Bury Your Gays trope panel at ATX Televisn Ftival talks about Lexa ath on 'The 100' and more.
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'THE 100' JT BEME THE BRAVT SHOW ON TV WH ITS BADASS LGBT KISSYOU'RE MISSG THE BT SHOW ON TV. NO, {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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 SHNNA MURPHYFEBARY 26, 2015/10:45 {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;}THE CWBY SHNNA MURPHYFEBARY 26, 2015 / 10:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'THE 100' JT BEME THE BRAVT SHOW ON TV WH ITS BADASS LGBT KISS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-02-26T15:45:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-02-26T15:45:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SHNNA MURPHY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER THE PAST YEAR, ONE OF THE MOST DARG, PROGRSIVE, RACIALLY DIVERSE, AND NSISTENTLY WELL-WRTEN DRAMAS HAS BEEN LIVG RIGHT UNR OUR NOS -- ON THE CW. AND LAST NIGHT, "THE 100" TOOK THGS ONE GIANT STEP FORWARD BY DOG WHAT MANY OTHER SHOWS OF S ILK (AND EVEN ON S VERY WORK) WOULD ALMOST SURELY BALK AT: REVEALED THAT S FEMALE LEAD, WHO WAS UNTIL RECENTLY DATG A MAN, IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW, BEFORE YOU JUMP AND NOTE THAT THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE -- MARISSA COOPER WAS BISEXUAL ON "THE OC," AFTER ALL, AND EY IS GAY ON "PRETTY LTLE LIARS" -- KNOW THAT 'S "THE 100"'S EXCELLENT HANDLG OF CLARKE (ELIZA TAYLOR) AND LEXA'S (ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY) 20-SEND-PL KISS THAT MA STAND OUT OM THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE NOT ONLY WAS THEIR MOMENT TOGETHER WELL-EARNED AND BELIEVABLE, BUT WAS TREATED AS NO BIG AL. BOTH LADI RRY THE IMPOSSIBLY HEAVY BURN OF BEG THE LEARS OF THEIR RPECTIVE TRIB, AND HAVE ALWAYS SEEMED TO REALLY, REALLY LIKE EACH OTHER -- SO, BEFORE THE HEAT OF BATTLE, WHY WOULDN'T THE TWO BETIFUL, KDRED PEOPLE GIVE A GO? THEY LIVE A POST-APOLYPTIC UNIVERSE WHERE HUMANY'S HATRED AND TOLERANCE HAS ALREADY QUE LERALLY STROYED PLA EARTH, SO IF CLARKE AND/OR ALEXA HAD SPENT ANY TIME AT ALL ETTG THE IMPLITNS OF THEIR LGBT STAT, WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN #THE100, THEY DON’T LABEL THEMSELV," PRODUCER JASON ROTHENBERG WROTE ON TWTER. "IF CLARKE’S ATTRACTED TO SOMEONE, GENR ISN’T A FACTOR. SOME THGS IMPROVE POST-APOLYPSE. CLARKE IS A BISEXUAL CHARACTER. REMEMBER THAT THIS SOCIETY, NO ONE’S WORRIED ABOUT . THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT SPEARS TO THE CHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRETTY CRAZY WHEN A SOCIETY THAT CLUS ACID FOG, BONE MARROW THEFT, LERAL SKULL HELMETS, AND "FLOATG" HAS A BETTER GRIP ON SEXUAL POLICS THAN OUR OWN, RIGHT? BUT THIS EEDOM TO PAT A MORE PLEX UNIVERSE LS GROUND REALY HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF WHAT MAK SCI-FI SO FUN, AND "THE 100" IS CURRENTLY ONE OF THE BT WORKS OF SCI-FI POPULAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO GO AHEAD AND LICK YOUR WOUNDS, BELLARKE FANS -- AND JT BE GLAD TO BE PART OF A TELEVISN SHOW THAT CELEBRAT LOVE, DIVERSY, AND SEXUALY WHOUT JUDGMENT. WE NEED MORE LIKE {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
But now, fally, The 100 has troduced s first gay character (that we know of). In a media landspe where gay, lbian and bisexual characters are still often fed maly by their sexualy, havg Lexa — one of the show’s strongt, most well-liked characters — sually reveal that she’s queer and then rry on wh her day sends a strong and important msage to young viewers.
Several supportg/recurrg gay characters are featured on Supernatural, The Vampire Diari, Jane the Virg, Arrow and The Origals (and last year both The Carrie Diari and Star-Crossed had gay/lbian/bisexual ma characters), but queer characters still rema shockgly unr-reprented on The CW. The cisn — and the later intifitn of other characters, like Nathan Miller (Jarod Joseph), as gay — was simply world-buildg, and solely wh the world of The 100. … Nobody ever classifi anybody, as , ‘She’s a woman lear, ’ or, ‘He’s a gay soldier.
Here are the major plats: Lexa’s ath falls to the Dead Lbian Trope, or “Bury Your Gays, ” which is harmful nsirg that many young people who watch The 100 watch bee of s posive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters. ” I poted her to the recent study GLAAD did analyzg LGBTQ+ characters on televisn that I lked to my post about bisexual reprentatn on Crazy Ex-Girliend, which stat that of the 59 LGBTQ+ characters on TV last year, 39% were gay men, 36% were lbian, 15% were bi women & 5% were bi men.