On Thursday night's premiere of So You Think You Can Dance [1] two men danced together — a first for the show. (Just to clarify, one of the dancers is straight while the other is gay.) Since then, judge Nigel Lythgoe has come under fire for his critique.

He said that the same-sex dancers probably "alienate a lot of our audience" and that he's the type of person "who really likes to see guys be guys and girls be girls."

The judges agreed that they'd rather see the men dance with girls, and Nigel later wrote on his purple and sparkly Twitter page [2] that he doesn't enjoy "Brokeback ballroom." He also tried to clarify his remarks: "I believe overtly effeminate dancing destroys the opportunity for many male dancers to be supported. Being gay doesn't mean effeminate."

The president of GLADD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) says [3] it's unacceptable for "this kind of blatant homophobia to occur." Do you think Nigel's comments were homophobic? Are TV viewers evolved enough to handle same-sex dancers?