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Re: How LGBT is presented in the media - March 17th 2011, 05:05 PM
Ana -- what you're saying is true, however, people seeing characters like your A and C KNOW that those are just stereotypes (even though there are plenty of people out there who just happen to fit the stereotype). BUT people seeing a short-haired, sporty lesbian girl dressed like a male think that that's how all lesbians are in real life. Even though there may be an air of comedy surrounding her, most people still accept her masculine dress and other stereotypical traits as the ABSOLUTE TRUTH about gay women. What I'm saying is because most of us perceive the gays as a group partly shrouded in mystery, we tend to we are more willing to fit any clue fed to us by the media to our picture of who the gays are and what they stand for.

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