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- WILLIE GARSON, CARRIE'S GAY BTIE ON SEX AND THE CY, HAS DIED
- 27 LGBT CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF TV THIS YEAR (SPOILERS)HOPE YOU DIDN'T GET TOO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY NI LANGDECEMBER 19, 2016/6:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY NI LANGDECEMBER 19, 2016 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"27 LGBT CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF TV THIS YEAR (SPOILERS)","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-12-19T11:00:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-12-19T11:00:40.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOUR FAVORE LGBT CHARACTER DIE THIS YEAR? THEY WOULDN'T BE ALONE: A SURVEY ON THE WRAP ILLTRAT HOW OFTEN QUEER PEOPLE MET GRIM FAT ON THE SMALL SCREEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY CLU GAME OF THRON' LORAS TYRELL, WHO DIED HORRIBLY WHEN CERSAI BLEW UP THE GREAT SEPT OF BAELOR, AND ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK'S POSEY WASHGTON (SAMIRA WILEY), SUFFOTED BY A ROOKIE OFFICER THE LCHFIELD FETERIA.BARBARA NKE/NBCBLINDSPOT -- "IF LOVE A REBEL, DEATH WILL RENR" EPISO 122 -- PICTURED: MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE AS BETHANY MAYFAIR -- (PHOTO BY: BARBARA NKE/NBC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER SUALTI CLU FBI AGENT BETHANY MAYFAIR (MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), SHOT AND KILLED ON NBC’S BLDSPOT; HOE OF CARDS' EDWARD MEECHUM (NATHAN DARROW), WHO HAD A THREEWAY WH FRANK AND CLAIRE UNRWOOD BEFORE TAKG A BULLET FOR THE PRINT; AND JACK, A YOUNG BOY WHO SHARE A KISS WH JU ON FREEFORM'S THE FOSTERS BEFORE BEG MURRED BY HIS FOSTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE LGBT CHARACTERS KNOCKED OFF ON EMPIRE, THE VAMPIRE DIARI, GUILT AND PRETTY LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ALL, 27 LGBT CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF THIS TELEVISN SEASON, A HIGH RATE NSIRG WE PRISED JT 4.8% OF ALL SERI REGULARS THIS YEAR. (WHICH IS ACTUALLY A RERD NUMBER FOR THE MEDIUM.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TROPE OF KILLG OFF LGBT CHARACTERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE WRTEN TO SHOWS TO BOOST DIVERSY AND ENTICE QUEER VIEWERS, IS EQUENT ENOUGH THAT HAS S OWN NAME: “BURY YOUR GAYS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT RECEIVED NATNAL ATTENTN FEBARY, AFTER THREE FEMALE CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF THE SAME MONTH: LEXA (ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY) ON THE CW'S THE 100, KIRA ON SYFY'S THE MAGICIANS, AND DENISE (MERRT WEVER) ON AMC'S THE WALKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CLICHE HAS BEEN A PART OF TELEVISN FOR NEARLY A GENERATN—GOG BACK TO TARA ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER AND MARISSA COOPER OF THE O.C.—BUT NOW VIEWERS ARE MANDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CREATED BY SAVG HOPE PRODUCERS NOELLE CARBONE AND SONIA HOSKO, THE “LEXA PLEDGE” ASKS CREATORS TO GIVE LGBT CHARACTER THEIR DUE, AND TO STOP “[KILLG] A QUEER CHARACTER SOLELY TO FURTHER THE PLOT OF A STRAIGHT ONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS OF YET, THOUGH, ’S ONLY BEEN SIGNED BY A HANDFUL OF WRERS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT: BLACK MIRROR, THE CULT NETFLIX ANTHOLOGY SERI ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, SUBVERTED THE TROPE BY ALLOWG S QUEER CHARACTERS TO FD HAPPS THE AFTERLIFE: KELLY (GUGU MBATHA RAW) AND YORKIE (MACKENZIE DAVIS) MEET “SAN JUNIPERO,” A SEND LIFE MUNY FOR THE ELRLY AND DYG. THEY N CI TO LIVE OUT THE RT OF THEIR EXISTENCE VIRTUAL REALY OR SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE BY DYG A NATURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL TV DO BETTER 2017? LET'S HOPE THE DTRY STARTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- 'BURY YOUR GAYS': WHY ARE SO MANY LBIAN TV CHARACTERS DYG OFF?
- WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010/3:32 PMBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010 / 3:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, SO THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE IS A LTLE MISLEADG: GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN DON’T ALWAYS DIE. PLENTY OF GAY AND BISEXUAL CHARACTERS HAVE LIVED LONG HAPPY LIV – AND MORE ARE LIVG THAT WAY ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET’S FACE : SOMETIM SEEMS LIKE THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS DI. AND THEY ALMOST CERTALY DIE MORE THAN THEIR NUMBERS WOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATHS OF THE TWO GAY CHARACTERS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND ARE ONLY THE MOST RECENT, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER EXAMPL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DALE TOMASSON, BIG LOVE: SUICI (2010){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA, BATTLTAR GALACTI: EXECUTED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDDIE, TE BLOOD: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX, IN TREATMENT: SUICI (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IANTO JON, TORCHWOOD: MURRED BY ALIENS (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11-12, THE PRISONER: SUICI (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}909, THE PRISONER: MURRED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH, KGS: MURRED (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR LTLE, THE WIRE: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE, DAMAG: SUICI (2007) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE, REAPER: SUALTY OF MON WAR (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VO, THE SOPRANOS: MURRED (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SALIM, SLEEPER CELL (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASSADY CASABLANS, VERONI MARS: SUICI (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE ARE JT THE AD REGULAR, OR AT LEAST FEATURED, TV CHARACTERS. GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN HAVE EQUENTLY POPPED UP AS “GUT” CHARACTERS ON SHOWS LIKE CSI, THE MENTALIST, GHOST WHISPERER, SUPERNATURAL, AND LAW & ORR – ONLY TO DIE, OFTEN BEFORE THE OPENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, ADDN TO THE AD GAYS ON SPARTAC AND BIG LOVE, THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE ALSO SEEN GAY VICTIMS ON LAW & ORR: SVU AND NCIS: LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S GOG ON HERE? DO HOLLYWOOD HAVE A GAY ATH WISH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S GET ONE THG STRAIGHT: A GAY OR BISEXUAL CHARACTER DYG IS NOT NECSARILY AN DITN OF HOMOPHOBIA OR BIAS. CHARACTERS DIE ON TELEVISN A LOT. IT’S LLED “DRAMA” FOR A REASON, AND THERE’S NO MORE CLASSIC A NOUEMENT FOR A CHARACTER’S STORY ARC, OR CG CINT FOR ANOTHER CHARACTER’S SUBSEQUENT EMOTNAL VELOPMENT, THAN THE ATH OF ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPARATAC: BLOOD AND SAND'S SPARTAC FDS PIETROS' HANGG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE ENOUGH, “CHARACTER VELOPMENT” IS UALLY HOW THE WRERS JTIFY THE ATHS: ’S HOW JOSS WHEDON JTIFIED THE ATH OF TARA ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER; ’S HOW RSELL T. DAVI FEND THE ATH OF IANTO ON TORCHWOOD; AND ’S HOW STEVEN DEKNIGHT MOST RECENTLY EXPLAED THE ATHS OF BAR AND PIETROS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MAYBE MAK SENSE CERTA WAYS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN STRAIGHT CHARACTERS. SHOWS LIKE COLD CASE AND GREY’S ANATOMY HAVE FEATURED EXTREMELY TOUCHG EPISOS WHERE GUT GAY CHARACTERS DIED, BUT THE EPISOS THEMSELV WERE DRAMATIZG THE BIAS THAT GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE OFTEN STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, WHAT HOLLYWOOD WRERS NEVER MENTN, AND UALLY DON’T EVEN SEEM TO BE AWARE OF, IS THE FACT THAT THE (OFTEN BTAL) ATH OF A GAY CHARACTER IS A LONGSTANDG WRERS’ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! THE DEAD GAY GUY CLICHE! {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1989, FILM HISTORIAN VO RSO PUBLISHED A SEND EDN OF HIS NOW-LANDMARK BOOK THE CELLULOID CLOSET, ANALYZG THE WAY GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN STEREOTYPED SCE THE CEPTN OF CEMA, CLUDG THE EQUENCY WH WHICH GAY CHARACTERS ARE KILLED OFF, OFTEN SEEMGLY “PUNISHED” FOR VLATG SOCIAL NORMS. HE EVEN CLUD A “NECROLOGY” WH A LIST OF 39 ATHS MAJOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RSO END THE BOOK WH A NOW-FAMO RANT: “IT HAS BEE CLEAR…THAT WHAT WE NEED IS NO MORE FILMS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY … GAY VISIBILY HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN AN ISSUE THE MOVI. GAYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VISIBLE. IT’S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN VISIBLE THAT HAS REMAED OFFENSIVE FOR ALMOST A CENTURY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALBY FDS DALE'S HANGG BODY ON BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SCE RSO’S BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, BOTH ON-SCREEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HAVE THEY CHANGED PLETELY? OR HAS THE CLICHé OF THE DEAD GAY GUY SIMPLY MUTATED ONTO TELEVISN A MORE SOPHISTITED FORM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT BE PART OF , BUT A MORE SATISFYG EXPLANATN IS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE SIMPLY BEE THEY’RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE SUPPORTG, NOT LEADG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTICED A LOT OF AIN AMERIN POLICE CHIEFS, DOCTORS, AND JUDG ON TV OVER THE YEARS? LATELY, THERE’S ALSO THE CLICHé OF THE INDIAN AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT JT THAT WELL-MEANG PRODUCERS AND STG DIRECTORS OF TELEVISN SHOWS WANT TO REMD VIEWERS THAT THERE ARE, FACT, PLENTY OF MORY POLICE CHIEFS, JUDG, AND DOCTORS (PECIALLY URBAN AREAS, WHERE MANY OF THE SHOWS ARE SET).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S ALSO THE FACT THAT LEADG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE ALMOST ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO RPONDG TO PRSURE OM VIEWERS AND MORY ACTIVISTS, WORKS AND PRODUCERS MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE BY STG PERIPHERAL CHARACTERS LIKE DOCTORS, JUDG, AND POLICE CHIEFS WH MORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLYWOOD ULD ALSO MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE DIVERSE BY WRG MORE MORY LEADG CHARACTERS, AND THERE ARE HTS THE NEW SLATE OF PILOTS NOW VELOPMENT THAT THEY MAY BE MAKG PROGRS TOWARD THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY DO THE NEXT BT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, THE STAT QUO IS THE TV CLICHé WHERE ALL THE LEADG CHARACTERS, THE ON WH THE PLITED, TERTG AND ONGOG STORYL, TEND TO BE WHE, WHILE MANY OF THE PERIPHERAL OR SUPPORTG CHARACTERS TEND TO BE RACIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RERC ANOTHER STEREOTYPE WHICH WHE PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL AND ACTIVE, WHILE NON-WHE PEOPLE (EVEN ON POSNS OF “THORY”) ARE REACTIVE AND OFTEN EFFECTUAL (TO RERCE THE MA CHARACTER’S “NOBLE," POSIVE QUALI).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA AWAS EXECUTN ON BATTLTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME THG IS TE FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN: THEY PLAY THE SUPPORTG ROL, NOT THE LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON BROADST SCRIPTED AMERIN TELEVISN IS … ZERO. (CAMERON AND MCHELL ON MORN FAY, AND KEV ON BROTHERS & SISTERS MAY BE LEADG CHARACTERS, BUT ONLY ENSEMBLE STS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE OTHER MOST WELL-KNOWN GAY CHARACTERS – KURT ON GLEE, MARC ON UGLY BETTY, CALV ON GREEK, AND SO ON, ALONG WH ALL THE CHARACTERS LISTED ABOVE – ARE SENDARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEADG CHARACTERS ALMOST NEVER DIE (UNLS THE ACTOR MANDS A RAISE!).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPPORTG CHARACTERS, MEANWHILE, SOMETIM DO. AFTER ALL, DRAMATILLY SPEAKG, ’S THEIR JOB TO SUPPORT THE LEADG CHARACTER – TO BOLSTER HIS OR HER EMOTNAL JOURNEY WHICHEVER WAY IS THE MOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! HOW E WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A SHOW LIKE SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND WHERE THE TLE CHARACTER WILL OBVLY EVENTUALLY BEE THE OUTRAGED REBEL SLAVE OF HISTORY, MAK PERFECT SENSE THAT BAR AND PIETROS, ALONG WH MANY OTHER NOCENT PEOPLE, HAVE TO DIE, BTAL, TRAGIC WAYS. IT’S WHAT MOTIVAT SPARTAC TO BEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON CRIM SHOWS LIKE CSI AND SVU THAT ARE ABOUT CRIME AND MURR, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT ANY “GUT” GAY ROL WOULD BE MURR VICTIMS (OR MURRERS, ANOTHER POTENTIAL GAY CLICHE). THE SHOWS SERVE CRED FOR BEG AT LEAST SOMEWHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TO ALL THOSE WRERS WHO JTIFY THE ATHS OF THEIR GAY CHARACTERS WH THE ARGUMENT THAT “’S ALL ABOUT CHARACTER AND STORY”: YOU YOURSELF ARE NOT SEEG THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE PARTICULAR STORYLE OF ANY GIVEN SHOW, THE GAY GUY MIGHT HAVE TO DIE. BUT THAT SHOW EXISTS A LARGER CULTURAL NTEXT, ONE THAT CLUS THIS LONGSTANDG WRERS’ TROPE OF THE DEAD GAY GUY, AND ONE THAT CLUS ALMOST NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS. INED, OF THE MANY VAR "CRIME" ANCHIS, ONLY A SGLE SHOW, LAW & ORR: SVU, HAS A REGULAR GAY CHARACTER – A MOR ONE WHO DIDN'T E OUT UNTIL EIGHT YEARS TO THE SHOW'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARGUMENT IS OFTEN MA THAT, “IF GAY VIEWERS WANT GAY CHARACTERS TO BE TREATED EQUALLY ON TELEVISN, THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT SOMETIM BAD THGS WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THAT’S PRECISELY THE POT: AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS, GAY CHARACTERS AREN’T BEG TREATED EQUALLY. WE’RE GETTG ALL OF THE TRMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE GAY ATH (AND THE VRL DIRECTED AT THE GAY VILLA), BUT ALMOST NONE OF THE PLEASURE OF THE GAY LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE CIS TO END ALL ON DAMAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND JT AS WH RACIAL MORI, ’S MAKG ALL GAY PEOPLE SEEM LS POWERFUL, MORE LIKELY TO BE A “VICTIM,” THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE. WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC, THE GUY WHO MAK TO THE END OF THE STORY, THE GUY WHO ENDS UP CHANGG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ED TO BE A SIAR CLICHé HORROR MOVI WHERE SEEMED LIKE THE BLACK SUPPORTG CHARACTER ALWAYS HAD TO DIE – FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASONS THAT GAY CHARACTERS NOW SO OFTEN DIE. THAT'S CHANGED SOMEWHAT – PART, BEE THE CLICHé WAS SO WILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY SHOW ON TELEVISN WH A GAY CHARACTER PROBABLY SERV SOME MEASURE OF CRED (ASSUMG ’S NOT A BLATANT OR OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPE), BEE SUCH CHARACTERS ARE STILL NTROVERSIAL FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS UNFAIR OR UNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR GAY VIEWERS TO ASK, LIKE OLIVER TWIST, MORE OF HOLLYWOOD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SO, ’S ALSO UNTER-PRODUCTIVE FOR AIN AMERINS TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE MORY JUDG AND POLICE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS, AND SAY, “THANKS A LOT FOR THAT, BUT YOU DO REALIZE THAT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE AWARE THAT THIS ISN’T ‘TE’ EQUALY OR DIVERSY!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH NO GENUNE LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, AND ONLY A SMATTERG OF SUPPORTG GAY ON, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT WE GAY AND BISEXUAL VIEWERS MIGHT BEE MORE EMOTNALLY ATTACHED TO THE CHARACTERS THAN STRAIGHT VIEWERS DO, AND MIGHT EXPERIENCE THEM A MORE PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN THE CHARACTERS DIE, OFTEN BTALLY, WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE THAT A MORE PERSONAL WAY TOO. IS CRAZY TO EXPECT WRERS AND PRODUCERS TO BE A LTLE SENSIVE TO THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOCIAL PROGRS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO SLOW TO THE MORY WHO IS EAGER FOR CHANGE, JT AS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO FAST FOR THE GREATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS NICE AS IS TO SEE MORE GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, WOULD BE NICER STILL TO SEE MORE OF THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- GAY GUY DI FIRST
- THE WALKG DEAD PRODUCER EXPLAS WHY TWO GAY CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF
WILLIE GARSON, CARRIE'S GAY BTIE ON SEX AND THE CY, HAS DIED
A spate of ad gay characters forc to ask the qutn: how e we’re always the on hangg ourselv? * gay characters that died *
Willie Garson, the actor known for playg Carrie Bradshaw's gay bt iend, Stanford Blatch, on Sex and the Cy, has died at age died "after a short illns, " People reports. His character, a talent agent, was always well-drsed and ready wh a wty was straight but stayed the closet about his sexualy durg the n of the show, sayg he didn't want to offend gay people.
In a Page Six terview last year, he referred to "people playg gay characters jumpg up and down screamg that they're not gay, like that would somehow be a bad thg if they were. As the "Bury Your Gays" trope ntu unabated to the 21st-century, seems a cent time to look back at the most untimely and unfivable sualti of drama on the small screen. The biggt outcry me via The CW's The 100, which killed off a proment gay woman a prsgly clichéd way, and Fox's Sleepy Hollow, which dismissed s protagonist, played by Nile Beharie, amid fierce mors that Beharie had had enough and asked to be wrten out and her superrs were none too sad to see her go.
The "Bury Your Gays" trope has bee a part of cultual knowledge recent years, but not everyone has gotten the memo. The trope also extends to films, and gay and bi men. Shows like Killg Eve, and most recently, Hoe of the Dragon, are still btally and needlsly killg off their queer characters stead of lettg them be are 15 of the most egreg -- and btal -- recent exampl of the Bury Your Gays trope.
27 LGBT CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF TV THIS YEAR (SPOILERS)HOPE YOU DIDN'T GET TOO {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY NI LANGDECEMBER 19, 2016/6:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY NI LANGDECEMBER 19, 2016 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"27 LGBT CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF TV THIS YEAR (SPOILERS)","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-12-19T11:00:40.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-12-19T11:00:40.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"NI LANG","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOUR FAVORE LGBT CHARACTER DIE THIS YEAR? THEY WOULDN'T BE ALONE: A SURVEY ON THE WRAP ILLTRAT HOW OFTEN QUEER PEOPLE MET GRIM FAT ON THE SMALL SCREEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY CLU GAME OF THRON' LORAS TYRELL, WHO DIED HORRIBLY WHEN CERSAI BLEW UP THE GREAT SEPT OF BAELOR, AND ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK'S POSEY WASHGTON (SAMIRA WILEY), SUFFOTED BY A ROOKIE OFFICER THE LCHFIELD FETERIA.BARBARA NKE/NBCBLINDSPOT -- "IF LOVE A REBEL, DEATH WILL RENR" EPISO 122 -- PICTURED: MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE AS BETHANY MAYFAIR -- (PHOTO BY: BARBARA NKE/NBC){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER SUALTI CLU FBI AGENT BETHANY MAYFAIR (MARIANNE JEAN-BAPTISTE), SHOT AND KILLED ON NBC’S BLDSPOT; HOE OF CARDS' EDWARD MEECHUM (NATHAN DARROW), WHO HAD A THREEWAY WH FRANK AND CLAIRE UNRWOOD BEFORE TAKG A BULLET FOR THE PRINT; AND JACK, A YOUNG BOY WHO SHARE A KISS WH JU ON FREEFORM'S THE FOSTERS BEFORE BEG MURRED BY HIS FOSTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE LGBT CHARACTERS KNOCKED OFF ON EMPIRE, THE VAMPIRE DIARI, GUILT AND PRETTY LTLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ALL, 27 LGBT CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF THIS TELEVISN SEASON, A HIGH RATE NSIRG WE PRISED JT 4.8% OF ALL SERI REGULARS THIS YEAR. (WHICH IS ACTUALLY A RERD NUMBER FOR THE MEDIUM.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TROPE OF KILLG OFF LGBT CHARACTERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE WRTEN TO SHOWS TO BOOST DIVERSY AND ENTICE QUEER VIEWERS, IS EQUENT ENOUGH THAT HAS S OWN NAME: “BURY YOUR GAYS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT RECEIVED NATNAL ATTENTN FEBARY, AFTER THREE FEMALE CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF THE SAME MONTH: LEXA (ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY) ON THE CW'S THE 100, KIRA ON SYFY'S THE MAGICIANS, AND DENISE (MERRT WEVER) ON AMC'S THE WALKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CLICHE HAS BEEN A PART OF TELEVISN FOR NEARLY A GENERATN—GOG BACK TO TARA ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER AND MARISSA COOPER OF THE O.C.—BUT NOW VIEWERS ARE MANDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CREATED BY SAVG HOPE PRODUCERS NOELLE CARBONE AND SONIA HOSKO, THE “LEXA PLEDGE” ASKS CREATORS TO GIVE LGBT CHARACTER THEIR DUE, AND TO STOP “[KILLG] A QUEER CHARACTER SOLELY TO FURTHER THE PLOT OF A STRAIGHT ONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS OF YET, THOUGH, ’S ONLY BEEN SIGNED BY A HANDFUL OF WRERS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE SOME SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT: BLACK MIRROR, THE CULT NETFLIX ANTHOLOGY SERI ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, SUBVERTED THE TROPE BY ALLOWG S QUEER CHARACTERS TO FD HAPPS THE AFTERLIFE: KELLY (GUGU MBATHA RAW) AND YORKIE (MACKENZIE DAVIS) MEET “SAN JUNIPERO,” A SEND LIFE MUNY FOR THE ELRLY AND DYG. THEY N CI TO LIVE OUT THE RT OF THEIR EXISTENCE VIRTUAL REALY OR SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE BY DYG A NATURAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL TV DO BETTER 2017? LET'S HOPE THE DTRY STARTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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'BURY YOUR GAYS': WHY ARE SO MANY LBIAN TV CHARACTERS DYG OFF?
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In the latt episo, we fally got to see the show's lone gay male character, Laenor Valaryon, get a lover.
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WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010/3:32 PMBY BRENT HARTGERMARCH 9, 2010 / 3:32 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHY DO THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS HAVE TO DIE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-09T20:32:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, SO THE HEADLE OF THIS ARTICLE IS A LTLE MISLEADG: GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN DON’T ALWAYS DIE. PLENTY OF GAY AND BISEXUAL CHARACTERS HAVE LIVED LONG HAPPY LIV – AND MORE ARE LIVG THAT WAY ALL THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET’S FACE : SOMETIM SEEMS LIKE THE GAY CHARACTER ALWAYS DI. AND THEY ALMOST CERTALY DIE MORE THAN THEIR NUMBERS WOULD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ATHS OF THE TWO GAY CHARACTERS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND ARE ONLY THE MOST RECENT, BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER EXAMPL:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DALE TOMASSON, BIG LOVE: SUICI (2010){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA, BATTLTAR GALACTI: EXECUTED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EDDIE, TE BLOOD: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALEX, IN TREATMENT: SUICI (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IANTO JON, TORCHWOOD: MURRED BY ALIENS (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}11-12, THE PRISONER: SUICI (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}909, THE PRISONER: MURRED (2009){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSEPH, KGS: MURRED (2009) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OMAR LTLE, THE WIRE: MURRED (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE, DAMAG: SUICI (2007) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVE, REAPER: SUALTY OF MON WAR (2008) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VO, THE SOPRANOS: MURRED (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SALIM, SLEEPER CELL (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CASSADY CASABLANS, VERONI MARS: SUICI (2006) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE ARE JT THE AD REGULAR, OR AT LEAST FEATURED, TV CHARACTERS. GAY OR BISEXUAL MEN HAVE EQUENTLY POPPED UP AS “GUT” CHARACTERS ON SHOWS LIKE CSI, THE MENTALIST, GHOST WHISPERER, SUPERNATURAL, AND LAW & ORR – ONLY TO DIE, OFTEN BEFORE THE OPENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INED, ADDN TO THE AD GAYS ON SPARTAC AND BIG LOVE, THE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE ALSO SEEN GAY VICTIMS ON LAW & ORR: SVU AND NCIS: LOS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT’S GOG ON HERE? DO HOLLYWOOD HAVE A GAY ATH WISH?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LET’S GET ONE THG STRAIGHT: A GAY OR BISEXUAL CHARACTER DYG IS NOT NECSARILY AN DITN OF HOMOPHOBIA OR BIAS. CHARACTERS DIE ON TELEVISN A LOT. IT’S LLED “DRAMA” FOR A REASON, AND THERE’S NO MORE CLASSIC A NOUEMENT FOR A CHARACTER’S STORY ARC, OR CG CINT FOR ANOTHER CHARACTER’S SUBSEQUENT EMOTNAL VELOPMENT, THAN THE ATH OF ANOTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPARATAC: BLOOD AND SAND'S SPARTAC FDS PIETROS' HANGG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE ENOUGH, “CHARACTER VELOPMENT” IS UALLY HOW THE WRERS JTIFY THE ATHS: ’S HOW JOSS WHEDON JTIFIED THE ATH OF TARA ON BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER; ’S HOW RSELL T. DAVI FEND THE ATH OF IANTO ON TORCHWOOD; AND ’S HOW STEVEN DEKNIGHT MOST RECENTLY EXPLAED THE ATHS OF BAR AND PIETROS ON SPARTAC: BLOOD AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MAYBE MAK SENSE CERTA WAYS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN STRAIGHT CHARACTERS. SHOWS LIKE COLD CASE AND GREY’S ANATOMY HAVE FEATURED EXTREMELY TOUCHG EPISOS WHERE GUT GAY CHARACTERS DIED, BUT THE EPISOS THEMSELV WERE DRAMATIZG THE BIAS THAT GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE OFTEN STILL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, WHAT HOLLYWOOD WRERS NEVER MENTN, AND UALLY DON’T EVEN SEEM TO BE AWARE OF, IS THE FACT THAT THE (OFTEN BTAL) ATH OF A GAY CHARACTER IS A LONGSTANDG WRERS’ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! THE DEAD GAY GUY CLICHE! {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1989, FILM HISTORIAN VO RSO PUBLISHED A SEND EDN OF HIS NOW-LANDMARK BOOK THE CELLULOID CLOSET, ANALYZG THE WAY GAY AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN STEREOTYPED SCE THE CEPTN OF CEMA, CLUDG THE EQUENCY WH WHICH GAY CHARACTERS ARE KILLED OFF, OFTEN SEEMGLY “PUNISHED” FOR VLATG SOCIAL NORMS. HE EVEN CLUD A “NECROLOGY” WH A LIST OF 39 ATHS MAJOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RSO END THE BOOK WH A NOW-FAMO RANT: “IT HAS BEE CLEAR…THAT WHAT WE NEED IS NO MORE FILMS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY … GAY VISIBILY HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN AN ISSUE THE MOVI. GAYS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VISIBLE. IT’S HOW THEY HAVE BEEN VISIBLE THAT HAS REMAED OFFENSIVE FOR ALMOST A CENTURY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALBY FDS DALE'S HANGG BODY ON BIG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN SCE RSO’S BOOK WAS PUBLISHED, BOTH ON-SCREEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HAVE THEY CHANGED PLETELY? OR HAS THE CLICHé OF THE DEAD GAY GUY SIMPLY MUTATED ONTO TELEVISN A MORE SOPHISTITED FORM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT MIGHT BE PART OF , BUT A MORE SATISFYG EXPLANATN IS THAT GAY CHARACTERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE SIMPLY BEE THEY’RE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE SUPPORTG, NOT LEADG, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTICED A LOT OF AIN AMERIN POLICE CHIEFS, DOCTORS, AND JUDG ON TV OVER THE YEARS? LATELY, THERE’S ALSO THE CLICHé OF THE INDIAN AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT JT THAT WELL-MEANG PRODUCERS AND STG DIRECTORS OF TELEVISN SHOWS WANT TO REMD VIEWERS THAT THERE ARE, FACT, PLENTY OF MORY POLICE CHIEFS, JUDG, AND DOCTORS (PECIALLY URBAN AREAS, WHERE MANY OF THE SHOWS ARE SET).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S ALSO THE FACT THAT LEADG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE ALMOST ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO RPONDG TO PRSURE OM VIEWERS AND MORY ACTIVISTS, WORKS AND PRODUCERS MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE RACIALLY DIVERSE BY STG PERIPHERAL CHARACTERS LIKE DOCTORS, JUDG, AND POLICE CHIEFS WH MORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOLLYWOOD ULD ALSO MAKE THEIR SHOWS MORE DIVERSE BY WRG MORE MORY LEADG CHARACTERS, AND THERE ARE HTS THE NEW SLATE OF PILOTS NOW VELOPMENT THAT THEY MAY BE MAKG PROGRS TOWARD THAT. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY DO THE NEXT BT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN SHORT, THE STAT QUO IS THE TV CLICHé WHERE ALL THE LEADG CHARACTERS, THE ON WH THE PLITED, TERTG AND ONGOG STORYL, TEND TO BE WHE, WHILE MANY OF THE PERIPHERAL OR SUPPORTG CHARACTERS TEND TO BE RACIAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RERC ANOTHER STEREOTYPE WHICH WHE PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL AND ACTIVE, WHILE NON-WHE PEOPLE (EVEN ON POSNS OF “THORY”) ARE REACTIVE AND OFTEN EFFECTUAL (TO RERCE THE MA CHARACTER’S “NOBLE," POSIVE QUALI).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIX GAETA AWAS EXECUTN ON BATTLTAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SAME THG IS TE FOR GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN: THEY PLAY THE SUPPORTG ROL, NOT THE LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THE CURRENT NUMBER OF LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON BROADST SCRIPTED AMERIN TELEVISN IS … ZERO. (CAMERON AND MCHELL ON MORN FAY, AND KEV ON BROTHERS & SISTERS MAY BE LEADG CHARACTERS, BUT ONLY ENSEMBLE STS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE OTHER MOST WELL-KNOWN GAY CHARACTERS – KURT ON GLEE, MARC ON UGLY BETTY, CALV ON GREEK, AND SO ON, ALONG WH ALL THE CHARACTERS LISTED ABOVE – ARE SENDARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LEADG CHARACTERS ALMOST NEVER DIE (UNLS THE ACTOR MANDS A RAISE!).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUPPORTG CHARACTERS, MEANWHILE, SOMETIM DO. AFTER ALL, DRAMATILLY SPEAKG, ’S THEIR JOB TO SUPPORT THE LEADG CHARACTER – TO BOLSTER HIS OR HER EMOTNAL JOURNEY WHICHEVER WAY IS THE MOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEXT PAGE! HOW E WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON A SHOW LIKE SPARTAC: BLOOD AND SAND WHERE THE TLE CHARACTER WILL OBVLY EVENTUALLY BEE THE OUTRAGED REBEL SLAVE OF HISTORY, MAK PERFECT SENSE THAT BAR AND PIETROS, ALONG WH MANY OTHER NOCENT PEOPLE, HAVE TO DIE, BTAL, TRAGIC WAYS. IT’S WHAT MOTIVAT SPARTAC TO BEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON CRIM SHOWS LIKE CSI AND SVU THAT ARE ABOUT CRIME AND MURR, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT ANY “GUT” GAY ROL WOULD BE MURR VICTIMS (OR MURRERS, ANOTHER POTENTIAL GAY CLICHE). THE SHOWS SERVE CRED FOR BEG AT LEAST SOMEWHAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT TO ALL THOSE WRERS WHO JTIFY THE ATHS OF THEIR GAY CHARACTERS WH THE ARGUMENT THAT “’S ALL ABOUT CHARACTER AND STORY”: YOU YOURSELF ARE NOT SEEG THE WHOLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE PARTICULAR STORYLE OF ANY GIVEN SHOW, THE GAY GUY MIGHT HAVE TO DIE. BUT THAT SHOW EXISTS A LARGER CULTURAL NTEXT, ONE THAT CLUS THIS LONGSTANDG WRERS’ TROPE OF THE DEAD GAY GUY, AND ONE THAT CLUS ALMOST NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS. INED, OF THE MANY VAR "CRIME" ANCHIS, ONLY A SGLE SHOW, LAW & ORR: SVU, HAS A REGULAR GAY CHARACTER – A MOR ONE WHO DIDN'T E OUT UNTIL EIGHT YEARS TO THE SHOW'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARGUMENT IS OFTEN MA THAT, “IF GAY VIEWERS WANT GAY CHARACTERS TO BE TREATED EQUALLY ON TELEVISN, THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT SOMETIM BAD THGS WILL HAPPEN TO THEM.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THAT’S PRECISELY THE POT: AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO LEADG GAY CHARACTERS, GAY CHARACTERS AREN’T BEG TREATED EQUALLY. WE’RE GETTG ALL OF THE TRMA AND TRAGEDY OF THE GAY ATH (AND THE VRL DIRECTED AT THE GAY VILLA), BUT ALMOST NONE OF THE PLEASURE OF THE GAY LEADG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RAY FISKE CIS TO END ALL ON DAMAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND JT AS WH RACIAL MORI, ’S MAKG ALL GAY PEOPLE SEEM LS POWERFUL, MORE LIKELY TO BE A “VICTIM,” THAN STRAIGHT PEOPLE. WE NEVER GET TO BE SPARTAC, THE GUY WHO MAK TO THE END OF THE STORY, THE GUY WHO ENDS UP CHANGG THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ED TO BE A SIAR CLICHé HORROR MOVI WHERE SEEMED LIKE THE BLACK SUPPORTG CHARACTER ALWAYS HAD TO DIE – FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASONS THAT GAY CHARACTERS NOW SO OFTEN DIE. THAT'S CHANGED SOMEWHAT – PART, BEE THE CLICHé WAS SO WILY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY SHOW ON TELEVISN WH A GAY CHARACTER PROBABLY SERV SOME MEASURE OF CRED (ASSUMG ’S NOT A BLATANT OR OFFENSIVE STEREOTYPE), BEE SUCH CHARACTERS ARE STILL NTROVERSIAL FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS UNFAIR OR UNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR GAY VIEWERS TO ASK, LIKE OLIVER TWIST, MORE OF HOLLYWOOD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SO, ’S ALSO UNTER-PRODUCTIVE FOR AIN AMERINS TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE MORY JUDG AND POLICE CHIEFS AND DOCTORS, AND SAY, “THANKS A LOT FOR THAT, BUT YOU DO REALIZE THAT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH, RIGHT? PLEASE TELL ME YOU’RE AWARE THAT THIS ISN’T ‘TE’ EQUALY OR DIVERSY!”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH NO GENUNE LEADG GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, AND ONLY A SMATTERG OF SUPPORTG GAY ON, ALSO MAK SENSE THAT WE GAY AND BISEXUAL VIEWERS MIGHT BEE MORE EMOTNALLY ATTACHED TO THE CHARACTERS THAN STRAIGHT VIEWERS DO, AND MIGHT EXPERIENCE THEM A MORE PERSONAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHEN THE CHARACTERS DIE, OFTEN BTALLY, WE MIGHT EXPERIENCE THAT A MORE PERSONAL WAY TOO. IS CRAZY TO EXPECT WRERS AND PRODUCERS TO BE A LTLE SENSIVE TO THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOCIAL PROGRS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO SLOW TO THE MORY WHO IS EAGER FOR CHANGE, JT AS PROBABLY ALWAYS SEEMS TOO FAST FOR THE GREATER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AS NICE AS IS TO SEE MORE GAY CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, WOULD BE NICER STILL TO SEE MORE OF THEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
IMHO no wouldn't be homophobic. Rears won't get the imprsn that the wrer is homophobic, more like the wrer is Mongolphobic and want the rears to be Mongolphobic.
GAY GUY DI FIRST
And as far as i remember "Elagabal" is picted those novels as both "queer" and a sympathetic character or even the protagonist, murred by homophobic and/or power hungry characters.
So the example of those novels show that is possible to wre stori where the "Queer" characters are killed off whout beg homophobic. Okay, so the headle of this article is a ltle misleadg: gay characters on televisn don’t always die. Plenty of gay and bisexual characters have lived long happy liv – and more are livg that way all the let’s face : sometim seems like the gay character always di.
And they almost certaly die more than their numbers would aths of the two gay characters on Spartac: Blood and Sand are only the most recent, but there are plenty of other exampl:Dale Tomasson, Big Love: suici (2010)Felix Gaeta, Battltar Galacti: executed (2009)Eddie, Te Blood: murred (2008) Alex, In Treatment: suici (2008) Ianto Jon, Torchwood: murred by aliens (2009) 11-12, The Prisoner: suici (2009) 909, The Prisoner: murred (2009)Joseph, Kgs: murred (2009) Omar Ltle, The Wire: murred (2008) Ray Fiske, Damag: suici (2007) Steve, Reaper: sualty of mon war (2008) Vo, The Sopranos: murred (2006) Salim, Sleeper Cell (2006) Cassady Casablans, Veroni Mars: suici (2006) And the are jt the ad regular, or at least featured, TV characters.
THE WALKG DEAD PRODUCER EXPLAS WHY TWO GAY CHARACTERS WERE KILLED OFF
Gay or bisexual men have equently popped up as “gut” characters on shows like CSI, The Mentalist, Ghost Whisperer, Supernatural, and Law & Orr – only to die, often before the openg, addn to the ad gays on Spartac and Big Love, the last few weeks have also seen gay victims on Law & Orr: SVU and NCIS: Los ’s gog on here? Do Hollywood have a gay ath wish?
Let’s get one thg straight: a gay or bisexual character dyg is not necsarily an ditn of homophobia or bias. Davi fend the ath of Ianto on Torchwood; and ’s how Steven DeKnight most recently explaed the aths of Bar and Pietros on Spartac: Blood and maybe mak sense certa ways that gay characters are more likely to die than straight characters. Shows like Cold Case and Grey’s Anatomy have featured extremely touchg episos where gut gay characters died, but the episos themselv were dramatizg the bias that gay and bisexual people often still, what Hollywood wrers never mentn, and ually don’t even seem to be aware of, is the fact that the (often btal) ath of a gay character is a longstandg wrers’ Page!
The Dead Gay Guy cliche!