Don't Quit Your Gay Job

Don't Quit Your Gay Job is a Canadian reality television series presented by Rob Easton and Sean Horlor and broadcast on OUTtv in Canada,[1] on here! gay television network in the United States and through OUTtv Netherlands available in most of Europe.[2]

Don't Quit Your Gay Job
GenreReality television
StarringRob Easton
Sean Horlor
Tommy Dolanjski (as Tommy D)
Adam Rollins
Robyn Daye Edwards
Country of originCanada
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes23
Production
Production location(s)Vancouver, British Columbia
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkOUTtv
Original release2009
External links
Website

Each half-hour episode of Don't Quit Your Gay Job (DQYGJ) features Easton and Horlor competing to see who can be the most successful at stereotypically "gay" jobs.[3] The first season of the show was broadcast in 2009 (6 episodes) and a second season in 2010 (in 7 episodes)[4] started with a sports series (curling, hockey and professional wrestling) followed by a general set of careers.

In season 3, Horlor has left the show, with Easton in the job solely as host. Tommy Dolanjski, under his stage name Tommy D, and Adam Rollins, have taken over the competition aspect of show, working on the gay jobs, the winner of each episode who is awarded $500. In season 4, Robyn Daye Edwards takes over hosting duties, while the cash award per job has been increased to $1,000.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Awards and nominations

The series received three nominations at the 2011 Leo Awards:[5]

  • Best information or lifestyle series
  • Best director for Nicky Forsman
  • Best hosts for Rob & Sean

It was also voted as the #1 favorite new gay series by here! gay television network in the United States

gollark: Aren't those just different transistors?
gollark: The future is transistors. My computer already has several billion in it and probably many fewer diodes.
gollark: Transistors > diodes.
gollark: Can we get a transistor cult? I don't believe in diodes or religions, but I do believe in transistors.
gollark: We need one cult per person to achieve true equality.

References
  1. OUTtv page for Don't Quit Your Gay Job Archived 2011-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "OUTtv Netherlands". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  3. IMDb: The Internet Movie Database
  4. Don't Quit Your Gay Job Facebook fanpage
  5. Leo Awards: Nominees for 2011
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