New Queer Cinema

Mary Gray’s Out in the Country provides a concise history of queer scholarship that has led to the privileging of urban spaces and urban perspectives. She then challenges this metronormative notion by exploring the lives and identity formation of young queer people in rural Kentucky. Gray’s book differs from the articles first and foremost in that she focuses on youth rather than adults; the median age of her interviewees was just sixteen and a half years old. In focusing on youth, she observes…

GRINDR: The demise of the gay community The advancements of the Internet have recreated just how we conduct and sustain interpersonal relationships. Through electronic communication, individuals can interchange frequent electronic messages and join diverse social activities exclusively through cyberspace. Online dating, for example, has profoundly altered the manner of establishing a relationship. Dating app users can link up across vast geographic regions, and send a series of pictures, text…

common among queer characters is known as Bury Your Gays, or specifically Dead Lesbian Syndrome, which is a result of the extensive deaths of women-loving-women in television. This includes the character Commander Lexa from The 100 who was one particular death that left a strong impact on queer youth.…

John Green and David Levithan’s young adult novel, Will Grayson, Will Grayson, is summarized as two teenage boys whom share the same name that find each other at the most unsuspecting place in Chicago. Based on this elementary summary, I thought the story would revolve entirely around two boys that become friends because of their names. However, this is just a minor plot point in the novel. The book is written in two different points of view; Will Grayson 1’s point of view on the odd numbered…

explicit inclusion of the first queer child, Nico di Angelo, in mainstream children’s fantasy. Though Nico had been present in six instalments beforehand, in The House of Hades Nico came out as having feelings for Percy Jackson. Since The House of Hades, Riordan’s novels have featured gay, bisexual, and transgender characters. While queer themes may not be explicit in the rest of his works, many of his queer characters exist in novels that are not considered to be queer. Some of them, like Nico…

Since the 16th century, the term “queer” has always been defined to describe something or someone as strange or odd. It wasn’t until the late 19th century the term began to have a new and informal meaning. The 1900’s had a lot of unexpected and exciting things happening. Exciting things like World War I ending in 1918, beginning the spark of the roaring 20’s to the most historical concert Woodstock in 1969. The meaning of queer started to change its course in the early 1900’s. More than a decade…

discriminated for not using the restroom of their birth sex. It is ridiculous to do this due to that fact people may be on hormones, and look completely opposite of their birth sex. After receiving backlash for passing this bill, North Carolina proposed a new bill that allows transgenders to use the restroom of their identifying sex as long as they have a “certificate of sex reassignment” paper. This is not fair to the transgender community because sex change operations are extremely costly.…

Seeing someone new within walking distance stimulates more than just mental curiosity. The app, Grindr, is notorious for its close connection and embracement of ‘hookup culture’. Upon joining the app, one could be inundated with dozens of messages from random men asking…

Maria Callas was a famous opera singer who faced adversity from the very beginning of her career. She was ridiculed and dismissed because of both her looks and her style of singing. She however overtime became very popular for the same reasons that she was originality shunned for. Due to her resilience and attitude towards those who looked down upon her she became very popular among the homosexual community. Wayne Koestenbaum was one such person who found Callas’ personality to enough him to…

A new Forum Research poll, commissioned by the National Post found that 5% of Canadians identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (Carlson, 2012). Although Canada as a country has come a long way in minimizing the issues and stigma attached to gays, there are still some problems surrounding this group of people. With the help of social welfare services and programs, as well as social policies, Canadian LGTB (lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual) individuals are able to lawfully live…