In my latest Things I Love Thursday post, I briefly mentioned a new LOGO program, Can’t Get A Date. As one might surmise, it’s a dating show for GLBT singles. What makes it so enjoyable — aside from the whole queer angle, woot woot! — is the fact that the participants are utterly, nail-bitingly relatable.

On CGAD, you won’t find any MySpace divas trying to score their fifteen minutes of reality TV fame (wazzup, Tila Tequila?) nor will you find outrageous, overblown characters designed to shock and titillate (wazzup, pretty much every reality show contestant ever?). And unlike cattle-call game shows like The Bachelor, CGAD doesn’t pit potential suitors against one another. Each episode focuses on a single individual, treating them with brisk honesty — but with dignity.

My favorite episode profiled Mandy, a beautiful modern dancer who struggled with severe acne and crushing self-doubt. She slept with a stuffed raccoon toy every night, and became spastic and scattered when faced with an attractive woman. After a regime of professional dermatology (for her skin) and martial arts (for her self-confidence), she dove into the dating pool again. This time, she surfaced victoriously. And you can’t help but cheer out loud.

Queer and straight viewers alike will get a kick outta this program — because watching awkward people shed their insecurities and hook up with hotties is AWESOME!

Watch episodes online on the LOGO site, via Netflix’s Watch Instantly service … or, you know, on regular TV. Pssh.

(Photo via LOGO)