I find this article particularly interesting because it puts a focus on issues of how the queer community is represented in popular media. While there might be some victory that there is now an acceptance of putting gay romance in movies, that is not representative of a lot of the queer community. It also reinforces the fact that society wants the gay community to only have inclusion in our heteronormative culture. It makes me think a lot about representation of certain marginalized communities. Anyways, it's a quick read and written by a college student. I highly recommend to just take a quick glimpse!
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/opinion/love-simon-gay-femme-hollywood.html
I found the parallel between this piece and our readings on lesbian butch identies really fascinating. Here, the author writes "My unabashed femininity was what paved the way for gay men in, say, fraternities to come out without jeopardizing their masculinity. I was the shameful femme foil to their butch pride. At the same time as they disavowed me, they profited from my existence." This seems so close to the idea that butches, who were visibly gay, paved the way for later gay women, who now dismissed and derided butch-ness. I'm really curious about this idea of visible non-conformity as a stepping stone to "assimilation" and the ways in which communities might seemingly turn on themselves.
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