Why I Dislike Most Gay Movies

Robert Baldwin
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

I once watched this Youtube video about LGBT representation in the media. If I’m not being lazy, I’ll list it.

Apparently, in decades past, all lesbian novels ended in tragedy where the two main characters were either miserable or dead.

I get that LGBTQ people have complicated relationships. There’s emerging research showing that we, as gays have a lot more psychological issues from traumatic experiences, adversity, and hardship.

I call it baggage. A lot of people gay or otherwise have it.

Why does it have to be portrayed so agonizingly destructive in modern media? Just because a movie or show incorporates LGBT elements does not require heartbreaking circumstances or grievous loss.

I get it. Love is hard if it wasn’t everyone would do it.

Only recently have I found more shows and movies that portray LGBT situations as more mainstream and not as such a shockingly audacious subject. Riverdale on CW / Netflix is a good example.

It seems as if so many LGBT movies create scenes where the main characters can’t stay together, can’t be in love, or have happy healthy relationships.

Why not portray gays in a comedy, or adventure, or sci-fi movie interacting with the plot that doesn’t revolve around extreme heartbreak and sadness?

What I want is a retelling of stories we love most with gay characters doing normal AND extraordinary things that don’t always end with devastating heartache, depression, and loss.

Progress > Perfection.

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