Almost a third of queer characters ‘will disappear from screens next year’

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[–]UncleWillard56 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

“Some of the year’s biggest hits have been LGBTQ-inclusive series – including HBO’s The Last of Us, ABC’s Abbott Elementary, FX’s What We Do in The Shadows, Showtime’s Yellowjackets, Netflix’s Stranger Things, and HBO Max’s Hacks, to name only a few,” she wrote in a statement.

Those shows aren't successful because they have LGBTQ characters, they're successful because they either have good writing or they're adaptations of beloved franchises (e.g. Last of Us wasn't successful because of gay characters, it was successful because it had a baked-in audience from the game).

Good for TV, though. I'm sick of LGBT characters just being ham-handedly shoved in for visibility's sake. I don't mind a good story that has LGBT characters, but we rarely get that. We get mediocre writing with pandering LGBT stuff shoved in. Then we're told we're bigots if we criticize it.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

The Last of Us was only popular because people were waiting for it to get good.

[–]UncleWillard56 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't hate it, but it didn't seem like a lot happened. And the gay storylines were just filler. Like really, neither Bill's episode or the girlfriend episode really moved the story forward much. Also, Bill and Ellie's interactions in the game were kinda funny and we missed all of that.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

To be clear, most if not all of those were LGB characters - not T.

[–]jerkwad152 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Money talks. And the lack of it screams.

[–]newguy 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What's that thing I always hear... "If you're used to privilege, then being average seems like oppression" or something?

[–]hfxB0oyA 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Queer quotas. More examples of the failure of diversity hiring.

“Some of the year’s biggest hits have been LGBTQ-inclusive series – including HBO’s The Last of Us, ABC’s Abbott Elementary, FX’s What We Do in The Shadows, Showtime’s Yellowjackets, Netflix’s Stranger Things, and HBO Max’s Hacks, to name only a few,” she wrote in a statement. “It’s clear that when a service fully invests in its LGBTQ shows, this programming rises above a crowded media landscape and is successful with both critics and audiences.”

She's confusing strong writing that happens to have gays, with the gays themselves being the reason for the shows' success. I know plenty of gays who are sick of the queers and just want to be left out of their bullshit.

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

It's a queer media genocide!!!

Anyone care to bet that they'll be replaced by transgender characters?

[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Only on the children's shows.