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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.
As a bissexual I put my answers as normal bee I n work like this: if says 80 percent gay mean I’m 80 percent straight you see?? 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.
BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
” 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). 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.
THE GAY 100: A RANKG OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GAY MEN AND LBIANS, PAST AND PRENT
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.
The Gay 100: A Rankg of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lbians, Past and PrentCoverg 2, 500 years and celebratg a diverse range of dividuals, a fascatg volume selects and ranks a vast array of wrers, thkers, artists, micians, ary lears, policians, and gay rights activists who have had a lastg impact on how gay men and lbians fe themselv. GenrLGBTBgraphyNonfictnReferenceGay386 pag, PaperbackFirst published January 1, 1994About the thorLibrarian Note: There is more than one thor the GoodReads database wh this Rsell received his doctorate om Cornell 1983 for a dissertatn on the novelist Vladimir Nabokov and is currently a Profsor the English Department at Vassar fourth novel, The Comg Storm won the 2000 Ferro-Gmley Award for Gay Male short fictn has appeared lerary journals such as Black Warrr Review, and Carola Quarterly.
Ratgs & ReviewsFriends & Followg Communy ReviewsDisplayg 1 - 2 of 2 reviews449 reviews2 followersOctober 5, 2021An rmative book on people who were gay or uld have don't break down to somethg tawdry, stead giv an sight to those who had the nerve to put their head above the parapet regardls of what people though had to be forced to this posn through circumstanc. — Heather Hogan (@theheatherhogan) March 4, 2016Straight TV wrers will never unrstand how they n flict time-travelg wounds that hurt as sred gay children all over aga. The Wikipedia entry for the show’s shownner, Jason Rothenberg, had to be protected om vandalism after numero updat were ma accg him of beg homophobic as well as queerbag fans of Lexa and Clarke’s relatnship.