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- Online Availability
- My timezone is PST
- Writing Levels
- Intermediate
- Adept
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- Male
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- Genres
- Homosexual, Romance, Fantasy, Scifi, Magic, Vampire, Werewolf, Supernatural, Angels/Demons, Superhero, Zombies
Definition:
Queerbaiting is a marketing technique for fiction and entertainment in which creators hint at, but then do not depict, same-sex romance or other LGBTQ+ representation.
The reality:
It is considered a harmful marketing technique that often takes a toll on the viewer's mental health. Through plots, characters, imagery, lyrics, social media posts, and interview answers, a director, author, writer, or producer will draw in LGBTQ+ people with the promise that there's going to be positive queer representation, but then they never fulfill that representation. This lack of representation and visibility can feel invalidating.
So, what piece of media has been the worst offender of queerbaiting in your opinion?
Queerbaiting is a marketing technique for fiction and entertainment in which creators hint at, but then do not depict, same-sex romance or other LGBTQ+ representation.
The reality:
It is considered a harmful marketing technique that often takes a toll on the viewer's mental health. Through plots, characters, imagery, lyrics, social media posts, and interview answers, a director, author, writer, or producer will draw in LGBTQ+ people with the promise that there's going to be positive queer representation, but then they never fulfill that representation. This lack of representation and visibility can feel invalidating.
So, what piece of media has been the worst offender of queerbaiting in your opinion?