Have you noticed that in popular media the queer community is always portrayed as flaming, upper/upper-middle class, white, males? I mean, I've got love for all of the gay characters that do get some airtime on television, but what about the rest of the lgbtq community!? And when bisexuals do get some airtime, they're generally portrayed (or perceived) as a "slutty heterosexual". Thoughts? Well, I, along with a group of dedicated queer students and allies, put together a comedic, webseires on youtube in order to bring more diversity to the portrayal of the queer community in the media, which includes bisexuals, pansexuals, people of color, genderqueers and more. We're 100% not for profit--this project is strictly for the purpose of showcasing more of the queer community in the media. You can check us out at qtheseries[dot]com to see what we've put together. I would love to hear more thoughts/opinions on the matter. Am I the only one who thinks the popular media's image of the gay community is limited? Or is this issue apparent to everyone?
I know what you mean. Personally I think the portrayal of lgbt in the media is all bad. The men are all camp or over manly and the women are all sluts. I'm a bisexual guy, but I am neither overty manly nor camp. I've actually begun to dislike camp men simply because of this false labelling. Gay and bisexual men and women are no different to anyone else, save for their sexual preferences. The media needs to stop portraying us as if you could spot us on the street.
Usually bisexuals are either slutty, or overly "gay" (butch if female, femme if male) There are only 2 or 3 gay character archetypes in mainstream media.
