In ABC's hit show, UGLY BETTY, they have a fertile playing ground for gay characters and gay-friendly characters. Set in the Manhattan, in a fashion magazine's office, gay guys are pretty prominent, and many of the topics in the office and outside of the office are oriented to things gays would be interested in.
An avid watcher of this show, this is no surprise to me. It protrays a semi-realistic view behind the fashion magazine thousands of people pour countless hours over every month. Ugly Betty gives an equal balance to the gay men and straight. Justin Suarez, Marc St. James, and Cliff, Mark's photographer boyfriend who gets introduced in the second season during one a fashion spread shoot represent the gays, in all extremities, the "Broadway Bound Babes" to "Fashionistas" to "Fashion-Mistakes." The straight men characteristics are shown through Ignacio Suarez, a effeminate straight guy who spends a lot of time in the kitchen, Daniel Meade, who is girl crazy and chases any girl with nice assets and good looks, and Santos, a character who is the quintessential macho man, and ends up getting involved in gangs and dies at the end of Season 1 after a small fight with former gang members.
The show is also open to transsexuals. Alex Meade, Daniels brother turned sister, appears throughout the show, and is remembered in the Meade family as the brother who died in a tragic ski accident. A few years later, Alexis Meade returns to the scene and the brotherly competition that was always there when they were both brothers, chasing after the same girls, etc., evolve to sibling rivalries at the company.
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