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Creators cry ‘homophobia’ when Hollywood rejects show about gay men. Really?

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Two of the writers for the classic TV show   The Golden Girls   are pitching a similar new show titled  Silver Foxes , except this time around the girls will be four gray-haired gay guys. While  The Golden Girls  received 68 Emmy nominations and won 11 times during a long run, the gay  Silver Foxes  is batting .000 this season. Despite boasting a cast of veteran actors, including gay performer George Takei who played Mr. Sulu in the original  Star Trek  series, as well as two of the original writers from  The Golden Girls , it seems Hollywood isn’t interested.   “Unfortunately, we cannot get one network executive to read it,” creator/writer Stan Zimmerman told  Fox News Entertainment . “Or even a producer to pass it to them. We have found Ageism and homophobia alive and well in Hollywood.” From Golden Girls to bitter queens The only thing is, Ageism, or discrimination against the old and elderly, didn’...