FOX has yanked a one-off reality special in which two straight men would try to convince friends and family that they're gay.

"Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay" was scheduled to air Monday, June 7. It would have shown two "guy's guys" moving into lofts in West Hollywood, where each would get a crash course on gay culture from three homosexual roommates. The guy who did the most convincing job -- as judged by a panel of "gay men from all walks of life" -- would get $50,000.

The network decided earlier this week to pull the show after sending a screener copy to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and hearing of the organization's concerns. GLAAD officials asked for a meeting with FOX executives, but before that meeting could take place, the network decided to scrap the two-hour special.

"FOX deserves a lot of credit for doing the right thing here," Joan M. Garry, GLAAD's executive director, says in a press release. "They offered us an advance copy of the show and were incredibly responsive to our grave concerns."

GLAAD calls "Seriously, Dude" an "exercise in systematic humiliation." One of the contestants tells a former high-school wrestling teammate that he likes the sport because of the "contact with sweaty boys," while another refers to the experience as being "trapped in gay hell."

Garry says GLAAD takes the cancellation of the special, which came from the producers of "My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance," as a good sign.

"This should serve as a model for other networks producing gay-themed programming," Garry says. "Such programming should be done well -- or it shouldn't be done at all."

The movie "American Pie 2" will air June 7 in place of the special.