REAL WORLD SAN DIEGO'S ZACH THREATENS TO BEAT THE GAY OUT OF LESBIAN CASTMATE

As The Real World pregresses through their 25,000th season, I will go out on a limb and say this has to be the most homophobic season I've seen in all the seasons TRW has been on. On last night's episode, resident asshole (and in my opinion closet gay - when you shave your legs and have a plethora of different moisturizers for your face to keep yourself prettified in the morning, you tell me who more friendlier to Dorothy?) Zach got into a little argument with lesbian castmate Sam, and decided to use the phrase "beat the gay out of you," to which got the out and proud chica flaming mad.

Says TV Squad:

This week, when Sam approached Zach to let him know that she and Ashley were waiting on him, a verbal argument over the ping-pong paddles escalated. Zach accused her of wanting him to go get ready so she could play, and she countered by saying she would throw the paddles over the edge of the porch.

"I will beat the gay out of you if you throw these paddles off the porch," he snapped. "Don't play that game with me."

First he got into it with bisexual housemate Frank on the show, talking about how he and housemate Nate couldn't handle Frank bringing a guy into the house, but if he brought a girl it wouldn't be a problem. Frank got into a drunken argument with Nate and started destroying house property, but eventually squashed his beef with Nate. Frank continues to be at odds with Zach, who he let have it at the after-show when Zach got all bent out of shape when Frank called him dumb. Zach also has this habit of always throwing out there that real men don't cry, or show feelings, or whatever else is on his stupidmly morbid list of things his version of a real man doesn't do.

You would think in 2011 that with the exposure now more than ever of LGBT folk on TV, things would be on the up and up, but when you hear bigots say certain things on TV, it's a clear reminder that we still as a people have a long way to go. This is also the reason why I thought a reality show like Under The Boardwalk would have been great for TV, to show different sides of the LGBT community. But sadly, there are still networks who are interested in prmoting some of the worst stereotypes of people for the sake of ratings (talking about you, Jersey Shore).