Research

LGBT Representation:
12/10 sources found


Keller, J. (2002). Queer Love in Film and Television. 1st ed. McFarland&Company Inc. Publishers.

This would be a good source because the publishers specialises in academic work and the writer references other sources. 

This book talks about examples of how LGBT in films and draws a conclude from these examples. He concludes that the movies often depend on the unreal and the movie effects our view on LGBT; "Fantasy effects reality". This source will help to give me examples of LGBT in movies.





Doty, A., Waugh, T., Weiss, A., Rich, B., Benshoff, H., Farmer, B., Dyer, R., Griffen, S., Babuscio, J., Meyer, M., Staiger, J., Jenkins, H., Evans, C. and Gamman, L. (2004). Queer Cinema: The Film Reader. 1st ed. Routledge.

This would be a good source because the publisher are known for publishing academic work and had many people working on it so errors would become less likely to occur.

This book goes through the relationship between representations of sexuality in film and their social and historical contexts. It talks about how films some films are banned for ages because of its themes of LGBT.

explain how this has developed your essay idea?




 Baker, S. (2015). The Changing Face of Gay Representation in Hollywood Films from the 1990s Onwards: What's Really Changed in the Hollywood Representation of Gay Characters?. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, 10(4), pp.41-51.

This would be a good source because the person who wrote it part of the "Aukland University of Technology" intuition.

This source talks about how Hollywood represent American LGBT has been controversial and they have been reluctant to openly talk about it without stereotypes. It also takes about what genres are most use LGBT characters, which is comedy.

MALLETT, H. (2019). Why LGBT+ Representation In Theatre, Film & TV Is Still so Important. [online] Backstage.com. Available at: https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/why-lgbt-representation-in-theatre-film-tv-is-still-so-important-68498/ 

This would be a good source because the person who wrote this is part of the community herself.


This source talks about one woman's experience with representation of women in media how she feels about it. This person talks about how the way people talk about LGBT can harm people coming to terms with their feelings. The example she uses is a young trans child in America. If they only hear things about which bathroom they should use, that they're victims in crime shows or whether or not schools should teach gender identity, how can you have the tools come to terms with your own?




Allen, S. (2019). GLAAD Report: Hollywood Is Failing LGBT Characters in Its Movies. [online] The Daily Beast. Available at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/glaad-report-hollywood-is-failing-lgbt-characters-in-its-movies [Accessed 10 Feb. 2020].

This is a good source because it references from a website that talks about and is written by people in LGBT.

This source talks about how the numbers of LGBT characters in movie studios and tries to answer the question of "is LGBT representation in Hollywood actually getting worse?" This source gives statistics for LGBT characters through the years from GLAAD, a LGBT written website collecting data of LGBT in media. For example, in 2016, there was one transgender character in major studio film but there was 0 in 2017. 

Reynolds, E. (2018). "Why gay representation in film and TV would have changed my life". [online] Stylist. Available at: https://www.stylist.co.uk/long-reads/gay-representation-film-tv-lesbian-dumbledore-fantastic-beasts-harry-potter-opinion/187564

This is a good source because the writer is part of the community.

One of the points in this article is that there isn't many representation for lesbian and bisexual woman, the main shows she mentioned Lip Service, Sugar Rush and The L Word. She talks about how gay men are categorised as "sassy best friends" whilst gay women aren't really talked about in the same way as this.



Dodd, U. (2017). Queerbaiting And The Issue Of LGBT Representation In The Media. [online] Rife Magazine. Available at: https://www.rifemagazine.co.uk/2017/11/queerbaiting-and-the-issue-of-lgbt-representation-in-the-media/ [Accessed 10 Feb. 2020].

In this source, they talk about "queerbaiting, where the writer of a piece of TV or movie have hints of gay/lesbian relationships but doesn't show it. The writer of this article things it's wrong because "It denies LGBT representation" and are not important enough to be shown outside of fan-service.

Abraham, A. (2019). It’s official: a record number of queer characters are now on TV. [online] Dazed. Available at: https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/46763/1/record-number-of-lgbtq-characters-on-tv-glaad-lgbtq-report-pose-euphoria 

This is a good source because it references GLAAD, which is a source I have used earlier.

In this source, it talks about the number of LGBT characters in prime time TV in America  prime time TV increasing, going from 1.4% to 10.2% and gives some examples of it increasing.




Flavell, L. (2019). 5 Excellent Examples Of LGBT Representation (& 5 That Didn’t Age Well). [online] ScreenRant. Available at: https://screenrant.com/lgbt-representation-tv-film-aged-well-poorly/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2020].

This source will be good because it gives 5 examples of good representation and 5 examples of representation that hasn't aged well. These examples range from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Harry Potter.




Zeller-Jacques, M. (2014). Film has a lot to learn from TV when it comes to LGBT representation. [online] The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/film-has-a-lot-to-learn-from-tv-when-it-comes-to-lgbt-representation-30120 [Accessed 11 Feb. 2020].

This is a good source because the articles are written by academics and and researchers.

This source will be good because it compares representation in TV to film. It also give states between film and TV whilst also referencing GLAAD.




Coggan, D. (2019). J.K. Rowling's long history of discussing — but not depicting — Dumbledore's sexuality. [online] EW.com. Available at: https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/19/harry-potter-fantastic-beasts-jk-rowling-dumbledore-sexuality/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2020].

This source talks about J.K Rowling discussing Dumbledore's sexuality but never showing it in the books. It also talks about the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, how the fact Dumbledore is gay effects the rest of the story and how J.K Rowling has yet to confirm Harry's orientation.


Liao, S. (2018). 2018 saw record growth in LGBTQ roles on television. [online] The Verge. Available at: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/26/18028908/glaad-report-television-tv-2018-lgbtq-diversity-gay-bisexual-trans-media-representation [Accessed 24 Feb. 2020].

This sources gives statistics for LGBT characters in TV like 26 trans roles in TV and uses GLAAD as a source. 

GLAAD. (2019). Overview of Findings (2019). [online] Available at: https://www.glaad.org/sri/2019/overview [Accessed 25 Feb. 2020].

GLAAD. (2018). Overview of Findings (2018). [online] Available at: https://www.glaad.org/sri/2018/overview [Accessed 25 Feb. 2020].

These last two sources would be good as it is written by members of the LGBT community and gives clear statistics on LGBT characters in film.

Child, B. (2014). MPAA accused of homophobia over R-rated sex-free gay romance. [online] the Guardian. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/22/mpaa-love-is-strange-r-rated-gay-romance-no-sex [Accessed 3 Mar. 2020].

This source talks about an incident where a film was accused of homophobia because it was rated R even though there was no R rated content within it.




https://www.glaad.org/sri/2018/additional-recommendations - I don't know how to cite this but i'l leave this here to look into later

find me some examples of films with LGBT characters movies to look into:

-my private idaho

-love simon
-Cucumber
-Sugar Rush
Final Working Title:
Is LGBT representation in Hollywood actually getting worse?