy](http://www.bravotv.com/Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy/) (warning: animation and music) which is some sort of makeover show where straight fashion victims get overhauled by gay stylistas.
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### Author:  [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravo-does-first-gay-reality-show/178048/7 "2003-05-28T18:03:14Z")
That last is a fantastic idea. I would watch that. Shoot, I confess to pausing in the flipping when Jenny Jones does a “I used to be beat-down, and you kicked me to the curb, but now I’m fly and I don’t need nobody to help me handle my business, because YOU DON’T KNOW ME!” makeover special.