Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4723271-20140716053249/@comment-6383956-20141224005747

Paul.rea wrote: This isn't the 1980s. Queer culture and characters are EVERYWHERE. There's one entire network dedicated to gay entertainment - two if you count BRAVO. There is more and better gay representation now than ever before. Teen Wolf is singled out (by GLAAD http://ow.ly/3v8IxK ) each season for how they handle gay representation. If you want to complain about the larger issue of lack of quality queer on TV, that's fine, but Teen Wolf isn't the problem, it's part of the solution. Paul, are you gay? Because if you aren't, I beg of you to stop speaking on behalf of the gay community (seriously, as an actual gay person, shut up) and if you are, I beg of you to get a damn clue. Did you read the GLAAD report? They specifically point out that MTV dropped the gay characters and relationship that made their representation so good. And, if you read the entire report, you'd note that Faking It got quite a bit of praise as well. Furthermore, the GLAAD report itself notes that it is not a measure of the kind or quality of that representation, just the amount.

The criticisms here -- which have been constructive -- are valid. Especially of the storytelling, since they dropped the "knows about werewolves" bombshell AND they had a focus on lacrosse this season which is where 90% of that character's scenes took place in the past. If you can't tolerate people making critiques of the show, Paul, maybe stay out of the forums?