What kind of gay representation in film/TV do you want to see in 2024?

[Creyk 17,000]

What do you wanna see more of from gay media in 2024 that we didn't get enough of this year or any year previously?

[Controversiaga 9,252]

More lead characters being casually gay.

anytime a lead character is gay it’s ABOUT them being gay. 

otherwise, they’re a supporting role.

 

how about some queer superheros or something idk

[Creyk 17,000]

2 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

More lead characters being casually gay.

anytime a lead character is gay it’s ABOUT them being gay. 

otherwise, they’re a supporting role.

 

how about some queer superheros or something idk

I get what you mean. Like David in Schitt's Creek his orientation is such a big part of his character. Patrick's too.

[River 104,863]

 more casual life, like I live idk I still didn't fin a gay character that I can relate to because they either the closet gay, tragic gay or the hot manizer gay, I'm just a casual geek gay who likes superheroes and games

[Guest]

LGBTQ+ characters being defined by more than their sexuality or gender, that's all. So instead of "LGBTQ+ character" we can begin to see "character x, is  * insert development literally any other character gets here* and belongs to the LGBTQ+ community"

Edited December 24, 2023 by Guest

[Creyk 17,000]

Just now, Lukas96 said:

LGBTQ+ characters being defined by more than their sexuality or gender, that's all. So instead of "LGBTQ+ character" we can begin to see "character x, is like (...) and belongs to the LGBTQ+ community"

Album Dumbledore fits this. It's like his orientation is more of an afterthought.

[Reality 71,865]

18 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

how about some queer superheros or something idk

The Agatha show is supposedly supposed to be pretty queer. Joe Locke's playing Wiccan, who's arguably Marvel's most popular gay character, and Agatha herself is rumored to have/have had a wife. 

[SimonBaetens 6,745]

Senior citizens who listen to Charli XCX and do poppers.

Edited December 24, 2023 by SimonBaetens

[Reality 71,865]

I think the difficult thing about the whole representation debate in movies and TV shows is that you'll never please anyone. Have a character whose queer identity is a large part of their character development? Well, you're "pandering" and "going woke". Have a character who has other things going for them, but just so happens to be queer? Well, you're not going too far enough and it's just tokenism.

I want to see all sorts of representation. I want to see characters whose storyline and character development revolve around them being queer, but I also want to see characters who just exist in the world and just so happen to be queer too. There's not one way to be queer, so there's not one way to represent the queer community. Just more LGBTQ+ characters in general would be great. 

[Lucas 24,007]

None #homophobic

[TimotheeChalamet 4,648]

I'm fine with things as they are for everything I watch* always features at least one LGBTQ+ character, even when I'm not expecting it

 

 

 

 

*produced in the last 2-3 years

[SHALLOW 15,729]

Gay guys not wearing makeup or being attractive. Also them having a personality besides being gay would be great too 

[SHALLOW 15,729]

1 hour ago, Lucas said:

None #homophobic

Honestly a tv show without forced gay storylines would be refreshing fr. 

[SHALLOW 15,729]

1 hour ago, Reality said:

Have a character who has other things going for them, but just so happens to be queer? Well, you're not going too far enough and it's just tokenism

I don't think any show has been called out for this and that's cause it basically never happens. When they're gay, you're gonna know they're gay and their whole storyline is gonna revolve around that. It's exhausting. 

[Reality 71,865]

1 minute ago, SHALLOW said:

I don't think any show has been called out for this and that's cause it basically never happens. When they're gay, you're gonna know they're gay and their whole storyline is gonna revolve around that. It's exhausting. 

Loki's a good example. He was revealed to be bisexual in S1, but it was a single line hinting at his sexuality and they never did anything with it. His storyline never revolved around being romantically involved with a guy (even though I think you could argue that there's some queer subtext between him and Mobius). There's been criticism regarding the fact that the show "didn't go far enough" and just used that one line to pander the queer people without actually having to do the work to "actually represent" Loki in any queer capacity. 

It happens a lot in movies too, especially blockbusters. They'll have a kiss between a queer couple or something, but it'll be small enough to be edited out in countries where queerness isn't as accepted.