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Contents:
- THE 100% ACCURATE GAY TT ?️?
- BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
- THE GAY 100: A RANKG OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY MEN AND LBIANS, PAST AND PRENT
THE 100% ACCURATE GAY TT ?️?
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. 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.
BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
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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. In the March 3 episo, “The 100, ” which had touted s mment to qualy LGBTQ storytellg, voked one of TV’s olst gay clich by killg her off mere sends after she nsummated her relatnship wh another woman, Clarke (Eliza Taylor).
THE GAY 100: A RANKG OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY MEN AND LBIANS, PAST AND PRENT
But all thgs nsired, the blhe manipulatn LGBTQ fans and the show’s willgns to ploy harmful clich about gay characters rema the thgs that rankle most.
If nothg else, shows that the Bury Your Gays trope is alive and well on TV, and fictnal lbian and bisexual women particular have a very small chance of leadg long and productive liv. Rothenberg gave multiple terviews on the topic — Variety clud — and retweeted stori om an array of publitns that praised the show’s reprentatn of gay, lbian and bisexual characters. However, Season 3, The 100 killed off Lexa, which ed some to acce The CW show of fallg victim to the "bury your gays" trope.