Looking at some of the answers I received for my question on the prevalence of "lipstick" lesbian characters over butch ones, I thought I'd pose this question as well.
Do you think the reason why most portrayals of gay men in Hollywood movies and TV as effeminate characters is because it's safer and perhaps less "threatening" to straight audiences? I mean, there have been gay characters who are portrayed as masculine, but they often perpetuate the other stereotype of the handsome, GQ model type or all-American boy-next-door type.
Given that men who fall within the "bear" subculture are becoming more visible in western society, do you think this will change? While realistically not all bearish guys behave in a "butch" manner, I've known and befriended quite a few who actually do.
Anyone remember a sitcom starring actor John Goodman as a gay man that flopped miserably a few years back?
2007-12-27
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