Most of the questions this blog gets is ‘where can I other queer people (of color) in my city/neighborhood?”
Well, Autostraddle has made an unofficial list of meet up groups listed by state then by city. Some are based internationally as well.
Once the weather gets consistently warmer, I do plan on having a meet up in NYC, so stay tuned for that!
Has anyone ever done the research to see what proportion of gay/bi male characters die like Autostraddle did for women? I’m curious to see how it compares to women and could be another approach to my research if there is a difference.
GUESS WHAT. Ari Fitz is coming to A-Camp!
Ari is a filmmaker, model, media personality and recent star on MTV’s “Real World Ex-Plosion”. Named by SF Weekly as “one of the most compelling cast members” to hit the iconic reality series since well… its inception, Ari continues to wow her rapidly growing audience (known affectionately as her MISFITZ) through fashion, film and entertainment.
CAMP!!
The media has its own reasons for staying away from butch representation, and maybe they’re legitimate ones. Maybe they’re afraid to tap into representations that could be construed as stereotypes. Maybe they’re afraid that showing a female-bodied person who is not conventionally attractive, whose body and expression is not still desirable to a heterosexual male and thus the mainstream audience, is too risky for ratings. Maybe a legacy of lesbians only appearing in stereotypical roles makes networks want to showcase queer women as being “normal,” and that definition of normal means making them look like traditionally feminine women. Maybe we are in a “post-queer society” where it doesn’t matter what queers look like, and we don’t need to show butch lesbians to represent queerness.
Too bad that’s bullshit.
