The History of Queer Coding [CC]

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[andelynburns]

“For years they coded our bigotry to make all lesbian characters on screen exclusively crazy or villainous.” And now we’re all just attracted to villains.

[kimberlylockwood]

If they can make a movie about a bee and human falling in love they can at least give gay ppl some rep.

[houseboundhuman]

"He's gay for god sake! Just say he's gay. This is clearly a story about him being gay. Stop with the magic powers!" Looks at BBC Merlin writers!

[christergoode]

Since the racist Hays Code policies and the movie Gilda were mentioned:
"Fun" Fact: The lead actress of that movie, 40s icon Rita Hayworth, was born of Half White, Half Hispanic descent; but Hollywood Executives literally made her get Cosmetic Surgery to change her facial features to make her look more white. Her famous red hair was also artificial, she was born a brunette, but they made her become a ginger to complete her transformation.
Which is just really messed up and deserves to be talked about more.

[ludovicatirone]

high school musical is a coming out story where our boy Troy doesnt understand why he has to choose between theatre and basketball and his friends and he grow to be accepting of his bisexuality thank you for coming to my ted talk

[rebeccawiens]

"Can't just let bisexuals live their lives, can you?" As a bi woman, I feel this in my bones. People equate bisexual with promiscuous. I've worried when coming out to people that they will make this assumption.

[theroad]

Makes me think of X-Men. "Have you tried... not being a mutant?"

[izzgrace]

This reminds me heavily of Luca. As a queer person I absolutely loved the film, but disney holds that it’s “not gay” even though there’s an obvious coming out scene and a close young relationship.

[sunnybugz]

"Shego is just gay and you can't take that away from me" SAME I- cartoon goth girls have always and will always have my heart

[MrBeetlejuice]

Ursula was actually inspired by drag queen sensation Divine

[aks]

Moment of appreciation for the avocado dress

[catherinelikespink]

One of my favorite gay characters is Thomas from Downton Abbey. He started out as just the "gay villain" stereotype, but throughout the series we see different sides of him and he becomes more sympathetic. He and O'Brien brought out the worst in each other, and once she left I liked him much more. He's jaded and has a chip on his shoulder, but most people in his position would, too. By the end of the series, he was one of my favorite characters and I loved his friendship with George & Sybbie.

[pixiemeg]

I'm with Jessica - a villain can only "just happen to be" gay (or a member of any marginalized community really) without it coming off as bigoted if there are *also* non-villanous gay characters.

[MrBeetlejuice]

Can we also just talk about bi-erasure in cinema and pop-culture? Characters are often either straight or gay and unfortunately most movies featuring bisexual characters, particularly women, it's usually portrayed through a fetishizing male gaze where her sexuality isn't really valid but more just a personality trait to show that she is "wild". If anyone has good recommendations for bisexual characters and movies, please tell me!

[physicalmediamp]

jessica i’d love a “depictions of villains with disabilities” video!!

[jordanlake]

The code also functionally ended the career of Mae West, who was a free and powerful woman for the time.

[flyingskyward]

Briefly wondered if this was going to be about LGBT programmers

[sipos]

Jessica: making up for some of the lack of awesome gay people on screen in vintage times by dressing like vintage times and being awesome on screen :)

[marialuisamuracoschobesber]

It's called PINK WASHING when writers/screenwriter say afterwards that a person for suuuure totally clearly no doubt they swear was gay

[freakygardener]

I really loved the part about "coming out"!!! I am a straight, heterosexual male, who has recently embraced things that UNEDUCATED people see as feminine, and make very rude accusations about my sexuality. The thing is, nail painting, skirts, heels, and other things that are now "exclusively feminine" ORIGINATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN!!! Sorry, end of now (maybe) 😁