Reader comments from www.advocate.com. (The Advocate Poll).

* "There are only so many movies one can watch, so I generally pick those that most relate to my life (and believe me, in Podunk, S.C., they are hard to find)."

* "The presence of well-drawn women is important to me, not so much gay and lesbian, Although if GLBTs are present, they'd damned well better be well-written and not cautionary morality plays, artificial saints, or dead by the end of the movie."

* "I might see a movie I would not otherwise have seen due to the presence of such characters, but the absence of them would never make me not see a movie."

* "We live in a heterosexual society; it's impossible to go one day without seeing an example of a heterosexual relationship, So why try to fight it?"

* "If a film stinks, it doesn't matter how many gay characters are in it."

* "No, but `gratuitous' nudity is always a plus!"

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In the June 11 issue, readers were asked:

In deciding what movies you will see, is the presence of explicitly gay and lesbian characters one of you chief considerations?

No          48%
Yes         48%
Undecided    4%

Note: Table made from pie graph.