Wont bury gay

The fact that gay character deaths are so common is crucial to understanding why they provoke such huge responses. Even in cases where a gay woman's death might serve the story, the greater history of gay and bisexual women dying onscreen is so damning that it casts any situation in which a gay woman dies as a loaded — and sadly typical — choice.

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They can demand when being wooed by showrunners to watch that they keep their promises. And perhaps most impressively, they have funneled their frustration and fury into raising money to support gay youth. So the message from all of this is loud and clear. The intricate pas de deux that shows and fans play with each other is the new social capital that drives ratings.