Contents:
- HISTORY FILM / ANOTHERGAYMOVIE
- ISSUE HELPER FILM / ANOTHERGAYMOVIE
- THE “BURY YOUR GAYS” TROPE: CREASG LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN THE HORROR GENRE
- CONTEXT FILM / ANOTHERGAYMOVIE
HISTORY FILM / ANOTHERGAYMOVIE
While the real world, LGBTQ+ persons are jt as varied personaly and tras as straight/cisgenr on, has sued televisn wrers to e mon stereotyp for their gay characters li of actually makg them "real people".
Even some LGBTQ+ people perpetuate the stereotyp by cricizg those who fall outsi of them as "not really gay" or words to that effect.
In ntrast to gay characters and their stereotyp, bisexual characters are virtually unknown on TV. Wh media tend for gay dienc, gay wrers have their own subculture of stereotyp that ocsnally leak to the mastream.
ISSUE HELPER FILM / ANOTHERGAYMOVIE
All Gays Love Theater: The ia that all gay men are theater fanboys, and everyone who works theater is naturally gay. All Gays are Promiscuo: The ia that gay men have no self-ntrol when prented wh the possibily of sex. Campy Combat: A feme male straight, gay, or bisexual, tends to fight a flamboyant way.
Closet Key: An attractive character who helps another character of the same sex realize that they're gay or bisexual.
THE “BURY YOUR GAYS” TROPE: CREASG LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN THE HORROR GENRE
Comg-Out Story: A character reveals to other characters that they're gay (or otherwise queer). Comg Straight Story: A straight character has an verted Comg-Out Story after pretendg to be gay.
CONTEXT FILM / ANOTHERGAYMOVIE
Fag Hag: A straight woman who prefers the pany of gay men to that of straight men or other women. Flyg Unr the Gaydar: A queer character go out of their way to act straight or cisgenr to allay spicn.
Gay Bar Reveal: The hero go to a random bar for drks, and Hilary Ensu when he fds out 's a gay bar.
Gay Bravado: Characters makg homoerotic ments and suggtns to one another is Played for Lghs, bee of urse they're too macho to really be gay. Gay Cowboy: A gay or bi man who is a Wtern-flavored character or jt a fan of the genre.