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The Fierce and The Fierceless – Best Gay Soap Moments in 2009

January 5, 2010

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José Luis Matos is a Chicago ex-pat currently living in NYC and getting has Master’s from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He’s a huge fan of drama, and writes about queer happenings in soap operas and comic books for Think Pink Radio.

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Best story: The saga of Kish, One Life to Live

Their love story was given the attention and respect that gaytime has been longing for!

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Biggest letdown of a story: The end of Otalia, Guiding Light

An organic love story with the potential to touch us all except that Otalia wasn’t even allowed to touch each other! They rode off into the sunset with not so much as a kiss! For shame!!!

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Worst story: -Tie-

Reese develops temporary blindness, All My Children
When Bianca left the show the writers decided to make Reese blind so that she would have to depend on her brother in law which would make his wife jealous. Clear example of not knowing what to do with the resident lesbian.

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Noah and Luke battle the incestuous Pisces twins, As the World Turns

When Twins Zac and Zoe hit town I was excited because they were hot and Zac had the potential to give Nuke a run for their money with his flirting and sexual advances on Noah. But then Zac and Zoe were seen incestuously flirting with each other and they kidnapped Noah, because they wanted some treasure or inheritance from Luke that was rightfully theirs because Luke was really Zoe’s cousin and Zac and Zoe were really boyfriend and girlfriend!?!?!?  This story was as convoluted as my last run-on sentence! Nuke didnt deserve such a contrived and pointless story and neither did the fans!

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Best wedding: Kyle and Fish (they didn’t actually marry but they “officially” became a couple at Nick and Kyle’s canceled nuptials) One Life to Live.

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Worst wedding: Reese and Bianca, All my Children

The wedding was beautiful but Reese was kissing Bianca’s brother in law days before (lame!) and  Bianca broke up with Reese the next day and left the show! What?!?!??!?!

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Most aw hell to the naw moment: Luke’s and his grandmothers boyfriend making out! As The World Turns

Still in the closet Brian helped himself to his step grandson Luke! Luke exposed Brian as a queer and Grandma kicked Brian to the curb. Nuke honorably helped Brian come out of the closet and sent him packing. In a straight soap storyline Brian and Luke would’ve continued their little affair and gotten caught eventually in grand dramatic fashion and somebody would’ve gotten smacked real cute! (Pun intended)

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Best triangle: Kyle/Fish/Nick, One Life to Live

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Hottest whole lotta man: Nick, One Life to Live

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Hottest sexpot siren: Crystal Chappell ex-Olivia/ Guiding Light, Gina/ Venice the Series

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Best couple: Kyle and Fish, One Life to Live

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Best behind the scenes queer moment: OLTL fires and recasts Patricia Mauceri (ex-Carlotta) with Saundra Santiago after she exhibits homophobic tendencies and requests the show re-write her characters pro-stance on Kish due to her own personal beliefs!

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Biggest No he dint moment: Chris Engen (ex-Adam) displays his homophobia by quitting in the middle of big story because his character was scheduled to partake in some homosexual relations! Young and the Restless photo from perezhilton.com

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Biggest bootyclap reveal moment: Phillip Chancellor returns from the dead after 20 years and explains he faked his death because he is gay,Young and the Restless

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Hottest gay boy/straight boy fantasy moment: Straight Adam (Now played by Michael Muhney) seduces Gay Rafe to keep Rafe from uncovering/exposing Adam’s dastardly deeds, Young and the Restless
Ok so we didnt get to actually see the sexual romp and the fallout was lame but it was still hot to fantasize about!

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Best smack in the face moment: Gina and Ari’s (ex-otalia, GL) make out fest in the opening scenes of Venice the series’s first episode! Venice took it where the powers that be at Guiding Light were too afraid to go!

Best trend: Introducing more queer characters ( a new one is already scheduled to join the daytime ranks in the new year!)

Worst trend: Cancelling soaps that happen to also be the few with queer characters. Guiding Light and As the World Turns with One Life to Live rumored to be next on the chopping block!

Biggest harbinger of death for queer characters: Ellen Wheeler (recently hired as a current director on ATWT and  ex-Executive Producer director Guiding Light.

Soap queerdom’s fairy godmother: Crystal Chappell (ex-Olivia Guiding Light/ Gina Venice the series) for advocating for Otalia, and creating Venice the series.

2009 award for “Aint no shame in they’re queer supporting game”: These straight soap stars showed their love and support for gays by participating in photographers Adam Bouska’s “NOH8″ campaign. They have all been very vocal about their love for the gays and Michael Muhney had no problem playing out Adam’s homo tendencies on Y&R, while Nadia Bjorlin recently joined Venice the Series as lesbian Lara. Keep showing the luv peeps! Micheal Muhney, (Adam, Young and the Restless), Brandon Beemer (Owen, Bold and the Beautiful), Ilene Kristen (Roxy, One life to live), Real life couple Brandon Beemer (Owen, Bold and the Beautiful), and Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe, Days of Our Lives/ Lara, Vence the Series).

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Nicholas Rodriguez Wants You To Get Some Help

December 19, 2009

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Hot on the heels of his gay-bashing storyline as Nick on One Life to Live, openly gay and sizzling hot actor/broadway star Nicholas Rodriguez is jumping onto the Web-Series bandwagon with Then we got help! The web series by writer/actress Julie Ann Emery, Mr. Rodriguez (did I mention how hot he is?) plays Dan, one half of a gay couple. The romantic comedy has Dan and his partner Eric turn to experimental non-therapy group sessions, to address Dan’s concerns over his partner’s lack of concern about his health issues. Check out the first episode and the hotness that is Nicholas Rodriguez at http://www.thenwegothelp.com/.

–Colossus Matos

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Henry Rollins Guests on Season 2 of Rupaul’s Drag Race

December 18, 2009

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It’s true, I saw it. You can too, over at the ad-riddle, ruined by success Project Rungay. The new cast of Rupaul’s Drag Race is set, and just on the surface, I’m liking Tyra Sanchez for her Janelle Monae afro-pomp and Jujubee because I have a natural affinity for small and brown. You can still catch all of season 1 over at LogoOnline, stop wasting your time NOT watching it. GO.

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People Are Flocking to Venice!

December 17, 2009

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Venice is a hit! In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Crystal Chappell shared that fan response to Venice has been overwhelmingly fabulous! Sales at the online Venice store were able to fund the first season and viewership of the first episode alone will be able to fund the whole second season! Even more exciting is that people are contacting Ms. Chappell for sponsorship as well! If you haven’t already, check out the first episode here. Epsiode two comes out this week and is available through the Venice subscrption service. Also be sure to pick up the latest issue of Go! where not only will you find an exclusive on Venice, but you will also find our favorite ladies gracing the cover!

–Colossus Matos

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Kish-tastic!

December 15, 2009

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The queer love story on One Life to Live has been nothing less than spectacular since we found out about Kyle and Fish’s secret past during their college days of “exploration”. The story has been organic and the writers have played every beat from Fish dating hot ass Layla to prove to his police force co-workers how manly he was, to Fish then coming to terms with his sexuality and coming out to his family and friends. From there Fish dealt with initial rejection, support from friends and Kyle proclaiming his feelings for Fish which lead to our first juicy Kishtastic kiss! The writers kept it real for “Kish”, and added soapy twists to our burgeoning supercouple. When Fish seemed ready to explore a relationship with Kyle, he had already started dating gay rights activist Nick. Although Kyle still had feelings for Fish, he agreed to marry Nick (as part of a political campaign orchestrated by suddenly “lesbian” mayoral canidate Dorian). In classic soap fashion, Fish reluctantly attended the wedding to support them. In the final hour though, Kyle stopped the wedding and confessed he was still in love with Fish. Nick left the wedding in tears and “Kish” reunited with a big gay kiss celebration! Finally happy and together the writers then created scenes that had “Kish” engage in some hot queer sex, while at the same time, in another part of town, Nick was getting violently attacked by gay bashers. If it couldn’t get any dramatically soapier, Kyle rushed to Nick’s bedside as Fish investigated the hate crime and while reeling from the realitys of homophobia ended up breaking down and stating, “I don’t think it will ever change. I should have come out a long time ago.” A queer super couple involved in classic soapy drama with a twist of social consciousness! Bravo to One Life to Live! Can’t wait to see what’s next for Kish!

–Colossus Matos

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Time for Nuke to Get Packing!

December 11, 2009

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The twilight of the soaps continues! After 54 years CBS has cancelled As the World Turns. This will mean the end of Nuke, and will leave daytime with one less queer couple. As groundbreaking as the story of Nuke was in its early stages, the powers that be were just not invested enough to sustain the new and old fans that tuned in. Which is not to say that Nuke’s lack of character-driven story was the sole culprit in ATWT’s demise, but had ATWT capitalized on the non-soap fans that were tuning in for Nuke then perhaps (and that’s a BIG perhaps) that would’ve given ATWT higher ratings and bought them some more time. Instead the show had Nuke battling incestuous siblings and wasting the potential of a hot triangle when Noah’s gay professor took a special interest in him. With six months left (The show ends production in June but airs till September) ATWT still has the opportunity to give Nuke fans some classic soap story for a supercouple that just happens to be gay. Let’s hope they get it together because at this point ATWT have nothing to lose, except for Nuke’s already dwindling fanbase.

–Colossus Matos

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Venice Has Arrived, Or Then There Was Venice

December 4, 2009

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Otalia fans can rejoice as Crystal Chappell’s (ex-Olivia, Guiding Light) webseries Venice will debut this week at www.venicetheseries.com!  There will be a number of familiar daytime faces donating their talents to the web series, including sizzling hot sexpot Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe, DAYS). Nadia will play Lara who will be giving Crystal a run for her money as they both vie for the attention of Jessica Leccia’s (ex-Natalia, Guiding Light) character, Ani. The preview for Venice is back up on Youtube (below) after being mysteriously pulled off for a few weeks, and if the series can produce the same quality that is present in the preview than we have good things to look forward to. With their limited budget and the cheesey potential at an ultra high, Venice could easily turn out to be a queer bust. Luckily, with Ms. Chappell’s resourcefulness and attention to her fanbase it seems Otalia fans are in for a treat and Venice may well be paving the way for new and innovative approaches to keep the soap opera genre alive! Kudos to Soap Opera Digest for showing their support for Venice as they featured an inside scoop on the series this week, and voted Otalia as best couple in their annual Best and Worst issue! Show some love this week and take a trip to Venice!

–Colossus Matos

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Otalia Lives on in Venice

October 7, 2009

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Ok so Otalia got the happy ending they deserved…minus the televised kiss the couple and the fans deserved! After Guiding Light’s demise, we hear that there was a kiss taped but was cut out due to “time constraints”!? Digging deeper into the back story of Otalia it turns out that Executive producer Ellen Wheeler’s Mormon background and her reliance on her Mormon’s community’s thoughts played a major role in throwing shade on Otalia’s spotlight — everything from the story’s conception to its bitter end. Fortunately, the story of Otalia motivated Crystal Chappell (ex-Olivia half of supercouple Otalia) to seek out other outlets to continue Otalia’s story. When Chappell was shot down for trying to spin off Otalia to sister show As the World Turns, or to continue Otalia as a web series, she decided to create a queer story of her own. That story will be showcased through Venice! Venice is a web series co-created by Chapell and not only stars herself but also includes her ex-Otalia super couple co-star Jessica Leccia as well as a cast of familiar daytime faces all donating their creative talents for free!!!! Chappell will play queer designer Gina and the story will follow her dramatic life in Venice, CA. The first episode features a big fat juicy kiss between Crystal and Jessica’s characters! Take that Ellen Wheeler! No word yet on any dates for Venice’s debut but you can follow Venice the series on Facebook and Twitter for further updates! See you in Venice!

–Colossus Matos

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Otalia Everafter…

September 15, 2009

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As Guiding Light fades off the air this week, we Otalia fans are on the edge of our seats!! Guiding Light has been lacking for years now and the only compelling love story playing out as of late has been this refreshing tale of two adult women battling the odds to be with each other. Classic soap story with a lesbian twist! Unfortunately as much as this story has been entertaining it’s still missing  essential components of realism. Longing looks and warm hugs are cute but come on now! Can we get a juicy Otalia kiss?!?!? Of course some sexual relations for Otalia would be ideal but with the clock ticking and the fact that they haven’t even shared a kiss yet, sex is doubtful. All the investment put into this story will seem moot if Otalia isn’t given that one smooch. Guiding Light was already robbed of any future, here’s to hoping Otalia isn’t robbed of their last chance to be portrayed just as equally as all the heterosexual couples that have filled our daytime screens for years now!

–Colossus Matos

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Lafayette Makes Me Want

August 31, 2009

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It’s been a nice, long life-time that I’ve waited to see a black queen on TV portrayed as confident, fierce, fey-but-will-still-beat-your-ass central character. Sure, he’s had a pretty damn rough summer, and there have been no love interests for him yet, but Lafayette from True Blood is as real as cable television can hope to be. Also, his relationship with cousin Tara repeatedly warms the heart. As a fan of soaps, True Blood is taking my bloody cake right now, here’s some props out for the internets.

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True Blood Paper Dolls over at Andy Swist

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………….Oh yeah, and then there’s Eric.

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Fangtasia Calendar Isn’t Official Merch

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