Do you think flamboyant homosexuals give homosexuals in general a bad reputation?

Question

This is the only group of homosexuals that I ever see on television.

Answer 1

And that is the problem. Like everything else, the extreme is shown on TV. They only usually film the Flamboyant and the Drag Queens or the leather people. Nothing wrong with any of them. I am into leather and I have been a Draq Queen. In the case of war, all we see is the worse, not the good that is being done. People would be bored with that. They would be bored with the gay people that look just like them. That doesn't sell the news.

Answer 2

No the more flamboyant of our number give us something to smile about. It is sometimes unfortunate that they are the only ones to get noticed at the Gay Pride parade by the TV cameras and reporters. Some in the straight world think we all wear pink boas and sequined tank tops with big blonde wigs. I know when I was first coming out and I went to a parade, I noticed the guy with jeans and a t-shirt from the plumbing union he belongs to, and the mom with a stroller and three kids. It helped me to feel "normal" and still gay.

But without the guy in the strapless gown, ruby heals and full beard, or the boys in speedo's and a smile, (not to forget the dykes on bikes) there would BE no parade, and I wouldn't have been there to meet those other people.

Answer 3

sure. they're quite gay. the flamboyance/ butchance began as a non verbal signal to hets and different gays that you're area of a set. it became okay to be gay as a guy in case you've been a florist, hairdresser, decorator... a lady worked in a storage or meat packing plant. in those circumstances it became proper to be gay and open about it. subsequently the lisp, the flannel, the swishy walk, the boots. because it is going to change into better proper to be gay with out the stern social constraints mre and better each and every individual is purely universal individuals that are fascinated in similar sexes. human beings learn from historic previous in spite of the indisputable fact that and also you get twinks and toddler dykes that experience the pick to emulate the mechanic and hairdresser of the 70's so as that each and each and every individual will today comprehend their gayness. some human beings experience a pick to shout their quirks and contours out to the international even as purely being your self may suffice. some homos are purely that way in spite of the indisputable fact that and no shouting is significant. in my view i'm a flamboyant homo and lezbo together. no longer out to tutor some thing or be commonplace, purely very femme like a drag queen only an genuinely grrl and lezbo as well. do not choose too harshly your homo brethren and sisters. hets have their stereotypes too that some stay as a lot as and some eschew.

Answer 4

Well, what's the point in having a gay television character who barely acknowledges himself as gay? On TV, EVERY character plays up some trait that they bring to the show. In real life I think its the flamboyant ones that clear the path for us less outspoken queers to walk down. They take the heat and we slip by comparatively unnoticed. Nah, I don't think they give us a bad rap. I just think they put all the issues out there where everyone can see them and help us all to know where we stand.

Answer 5

Without doubt, television producers have contributed to the stereotyping of homos.

As for the flamboyant guys, are you referring to the ones who dress flashy and have witty repartee ala Oscar Wilde? Those guys amuse me.

Or, are you referring to the ones who are always loud, who have no wit, who are angry about homophobia yet are sexist and/or racist themselves, who have to make sure that everyone in the room knows that they are gay as if they didn't already, and who always need to be the center of attention like a two-year old (including having tantrums when they don't get their own way)?


The second kind needs therapy to find out why they need so much attention all the time.

Answer 6

Yes, they are the typical stereotype for homosexuals, and I guess a lot of people find that weird or annoying, which gives them a bias against all homosexuals. Somehow people just don't seem to understand that homosexuals are just like heterosexuals, and each one is different and acts differently. Very few homosexuals actually act like they do on TV.

Answer 7

People are who they are. The only way one could give the other a bad name is if the person looking, judging has internalize stereotypes of homosexuality and using one label to tag the other.

One must not paint everyone with the same brush. In every lifestyle, culture, traditions, beliefs there are variances this is just another of them.

Answer 8

Will out of 'Will and Grace' isn't that flamboyant. I think the portrayal of lesbians is far worse than the portrayal of gays. I only know it isn't always like that because I know a lesbian couple very well - I think I would have a completely different image of homosexuality if I just took what I saw in the media. in short: yes.

Answer 9

It does play into a bad sterotype. But if people are ignorant enough to think all gay, lesbian, or bisexual people are like those sterotypes they see then they just need education anyway.

The flamboyant gay guy, butch lesbian, and sex crazied bisexual are all just sterotypes, some true most not. Too bad that as long as you see junk like that as the only reps for the GLBTQ community on TV those sterotypes keep going around.

Answer 10

I think the unequal representation of them, as such, might be harmful, but I harbor no ill feelings to the people because frankly, that's stupid. Given that we fight and fight to be ourselves, I don't see it as fair to say that these people can't be themselves because "they're making us look bad". Maybe we just want them to "hide" from the public? We don't have a problem with them, so long as everyone doesn't have to know, right? Sound familiar? I think part of the blame is on the "normal queers" for not even attempting to be represented. The rest is generally on the media and society in general.