Start by quitting with the polling business and work together to bring more attention to this, trend it, get the industry’s attention.
I see polls as playing into this kind of queerbaiting – especially since ‘fanon’ ships are often used and the only point of a poll for those providing it – is easy-money clickbait.
My friends seem to love this tiny lecture of mine, so here you go! I love stories about women superheroes. The gender politics tend to break down when it comes to the direct, sexual politics. You almost always get the same 6 tropes.
First, the situation: Writers feel that the lady lead must show an interest in sex and in men. Otherwise, the lady lead will be pathologized by the audience. They will be seen as immature, emotionally void, or as closeted lesbians. Can’t have any of that. So, lady lead must show interest in men quickly and convincingly. But what happens then?
for upcoming protests: DON’T talk to the press unless you’re leadership/ you have spoken to organizers beforehand. if you’re not leadership, tell press to talk to leadership.
press will edit and twist your words against you.
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the reporter may seem nice, but their words go through several layers before they hit the press and they WILL skew your message. Anyone sticks a recorder in your face, say “talk to the leaders”
If you’re old enough, go back to 2003 and watch some old media footage of anti-war protesters. Media then skewed protesters in the most awful ways. Instead of recognising people as people, as your neighbours, as people you work beside, they tried to paint protesters as ‘other’ as ‘out of control’ or ignorant about ‘the facts.’ Media would look for the most outrageous-looking persons, ones who had the most extreme viewpoints, or even people who just happened to be there – and use this brush to undermine and diminish the message. Media fell in line with what Bush and his cronies wanted and it created a chasm of mistrust.
Once again, the media falls in line. The BBC is doing it, all the American networks are doing it. If you attend a demonstration and someone from the media tries to interview you, please follow the above and tell them to speak to the leadership. It won’t matter how well you speak. If you can speak intelligently – chances are, they won’t even use you.
let’s make a heap of healthy queer stuff!!!!!! TV!!! movies!!! drawings!!!! personal relationships with significant others including but not limited to friends, family & romantic partners!!!!
@laynemorgan
Because fuck everyone else and also she was done dirty.
I’m with you Layne.
This is important: they tried to silence/invalidate a queer woman over a serious point that ClexaCon should have embraced at a potential panel. They kicked her out then worked with the male ‘ally’ to make sure he was given ‘respect’ over the issue and allowed to leave with the appearance of dignity.
They didn’t give it to Layne. They showed that they only cared about how things ‘seem’ vs. how they ‘are.’ Layne, a queer woman,was belittled by supporters of a convention for queer women over an issue concerning queer women and so-called ‘allies.’ It is nonsensical.
What they wound up doing? Invalidating the point of their own convention.
I know so many have been hopeful for this event, still want to go, are hopeful ET and ADC show up and I hope, if the event still pans out, attendees (guests and fans) make sure this issue isn’t swept under the rug or ignored. Don’t let them pull a Jason Rothenberg.
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-Soren (The Outcast): Arguably transgender, born into an androgynous race but identifies as a woman.
-Odan (The Host): Expresses attraction toward Crusher when she is in a female host; attraction does not seem to be based on gender. Arguably genderfluid/genderqueer.
DS9:
-Jadzia Dax: Bi/Pansexual, arguably genderfluid/genderqueer. (Presumably this also includes Ezri Dax although we never see her express an attraction to women).
-Mirror Ezri: WLW, possibly a lesbian but uncertain.
-Mirror Leeta: WLW, probably a lesbian.
VOY:
-Tieran (Warlord): Has a relationship with a man and a woman simultaneously (it should be noted that this is while he is in Kes’s body).
I think it’s interesting to note that almost all of these instances involve women (Tieran even appears in a female body). This does seem to suggest that men in relationships with other men is somehow more taboo than women loving other women, at least in television. Possibly this is a result of lesbian relationships being seen as enticing to male viewers who find them arousing.
Regardless, seven or eight characters in 728 Star Trek episodes is truly despicably low representation.
(And, of course, there are plenty of other characters who can be interpreted as Queer very easily-I even almost included Garak because his flirting with Bashir was so obvious. But these are only the blatant canonical examples.)
So ironic coming from the programme that gave us the original slash-fic pairing (Kirk/Spock).
The Doctor Is Out 