Why we need more gay sex on television

If television is to be believed, gay people never have sex, and indeed rarely touch each other at all

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From television dramas like Castle to comedies like The Mindy Project, sex scenes are ubiquitous; two heterosexual characters fall upon each other in a frenzy of unstoppable attraction, tearing their clothes off, tumbling into bed, and filling the screen with a series of escalating moans. (On more family-friendly networks, the music swells and the scene politely fades to black.)

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