The Golden Gays

Many have commented on the fact that all the big awards at the 2006 Golden Globes ceremony went to gay characters, but I have't seen anyone notice that the gay characters portrayed are all over the map.

We have Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist in "Brokeback Mountain". As "normal" as gay can get. The epitome of the "straight-acting" gay. Honestly, they weren't "gay" in 1963, and I don't think they're "gay" now. I can't see Ennis listening to "Annie get your Gun" or "Oklahoma". And I can't see Jack wearing Red Prada Slippers. But I would love to hear him tell the Pope "It's Nobody's Business but Ours".

Then we have Truman Capote in "Capote" - the quintessential lisping, limp wristed, self-centered queen that makes guys like Ennis and Jack convince themselves that they can't possibly be gay, even when they are in love.

Finally we have Bree in "Transamerica". The "T" in "GBLT". But of course Bree wouldn't see herself as "gay", but as a "woman". But the "straight" world sees her as "gay" and the "gay" world sees her as "trangendered". As the song goes, "First be a Woman."

What's missing in this map is a good lesbian character. Maybe next year.