Disconnect between fictional representations of homosexuality and actual gay men in the media.

Fictional representation: Consider anyone who dated one of the main characters on 'Queer as Folk'. Almost all of them were about as fairy-like as a bulldozer. Most of them behaved like ordinary men... who just happened to be gay.

Actual gay men: Have you seen the token gay couple on a new reality TV show called "Last Chance Learners"? They're both bitchy, shrieky, fussy fags with perma-tans and queeny sunglasses. If you dropped them into the middle of a sitcom they'd be widely decried as caricatures... but they're real people! Sure, reality TV is scripted and edited to hell and back, but I seriously doubt there was a producer standing next to them saying "Okay, let's do that scene again, but this time, instead of behaving like someone with a Y chromosome, I want you to shriek and flap your hands like a fat girl who just won a dishwasher on 'The Price Is Right'."

I don't know why this is. Are all TV writers sleeping with the same Pride PR boi?