“I would love to see more fiction that’s delving into the narratives of queer women and queer people of color and nonbinary folks and trans folks,” says Nett, 23. Danny Nett, a social producer at NPR, says LGBTQ narratives-such as Love, Simon-are still frequently dominated by cisgender, gay, white men. This is not to say that film, TV, and books are now rife with queer characters, or that the characters that do exist represent the queer community well. In March, Love, Simon was released as the first studio film that centers around a gay teen romance-and it received mainstream marketing, too. Pose, a TV show that follows a group of transgender women of color, debuted on FX on June 3. The queer romance Call Me By Your Name won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay this year and was nominated for two more. LGBTQ representation in entertainment has increased substantially, even if it hasn’t quite exploded. “I hope that every creator out there is thinking of those kids who are at home, who are maybe going to see a character who looks like them or has the same feelings as they do and just realize that they’re not alone.” “It’s long past due for us to be doing more and doing things better.” Now, however, Swartz expects more of writers who create LGBTQ characters for the small screen. At the time I was just like, ‘Something about this movie is really good.'”įor Swartz, now a 26-year-old reporter for Mic, Lenhart’s character was a formative crush-not exactly a pinnacle of queer representation in media, but still of personal importance. “It wasn’t until much, much later that I realized that actually, I just had a huge crush on her. “She had these glasses, and she wore these little ’90s business outfits with a tiny blazer and a choker,” Swartz recalls. At the time, she didn’t know if the emotion was brought on by the movie itself or its lead actress, Heidi Lenhart. Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Īt around eight years old, when Anna Swartz first saw the made-for-TV movie Au Pair, she got a “painful good feeling” in her chest.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |