Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[Bobby Forever Missed]

8 minutes ago, Luke39 said:

And why does that matter? Just asking. Do h and a have any responsibility or obligation? Unpopular opinion may be. But I dont think.They do. Not saying a gay character or couple wouldn't be good for diversity. But I.don't think.its urgent. Jmo.

THIS! posts like this are the reason i no longer watch the producers must take feedback like this from Facebook/Twitter and that's why there's NO Diversity of any kind! because Lucy and Louise are too scared to think about diversity (not just gay characters but disabled characters different races etc) in case the internet don't like it

[dee123]

43 minutes ago, Luke39 said:

And why does that matter? Just asking. Do h and a have any responsibility or obligation? Unpopular opinion may be. But I dont think.They do. Not saying a gay character or couple wouldn't be good for diversity. But I.don't think.its urgent. Jmo.

They haven't had a regular gay character the 20+ years they have been on air. At this stage it is urgent.

[Therese K]

34 minutes ago, Luke39 said:

And why does that matter? Just asking. Do h and a have any responsibility or obligation? Unpopular opinion may be. But I dont think.They do. Not saying a gay character or couple wouldn't be good for diversity. But I.don't think.its urgent. Jmo.

It matters because they're whitewashing and straightwashing the society they are supposed to portray. It matters because by ignoring gay people, and non-white people, and disabled people, and trans people, they are essentially saying that those voices and their stories aren't important.

I'm assuming that you're a straight white man? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you are, then you have always been represented in the media. You don't know what it's like to never see someone like yourself on TV. Represantation matters. Seeing yourself portrayed in the mainstream media is important. We need positive and normalized diversity. Charlie was great, but having one character have a relationship with one person of the same gender, and then making a huge deal about it and then never having her get back together with anyone of the same gender again, doesn't really normalize being gay/bisexual, it just makes it a sensation, and it shouldn't be.

And come on, how many times haven't we seen a love story play out between two white straight abled bodied people now? It's starting to get boring. Shake it up a little writers. Dare to do something interesting and new 

Lastly, here is a cool quote by Whoopi Goldberg (a famous american actress and comedian if you haven't heard of her) that may help illustrate this topic for you: “When I was nine-years-old Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, ‘Come here, mom, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!’ I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.” 
 

[Luke39]

9 minutes ago, Therese K said:

It matters because they're whitewashing and straightwashing the society they are supposed to portray. It matters because by ignoring gay people, and non-white people, and disabled people, and trans people, they are essentially saying that those voices and their stories aren't important.

I'm assuming that you're a straight white man? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you are, then you have always been represented in the media. You don't know what it's like to never see someone like yourself on TV. Represantation matters. Seeing yourself portrayed in the mainstream media is important. We need positive and normalized diversity. Charlie was great, but having one character have a relationship with one person of the same gender, and then making a huge deal about it and then never having her get back together with anyone of the same gender again, doesn't really normalize being gay/bisexual, it just makes it a sensation, and it shouldn't be.

And come on, how many times haven't we seen a love story play out between two white straight abled bodied people now? It's starting to get boring. Shake it up a little writers. Dare to do something interesting and new 

Lastly, here is a cool quote by Whoopi Goldberg (a famous american actress and comedian if you haven't heard of her) that may help illustrate this topic for you: “When I was nine-years-old Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, ‘Come here, mom, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!’ I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.” 
 

Ok fair enough. But my pov is its just a tv show. Thats just my pov, not saying im correct. I agree diversity in the mainstream media is important. But H and a is primarily oh pretty. OH beaches lol. H and A should represent a lot more then yes I am A straight white male. But whether tptb feel its necessary is another issue entirely. I.remember Friends got crap for no.African American characters. So H and A aint the first show dealing with this issue. Its a generational thing. Same with Gender diversity. Buffy was good at ThAt.

[CaptainHulk]

ATM, H&A doesn't the have the courage to put a full-time, non-stereotypical gay character. I think Neighbours got it right to a degree with Chris, Aaron and Nate. They had Gino before, but he was a campy stereotype and after a few years of Innuendo before being confirmed as such.

[Therese K]

1 hour ago, Luke39 said:

And why does that matter? Just asking. Do h and a have any responsibility or obligation? Unpopular opinion may be. But I dont think.They do. Not saying a gay character or couple wouldn't be good for diversity. But I.don't think.its urgent. Jmo.

A show can be about pretty people on the beach AND be diverse. Those two aren't mutually exclusives 

And of course it's just a TV show, but TV shows impact the way we view society and the world around us, hundreds of studies have proven that. And yes, it doesn't have any "obligation" to be diverse, but I don't think that really matters. Nobody has an "obligation" to be a good person, that doesn't mean it's okay to be a d*ck all the time. It's a weird comparison, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. 

[~Lynd~]

There are so many white, straight male opinions in here my head's spinning.It doesn't affect you therefore you don't care,

Sorry if that sounds rude but it's essentially what some of you are saying.

[Bobby Forever Missed]

1 minute ago, ~Lynd~ said:

There are so many white, straight male opinions in here my head's spinning.It doesn't affect you therefore you don't care,

Sorry if that sounds rude but it's essentially what some of you are saying.

and there's way too many people confined to Wheelchairs or some other injury who miraculously recover

[Wanderer101]

I'm a straight white male, and I want there to be a homosexual character . Not that opinions rest or fall on the merits of the person who says it, but there was a post about opinions from "white straight males".

[Matt]

I'm about to be blasted for this, but do I really care? Not particularly.

I am in the seemingly small minority that doesn't think there should be a gay character on the show. Why? Well, why does there have to be one? Because society deems it so? I don't think it's homophobic, transphobic, whatever-phobic... Just because the writers don't introduce a gay character doesn't mean they hate them... We still live in a sheltered society, and unfortunately our government's stance on issues such as the Safe Schools Coalition and same-sex marriage unfortunately still dictate the societal movements that are show on our screens...

"But Neighbours has main characters who are gay"... And Neighbours is also not on a main channel, Neighbours is vastly less popular in Australia and Neighbours is about the reality of middle class Australian life... If anyone wants to argue that Home and Away is reflecting the current reality of middle class Australia, you'd have to be fooling yourself...

I lead the Safe Schools Coalition movement at my school, I support the rights of everyone, whatever sex, race, sexuality etc. Heck, my best friend is gay, but the reality is, however homophobic this may sound, as soon as you start showing public displays of affection between two members of the same sex on Australian national television, on a platform as large as Home and Away's, you are going to receive negative criticism.

My friend doesn't like the notion of the a gay character on TV because it brings attention onto the fact that he is, in the smallest part of his persona, different from everyone else. Why should he be made to feel uncomfortable? And let's face it, I don't like seeing gay couples kissing on my screen, but I don't like seeing straight couples kissing on my screen either.

I honestly don't think the show needs to have a gay character because I don't think that Home and Away reflects today's society... Call me homophobic if that is what validates yourself and helps you sleep at night, but why should they introduce a gay character just for the sake of introducing a gay character?