This study vtigat stereotypil portrayals of lbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGBs) on Dutch televisn and whether the portrayals relate to people&
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
* 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.
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).
MEDIA REPRENTATNS OF LBIANS, GAY MEN, AND BISEXUALS ON DUTCH TELEVISN AND PEOPLE’S STEREOTYP AND ATTUS ABOUT LGBS
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 * gay portrayal media *
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. Consirg that early pictns of homosexuals were mostly child molters, victims of vlence or drag queens, the media has ma substantial progrs by cludg more LGBT characters but far more change is need.
The global rponnts said 30 percent of such visuals pict gay men as "feme"; 29 percent show LGBTQ+ people rryg the rabow flag; 29 percent portray lbians as "mascule"; and 28 percent such visuals pict gay men as "flamboyant. IntroductnThere are many stereotyp about homosexualy that gay men and lbians are nonted wh their daily life and the media play an important role formg the stereotyp. Most stereotyp about lbians are about them havg mascule characteristics and most stereotyp about gay men are about them havg feme characteristics (Blashill & Powlishta, 2009a).
HOW THE MEDIA HAS HELPED CHANGE PUBLIC VIEWS ABOUT LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE
The Netherlands are pecially tertg to study bee Dutch people have the most posive attu towards lbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGBs) of the whole EU (Gerhards, 2010). Multiple studi nfirm that people generally ascribe feme characteristics, such as empathy, nurturance, and sensivy, to gay men and mascule characteristics, such as tonomy, domance, and assertivens to lbians (Blashill & Powlishta, 2009a; Eliason et al., 1992; Ke & Dex, 1987; Madon, 1997). People attribute feme characteristics (om the Occupatns, Activi, and Tras—Attus Measure (OAT-AM, short versn, Liben & Bigler, 2002)) more to gay men than to heterosexual men and lbians and equally to gay men and heterosexual women.
Also, people attribute mascule characteristics more to lbians than to heterosexual women and homosexual men (Blashill & Powlishta, 2009a) stereotyp about LGBs also prevail The Netherlands. A survey about stereotyp and homophobia among 339 Dutch adolcents between the age of 13 and 19 years old (Dankmeijer & Schouten, 2013) shows that more than 60% of the characteristics ascribed to gay men and lbians were genr-related, gay men were typilly scribed as feme, lbians were typilly scribed as mascule. There are two ma typ of gay men on televisn: eher the non-threateng reprentatn of a heteronormative, non-sexual, rich whe man wh a succsful reer (like Will om Will and Grace or Mch om Morn Fay) or the flamboyant, stereotypil and overdramatic gay man (like Jack om Will and Grace or Cameron om Morn Fay) (Rothmann, 2013).