Why So Many Queer Female Characters Die on TV
- Episode aired Jul 13, 2016
Estelle Caswell examines the 'bury your gays trope' where LGBTQ characters tend to quickly die in television and media. She examines the tropes root's in lesbian pulp novels in the 1950's an... Read allEstelle Caswell examines the 'bury your gays trope' where LGBTQ characters tend to quickly die in television and media. She examines the tropes root's in lesbian pulp novels in the 1950's and 60's and later how television began to use the trope in contemporary times.Estelle Caswell examines the 'bury your gays trope' where LGBTQ characters tend to quickly die in television and media. She examines the tropes root's in lesbian pulp novels in the 1950's and 60's and later how television began to use the trope in contemporary times.