SOCY 344 Lecture 11: W6b LGBTQ Issues and Solutions

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 344
• Professor: Cynthia B Levine- Rasky

Document Summary

Most of these deaths served no other purpose than to further the narrative of a more central (and often straight, cisgender) character. When there are so few lesbian and bisexual women on television, the decision to kill these characters in droves sends a toxic message about the worth of queer female stories. Indeed, lgbtq characters should be treated the same as their straight, cisgender counterparts by the rules of their series" worlds. This means having the same opportunities for romance, nuanced motivation, developed backstory, and the same odds of death. When the most repeated ending for a queer woman is violent death, producers must do better to question the reason for a character"s demise and what they are really communicating to the audience. Sarah kate ellis president & ceo, glaad. Where we are on tv 2016: glaad"s annual report on lgbtq inclusion. Norms and laws preserve the traditional family and maintain stability in society.