For decades the only time that a gay person was allowed on screen was if they were a villain. That was a straight up rule in Hollywood. It never really stopped and gay characters either were still villainous in some fashion (which honestly I’m fine with) or just became background set dressing. Just put there for representations sake.
There are a lot of gay characters, and gay movies, that are only made by straight people for straight people.
The post is more upset that we don’t have the variety of representation that straight folks have.
‘Diamonds Are Forever.’ In the opening sequence the two hit men kill about a dozen people, including an old lady. When the movie made it to antenna TV for it’s premiere the only thing they cut was a quick shot of the two men holding hands.
Norman Bates - Psycho, Buffalo Bill - Silence of the Lambs, Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. There are more if you go by queer coded and not explicitly stated as LGBT.
The only good representation of gays or lesbians I have seen recently was the kids show The Dragon Prince. The show has everything. Lesbian mothers kissing on screen, openly gay men, a single dad, multicultural patchwork families, a non-binary person going by “them”, … These are side characters, but they are fleshed out and don’t just are these traits. They are likeable characters with an actual role in the story.
Interestingly, kids seem to have zero problem with accepting this. There were no questions ‘why does this character have two mothers’ or ‘why does the black king have one white son’.
My nieces were fans of the show and one of them even had a Dragon Prince birthday party. I wonder how many parents just never watched the show, or they are all really open minded.
Interesting that it’s the kids’ shows that have been killing it on representation for years now. She-Ra, The Owl House, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, and more. And The Legend of Korra walked so they could run.
As a gay dude, I can answer this.
For decades the only time that a gay person was allowed on screen was if they were a villain. That was a straight up rule in Hollywood. It never really stopped and gay characters either were still villainous in some fashion (which honestly I’m fine with) or just became background set dressing. Just put there for representations sake.
There are a lot of gay characters, and gay movies, that are only made by straight people for straight people.
The post is more upset that we don’t have the variety of representation that straight folks have.
‘Diamonds Are Forever.’ In the opening sequence the two hit men kill about a dozen people, including an old lady. When the movie made it to antenna TV for it’s premiere the only thing they cut was a quick shot of the two men holding hands.
What villains were gay? I can’t think of any off the top of my head. (But admittedly thinkin ain’t my strongest suit)
Norman Bates - Psycho, Buffalo Bill - Silence of the Lambs, Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. There are more if you go by queer coded and not explicitly stated as LGBT.
Zed from Pulp Fiction.
Zed’s dead, baby.
True true. Thanks
Also see TVtropes. There’s several related pages, e.g. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SissyVillain
The only good representation of gays or lesbians I have seen recently was the kids show The Dragon Prince. The show has everything. Lesbian mothers kissing on screen, openly gay men, a single dad, multicultural patchwork families, a non-binary person going by “them”, … These are side characters, but they are fleshed out and don’t just are these traits. They are likeable characters with an actual role in the story.
Interestingly, kids seem to have zero problem with accepting this. There were no questions ‘why does this character have two mothers’ or ‘why does the black king have one white son’.
My nieces were fans of the show and one of them even had a Dragon Prince birthday party. I wonder how many parents just never watched the show, or they are all really open minded.
Interesting that it’s the kids’ shows that have been killing it on representation for years now. She-Ra, The Owl House, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, and more. And The Legend of Korra walked so they could run.