30 Days-Gay Straight
On Thursday night, there was the program called 30 Days on. 30 Days was created by the same guy who created/filmed Supersize Me. I haven’t seen Supersize Me, but I have heard some pretty good stuff about the show. I had heard previously about 30 days and when I saw what the topic was, I thought I’d tune into the show. For those who don’t know what the show is about, the narrator picks a certain topic that may cause awareness and question..he then gets someone to kind of do a “case study” for 30 days, and the show is like a live diary of the person’s 30 days.
Thursday’s episode was a guy from Michigan named Ryan. He got his degree in business, grew up on a farm, and was in the military for a period of time. He was back at home, and had his own beliefs about homosexuality. Coming from a pretty religious background, he knew all of the references the bible gave about homosexuality being a sin. So he was to go to San Francisco, to the Castro District (gay capital of SF) and to be roommates with a gay guy. The gay guy was named Ed. Both guys had their own reservations about having the other person be there, but they were both interested in finding out about the other person.
The beginning of the episode, I was a bit hesitant because Ryan was pretty full on about his religious beliefs. But I respected the fact that he had his own opinions, but yet was trying this “experiment” to maybe change his views. If not change the views, but give more insight to what the gay life was really like. Ryan talked about gays getting married (didn’t agree with it) gays in the military (didn’t really agree with it) and even went to a gay church and had quite a few conversations with the reverend. They went to a gay club, and the first night, Ryan was pretty standoffish and even got into a confrontation with a guy there. He ended up leaving the bar. Later on in the show, Ryan’s friend from back in Michigan, came to visit. During his stay, they went to the same bar, and ended up taking their shirts off and making themselves look like idiots.
By the end of the episode Ryan had changed some of his views about homosexuality, and realized that gay people were just like straight people. I’m not quite sure if his opinions changed in terms of his religious beliefs, but he seemed to have made an effort. When he went back home to talk about his experience with his family, he seemed much more receptive to talk about what had happened. Ryan even said that he’d go back. At the end, for Ed, he said that he’d made a good friend in Ryan, and I think that was great. I think Ed’s experience, and with him helping Ryan out, helped Ryan overcome his views of stereotypes and came to a “sense” that gay people are just as deserving of rights and obligations as straight people.
It was a good episode, and am looking forward to next week’s episode. It’s about a man who lives with a Muslim family for 30 days I think. I know the topic is Muslims, and based on the preview, it looks like there is going to be some confrontation and uncomfortablility on many parts. I recommend others to watch this show, it really opens your eyes to something you may not have seen or thought of before.
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Thursday’s episode was a guy from Michigan named Ryan. He got his degree in business, grew up on a farm, and was in the military for a period of time. He was back at home, and had his own beliefs about homosexuality. Coming from a pretty religious background, he knew all of the references the bible gave about homosexuality being a sin. So he was to go to San Francisco, to the Castro District (gay capital of SF) and to be roommates with a gay guy. The gay guy was named Ed. Both guys had their own reservations about having the other person be there, but they were both interested in finding out about the other person.
The beginning of the episode, I was a bit hesitant because Ryan was pretty full on about his religious beliefs. But I respected the fact that he had his own opinions, but yet was trying this “experiment” to maybe change his views. If not change the views, but give more insight to what the gay life was really like. Ryan talked about gays getting married (didn’t agree with it) gays in the military (didn’t really agree with it) and even went to a gay church and had quite a few conversations with the reverend. They went to a gay club, and the first night, Ryan was pretty standoffish and even got into a confrontation with a guy there. He ended up leaving the bar. Later on in the show, Ryan’s friend from back in Michigan, came to visit. During his stay, they went to the same bar, and ended up taking their shirts off and making themselves look like idiots.
By the end of the episode Ryan had changed some of his views about homosexuality, and realized that gay people were just like straight people. I’m not quite sure if his opinions changed in terms of his religious beliefs, but he seemed to have made an effort. When he went back home to talk about his experience with his family, he seemed much more receptive to talk about what had happened. Ryan even said that he’d go back. At the end, for Ed, he said that he’d made a good friend in Ryan, and I think that was great. I think Ed’s experience, and with him helping Ryan out, helped Ryan overcome his views of stereotypes and came to a “sense” that gay people are just as deserving of rights and obligations as straight people.
It was a good episode, and am looking forward to next week’s episode. It’s about a man who lives with a Muslim family for 30 days I think. I know the topic is Muslims, and based on the preview, it looks like there is going to be some confrontation and uncomfortablility on many parts. I recommend others to watch this show, it really opens your eyes to something you may not have seen or thought of before.
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posted by Gaylicious© at Saturday, November 05, 2005
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