From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gay Army
Gay Army
Gay Army is a comedy reality television featuring nine ef- nated for awards at the Rose d’Or ceremony as well as the
feminate gay men put into the hands of a drill sergeant. 2006 Danish TV Awards.
The show was first broadcast in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark. The show has also been sold to Italy, Germany,
Canada, and Poland.
Production
The show is owned by SBSbroadcasting. Distributed by
Zodiak International and was created and produced by
Synopsis babyfoot (David Sidebotham and Karsten Bartholin).
In each episode the gay “recruits” face new training mis-
sions of stereotypically "masculine" tasks. In the final
episode they face the "real" army in "war". Contestants
References
are treated to party nights and rewards as missions are [1] Rautiainen, Riina "Portraying Gays on Reality TV:
accomplished. Case Gay Army and Its Reception",
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/sqs/sqs1_08/
sqs12008rautiainen.pdf
Reception
Some LGBT rights activists protested the show’s stereo-
typing premise. An organization of LGBT military in Swe-
External links
den asked the network not to air it.[1] Yet the show has • Official website
been popular with audiences. The show has been nomi- • Gay Army at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories:
• Makeover reality television series
• European LGBT-related television programs
• Swedish reality television series
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