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Contents:
- HOW THE MEDIA HAS HELPED CHANGE PUBLIC VIEWS ABOUT LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE
- ADVERTISG HAS E OUT: VIEWERS’ PERCEPTN OF THE PORTRAYAL OF LBIAN, GAY, AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS ADVERTISG
HOW THE MEDIA HAS HELPED CHANGE PUBLIC VIEWS ABOUT LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE
In the Uned Stat and beyond, few shifts public opn have been as rapid and wispread as attus about lbian women and gay men. In our recent work, we explore how the media has ntributed to this major change. Our rearch shows that the media n play a transnatnal role shapg polil attus towards sexualy and mori general, pecially affectg the views of more imprsnable, younger dividuals. * media portrayal of lgbt *
The gap is signifint, pecially for gays and lbians.
ADVERTISG HAS E OUT: VIEWERS’ PERCEPTN OF THE PORTRAYAL OF LBIAN, GAY, AND TRANSGENR CHARACTERS ADVERTISG
No longer relegated to the realms of nuendo and secrecy, today we see a wi range of genr inti and sexual orientatns reprented on televisn and mastream film alongsi cisgenr people. 2SLGBTQ+ (two-spir, lbian, gay, bi-sexual, trans, queer and genr and sexually diverse muni) people see their reflectns on screen a wi variety of rol. And yet, there rema many challeng. * media portrayal of lgbt *
Believ that advertisg is more clive of most sexual orientatns, particularly those who intify as gay, than other untri.
People Mexi also have a high perceptn that portrayals of gay people advertisg are clive. Overall, cln is improvg, but that cln foc mostly on gay and lbian inti, leavg many vastly unrreprented.