{{Short description|2006 Danish reality television series}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Reality | creator = | developer = David Sidebotham<br>Karsten Bartholin | starring = Tony Rosenbum | opentheme = | country = Denmark | language = English | num_seasons = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | producer = | executive_producer = David Sidebotham<br>Karsten Bartholin | runtime = | company = Babyfoot | network = Kanal 5 | first_aired = {{Start date|2006|4|27}} | last_aired = | related = }}
'''''Gay Army''''' is a Danish<ref name = Danish>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/archive/2006july/1202.htm |title='Gay Army' TV Series Axed in Poland Before Being Screened |access-date=2012-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617151540/http://www.ukgaynews.org.uk/archive/2006july/1202.htm |archive-date=2013-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> comedy reality television series. It centers around nine effeminate gay men put into the hands of a drill sergeant who puts them through military training exercises. The series was first broadcast in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The series has also been sold to Italy, Germany, Canada, Switzerland and Poland, although protests led to the show being cancelled in Poland before it aired.<ref name = Danish />
The series was filmed in Tønder, Denmark, and featured contestants from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-02 |title=Homosexuella sågar Femmans "Gay army" |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/oR3kJK/homosexuella-sagar-femmans-gay-army |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503215108/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/a/oR3kJK/homosexuella-sagar-femmans-gay-army |archive-date=2025-05-03 |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref>
==Synopsis== In each episode the gay recruits face new training missions featuring stereotypically masculine tasks to prepare them for a mock military operation. Contestants are treated to nights of partying and other rewards if the missions are accomplished.
==Reception== LGBT rights activists protested the show's stereotypical premise. A Swedish organization called the 'Homo-, Bi-, and Transsexuals in the Armed Forces' (informally associated with the Swedish Armed Forces) met with the production director to ask the network not to air it.<ref>Rautiainen, Riina "Portraying Gays on Reality TV: Case ''Gay Army'' and Its Reception", http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj/sqs/sqs1_08/sqs12008rautiainen.pdf</ref> Despite this, the show has been very popular with audiences, and has been nominated for awards at the Rose d'Or as well as the 2006 Danish TV Awards.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.babyfoot.dk}} * {{IMDb title|id=0817261|title=Gay Army}}
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