***This article contains spoilers for the HBO series Game of Thrones through Season 2, Episode 3***
In the past couple of decades, LGBT representation in mainstream
media of the U.S. has progressed in leaps and bounds. We have popular
television shows that focus exclusively on gay and lesbian communities, shows with
gay gangsters, gay slobs, and gay teenagers, one Oscar winning movie about a gay political figure and another one about gay
cowboys.
As for real life people in the media, there are out news anchors and political
commentators, out actors and actresses, and out musicians. We’ve come a long way
from Jodie
Dallas and Xena; it would be easy to think
that we’ve achieved equal representation in the media. Unfortunately, we
haven’t.
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