What to watch: Dating Unlocked
Produced by Border2Border Entertainment, Dating Unlocked is back for a second season.
This is a queer dating reality show.
In each episode, the lead dater selects someone they’d like to continue the romance with – by choosing between three prospective dates. To assist these love seekers in creating a connection with the lead dater, each episode involves games, activities and intimate moments tailored to showcase their personalities and interests.
For our podcast, How To Date Men, we caught up with Charlie David – creator and producer of Dating Unlocked – to talk about the show.
“Dating Unlocked is a reality series featuring LGBTQ2S+ people, who despite the evergreen popularity of the dating format, are often excluded from or tokenised in the storytelling, reinforcing old ideas that queer people are not deserving of love or relationships – traditional or otherwise…” explains Charlie. “We want to make sure Valentine’s Day and the whole month of February is a time for LGBTQ lovers too and Dating Unlocked shows that love, dating and relationships are for everyone in society – including those that don’t fall into the majority.”
“We have an incredible cast and crew working on this show and our goal is to engage the hearts and minds of our audience by amplifying the stories of those who have previously felt unseen or alone…” continues Charlie. “Dating Unlocked is our big gay Valentine to the world.”
Listen to the conversation here