“The big lie about lesbians and gay men is that we do not exist.” Vito Russo, The Celluloid Closet (1981). LGBT people have always been treated poorly, throughout history queer people have been erased, belittled, and ignored. People are generally more accepting and inclusive with queer people, including us in their movies and tv shows sometimes, but more often than not they don’t, and when they do they tend do not do it right.
In 2014 only 17.5% of major studio releases included LGBT characters, 65% of those characters were gay men, 30% bisexual, 10% lesbian, and 0% transgender, 28 total characters, and 60% of them were white and 68% of them were male. Only 11 out of 20 of the inclusive movies had characters that passed the Vito Russo test, to pass this test the film only needs three things, and identifiable lgbt character, that lgbt character having as much traits and personality as the straight characters, and the character has to be important to the story (the story would not be the same if this character was removed completely. (glaad.org, 2015 responsibility index) These numbers should be higher, more queer characters should be in movies, more important queer characters should be in movies. Representation is great, but only if done correctly, it hurts more to see LGBT characters used as punchline that it …show more content…
I believe that one day that queer characters will be normal to see in most movies in tv shows, but it will take everyone trying to make it
In 2014 only 17.5% of major studio releases included LGBT characters, 65% of those characters were gay men, 30% bisexual, 10% lesbian, and 0% transgender, 28 total characters, and 60% of them were white and 68% of them were male. Only 11 out of 20 of the inclusive movies had characters that passed the Vito Russo test, to pass this test the film only needs three things, and identifiable lgbt character, that lgbt character having as much traits and personality as the straight characters, and the character has to be important to the story (the story would not be the same if this character was removed completely. (glaad.org, 2015 responsibility index) These numbers should be higher, more queer characters should be in movies, more important queer characters should be in movies. Representation is great, but only if done correctly, it hurts more to see LGBT characters used as punchline that it …show more content…
I believe that one day that queer characters will be normal to see in most movies in tv shows, but it will take everyone trying to make it