Now It’s OK to Be a Lesbian – So Long as You’re Hot and White
19th October 2015
n fact, TV is doing pretty well across the LGBTQ spectrum as a whole – MTV’s teen hit Faking It has gay, lesbian, bi, questioning and even intersex characters. The Fosters has biracial queer parents and Caitlyn Jenner is pursuing equal opportunities for reality television in I Am Cait.
But while this public celebration of same sex love is great, it’s somehow all a bit…samey.
Take Orange is the New Black. While Ruby Rose was voted by straight girl social media users as ‘most likely to turn them gay’ (despite the fact that she identifies as gender fluid), out lesbians Samira Wiley and Lea DeLaria – a woman of colour and a curvy butch woman respectively – have yet to be clutched to the heterosexual audience’s collective bosom.
It’s almost like there’s still a massive double standard at work.
It’s not enough to be a pervert, you have to be the right kind of pervert.
My, what a surprise! Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
October 20th, 2015 at 17:07
“..gender fluid…”
There are no words.