From Nosferatu to A Nightmare on Elm Street, LGBTQ+ viewers have long tected a queer unrtone many horror films. Now the genre is brgg s gay subtext to the surface
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‘BURY YOUR GAYS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TRAGIC QUEER HORROR’ WANT YOUR HORROR STORY SUBMISSNS
* queer horror meaning *
Maybe the scene—or the entire subtext-rich story— across like a wk om director Jam Whale, himself openly gay a time and culture that meant his sexualy endangered both his livelihood and his life.
However, the 1980s, some gay and lbian activists began reclaimg “queer” as an empowerg self-signatn. The group’s chapters other stat distributed rmatnal pamphlets about queer sex and famo queers throughout history; held a “kiss-” at the 1992 Amy Awards red rpet to prott queer excln Hollywood films; massively protted homophobic entertaers and cints of anti-queer vlence; arranged a “Pk Panther” street patrol to prevent queer-bashgs; and broadst vio of two k-vered men kissg on public accs televisn. Not all people agree that “queer” is the same as “gay.
For example, a gay, cisgenr, whe, Christian, Amerin man might not be nsired “queer” by some bee his mastream inti may grant him more social protectns than a Black, pansexual, transgenr, female immigrant livg Iraq. This woman’s unique inti aren’t nearly as “mastream” as the gay man’s and don’t provi nearly as many social protectns. It has s own cemetery full of queer bodi– the genre, stark parture om s ceptn, often relish the opportuny bury s gays.