i tried to look as love islandy as
possible but this is the only swimsuit i
have i'm not like other girls i can't
swim i don't think i'd get past the
first round of auditions love island is
a pinnacle of british reality tv oh i'm
sorry but i ain't on no it's not on now
it's broadest iconic moments
i'm not your hun hun i don't want you to
be me hun that's the whole point of it
it provokes political discourse at the
beginning it's better to go half because
you don't know how it's going to pan out
i'd feel almost emasculated if a girl
paid
you're a feminist aren't you
shouldn't we all be feminist
it is a net good for society but for the
most part it's for the straights which
is such a shame because the
lgbtqia plus community really wants a
piece of the pie who wouldn't want
opportunities like this
influencers have no shame
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island 2021 has finished with its
rightful winners oh
wait they didn't remember that
trash okay i redact that statement now
that that's over i want to weigh in on
the discussion around whether love
island should steer queer and my answer
is [ __ ] no the straits can keep it
before i go into detail for why i have
this potentially unpopular opinion let
me just quickly introduce myself my name
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couple didn't win and she's trotted off
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next video oh also disclaimer i'm mostly
gonna be talking about uk love island
because a this version seems to be the
most discussed online b
it gets the most viewers per episode and
c it is the original version of the show
so i think it's the most representative
of love island as a show now flashback
to june 2021 itv's commissioner amanda
staffordy did an interview with
radiotimes.com to set the record
straight on rumors that love island was
going to be a bit less straight here's
what she said it goes without saying
that we want to encourage greater
inclusivity and diversity in terms of
gay islanders i think the main challenge
is regarding the format of love island
there's a sort of logistical difficulty
because although love islanders don't
have to be 100 straight the format must
sort of give the islanders an equal
choice when coupling up we're always
very mindful of diversity and inclusion
and hopefully you'll see that when we
announce the lineup so that's what she
said and some people uh particularly
queer people weren't very impressed and
after the show wrapped up in late august
itv managing director kevin ligo doubled
down on this stance with this statement
at the edinburgh tv festival love island
is a particular thing it's about boys
and girls coupling up so if you want to
do it as a gay version or you want to
widen it it is discussed and we haven't
yet found a way that would make it
suitable for that show and it was the
second statement that sparked the most
recent discussion surrounding this and
let me make it clear there wasn't tons
of outrage and people weren't calling to
cancel love island this isn't a big deal
i think most people have more important
things on their mind than this but i
just find it interesting that queer
people
want to be represented by a show like
love island it did baffle me at first
but i did find an article that made some
compelling arguments the mixing of queer
and straight people as part of normal
life keeping these communities separate
as if adding a drop of queerness into a
bowl of straight stock would
fundamentally damage the purity of the
soup feels like new age segregation and
that's a good point with younger
millennials and gen z fewer young people
are identifying as straight than ever a
fair few people don't even label
themselves anymore so if you're at a
party or in the club
it's not as much the case now that you'd
go hmm so there's 14 girls and only
eight guys well that's it ladies let's
go home there's not enough to go round
no likelihood is is that at least a few
people there will be by pan so the
gender ratio is a moot point the point
i'm making is that dating culture is
changing that being said i acknowledge
that i personally live in a bit of a
progressive
queer bubble most of my friends are lgbt
and i don't know if the rest of love
island viewers would relate to that some
sure do but there's a fair few that
don't and the appeal of love island is
how simple and straightforward it is the
only goal is to couple up there's no pie
eating contest you don't have to abstain
from fornication and each week viewers
wait to see who gets picked and
speculate about who's going to pick who
because there's eight boys and only
seven girls adding queer people into the
mix would involve some more planning
there's a sort of logistical difficulty
because although love islanders don't
have to be 100 straight the format must
sort of give the islanders an equal
choice when coupling up that being said
the reason itv statement shees some
people off is because people smelt
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want to encourage greater inclusivity
and diversity does it though i mean for
years people have been bringing up the
lack of body diversity and the response
has been
we want people to be attracted to each
other i wish they'd just be honest and
say listen this is a show about people
coupling up and trying to win money and
boohoo sponsorship deals we're not
trying to change the world here because
that's what love island really is let's
be honest that's what irked people it
was the pretense of caring about
diversity and representation to appease
viewers without putting in the work now
i understand that this is contentious
and a lot of people will disagree and i
do not represent all of the people but i
think an lgbtqia plus love island would
do far more harm than good if love
island were to represent the gays do you
really trust them to get it right i had
my friend bex on the podcast plug i have
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songer sing writer and she made a great
point as a queer person that when you
watch regular love island the
ridiculousness of it doesn't really hurt
straight people right people don't watch
it and go oh all straight people are
like this well some people do but
they're quiz and they're saying it in
jest whereas if you are someone who
doesn't know any openly queer people and
you watch gay love island you aren't
gonna get an accurate or flattering
portrayal i understand that
representation is important and itv is a
huge network and that exposure would be
hugely impactful but personally i prefer
to see queer representation by queer
writers queer producers
queer networks a lot of the responses to
the logistical difficulties comment was
just make love island bisexual it would
be chaotic and whilst that's true and
would be doable i'd personally hate to
see that growing up i heard about how
bisexual people weren't real and they
were greedy and that stopped me coming
out for years having a show with bi
people being chaotic would be a fun
watch but i fear that it would play into
these stereotypes and as i previously
mentioned straight people who don't know
any bi people
won't have the critical eye to be able
to decipher stereotypes from reality i
think we're better off supporting
homegrown by produce dating shows like
the buy life which was a bisexual dating
show hosted by drag queen courtney act
who is bisexual herself and that
translated to the show there was a huge
sense of by pride and it wasn't just
some gimmick to pulling queer viewers it
genuinely felt like the mission behind
the show was to represent bisexual
people and you can see this from the
fact that they handle the issues
bisexual people face head-on whereas in
love island i feel like a queer version
would be through a heterosexual lens
cassie
i did not see this coming
this is incredible and there have been
instances with bisexual people pairing
up there were two women who paired up in
season two it hasn't happened since on
the uk version and it's worth mentioning
that this scenario wasn't handled in the
best way
allegedly the late sophie graydon was
pressured to kiss katie salmon in order
to appease lgbt viewers tom powell
katie's ex and another contestant on
season two told the gay times when i
left katie salmon got voted in who is
bisexual they knew sophie was bisexual
so they went out on a date and the two
producers that were the date producers
were there they convinced sophie that it
would be great for the gay community for
the lgbt community if they kissed sophie
didn't want to kiss katie katie even
told me this afterwards that sophie said
no but they convinced her to do it the
producers wanted the kiss to appeal to
the lgbt community sophie didn't want to
kiss on screen i want to stress that
this is alleged but i wouldn't be
surprised considering that love island
producers put entertainment over mental
health this is tricky because i'd rather
support lgbt shows about lgbt dating
like the bye life or apparently are you
the one has a queer season which is
meant to be very good but i understand
that a this representation wouldn't be
showcased to as large of an audience b
these shows don't have the money and
reputation to stay afloat there was only
one season of the buy life which is a
shame whereas itv have so much cash and
a large viewership so exposure from them
could have a huge impact viewers like to
relate to what they see on screen and
for some viewers the classic
heterosexual format is getting a bit
stale what makes itv's decision even
more baffling is that there is clearly
an appetite from viewers a love island
that allows its contestants to be openly
lgbtq plus would allow for many sexual
and gender stereotypes many perpetuated
by the show itself to be broken down
while i take those points on board i'm
still not convinced i don't trust the
producers behind love island to do it
well and i think asking for it is
misguided they obviously don't want to
or care to as demonstrated by the fact
that they cut scenes where sharon talks
about being bisexual why do people want
disingenuous representation
don't we want more than that itv may be
a huge broadcasting network but if they
are going to make a mockery of queerness
i'd rather they didn't love island is
called straight camp for a reason as far
as i'm concerned the straits can keep it
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