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The cult of fame has changed a lot in recent years. Stars used to arrive on our screens
and in our newspapers as ready-formed, talented people who have worked hard to be
where they are and have served their celebrity apprenticeship. But the rise of reality
television has put a much higher price on normal, everyday people put into exceptional
circumstances which we tire of as soon as they lose their ordinariness. But a by-product
of our new obsession with ‘ the boy/girl next door’ is that the real lives of LGBTs are getting
more and more exposure on TV screens around the world, which also means some tricky
questions can be faced head-on by the viewing public.
Keeping it real – LGBTs
in reality television
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