How gay men and lbians are prented the media has been one of the most abundant areas of analysis and rearch wh homosexual studi as well as a queer theory sce the 1970s (Gulunas). Although a relatively recent area of study, this work is nsired sential for a better
Contents:
- MAGGIE'S CIVIC ISSU BLOG GENR THE MEDIAPORTRAYAL OF GAY PEOPLE ON TELEVISN
- MEDIA REPRENTATNS OF LBIANS, GAY MEN, AND BISEXUALS ON DUTCH TELEVISN AND PEOPLE’S STEREOTYP AND ATTUS ABOUT LGBS
- HOW THE MEDIA HAS HELPED CHANGE PUBLIC VIEWS ABOUT LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE
MAGGIE'S CIVIC ISSU BLOG GENR THE MEDIAPORTRAYAL OF GAY PEOPLE ON TELEVISN
This study vtigat stereotypil portrayals of lbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGBs) on Dutch televisn and whether the portrayals relate to people& * gay portrayal media *
When homosexual relatnships are portrayed different mediums, LGBTQ people tend to intify wh the characters that they see, g them to feel more fortable to be themselv. Over the past , there has been a signifint crease lbian, gay, and bisexual characters TV shows and they have been portrayed better light than past years—LGB characters had prevly been extremely stereotyped, often ls-liked sendary characters.
MEDIA REPRENTATNS OF LBIANS, GAY MEN, AND BISEXUALS ON DUTCH TELEVISN AND PEOPLE’S STEREOTYP AND ATTUS ABOUT LGBS
* gay portrayal media *
But now, “The media’s characterizatn of homosexuals has changed om effemate mal and butch lbians to self-loathg men and women to admirable and plited dividuals” (Michael Wang, Yout News Network).
HOW THE MEDIA HAS HELPED CHANGE PUBLIC VIEWS ABOUT LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE
Bee while there are many shows that portray homosexuals posively, there are still plenty of others like Fay Guy and South Park that uld give kids the wrong ias. A Brazilian iend of me sent me a YouTube vio they found hilar; entled “Tempos Mornos” (Morn tim) is a short sk of a boy raised by heterosexual parents to be gay reveals he is straight.
The transgenr muny is also misreprented acrdg to a 2019 report by the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD), an Amerin non-ernmental media monorg anizatn. Journalist for iNews, Amelia Abraham, wrote a 2019 mentary, “I met gay men om the Middle East who wanted to exprs a more mp si of their character but uldn’t out of fear for their safety, alongsi gay men om the U.