Some mentary on Pedro Almodóvar’s new edy I’m So Exced has noted that rerc gay stereotyp, particularly the characters of s...
Contents:
- HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
- WHAT A GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT’S LOST DISCRIMATN CASE SAYS ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CHA
HOW THE GAY AIRLE STEWARD BEME A STEREOTYPE
Some mentary on Pedro Almodóvar’s new edy I’m So Exced has noted that rerc gay stereotyp, particularly the characters of s sassy male flight attendants, who are all gay. When did the gay steward bee such a mon stereotype? Some stewards were hired back after returng om World War II—often out of a sense of loyalty or patrtic duty—but bee they performed what was nsired “women’s work, ” they were thought to be effemate and were therefore spected of beg homosexual, acrdg to the bias of the time.
This perceptn was further rerced when the killg of a gay male flight attendant a “lover’s lane” Miami brought the stereotype to the headl of sensatnal stori the Miami Daily News.
WHAT A GAY FLIGHT ATTENDANT’S LOST DISCRIMATN CASE SAYS ABOUT LGBTQ RIGHTS CHA
In the macho, homophobic years of the 1950s, this provoked a crackdown on the cy’s unrground gay muny, and stori like the were seen as evince that gay people were “perverts. ” Many airl (some of which traed their stewards Miami) turn quietly did away wh hirg stewards, both gay and straight.