There's a show on MTV Canada, which I found about a year ago online called 1 girl 5 gays which has fastly become one of my favorite shows. It is a show comprised of a female host and a panel of gay men from different facets of the community. Every week they answer "20 questions about love and sex", but in reality the show deals with many more questions than that. The panel are a group of men with a wide variety of experience and opinions and as such, it can lead to heated debates.
Some gay men look at the show as promoting the promiscuous stereotype and therefore write it off, however I love the show. So much so, that I've had correspondence with both the host and the casting director inquiring about the ability to be on the show some day. I think the men on the panel are very brave to be completely honest about their experiences and opinions because they share some very intimate details about their own lives. And while some may look at their answers and think about the negative impression it may give, I look at their answers and appreciate their honesty. If more people, both gay and straight, would be honest they would probably admit that there's a lot more promiscuity in all sexual orientations and that homos are no more apt to have multiple sexual partners than any other group.
The show also allows you to see a wider cross section of the gay community. From very feminine to very masculine guy and everything in between. From plaid shirts to deep v. From very fit to over weight. And I think anyone could watch the show and feel they are somehow represented. And I'll be honest, if I lived in TO I would want to have a drink with a few of the guys and have similar conversations.
I encourage anyone who hasn't heard of the show to watch at least one episode. Here is the most recent online.
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