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LGBT+ MASTERLIST PROJECT BY ROCIO @nuevayor

Week Two: MOVIES
Week Three: BOOKS
Week Four: POETRY
Week Five: MUSIC
Week Six: COMICS
Week Seven: DOCUMENTARIES
Week Eight: PODCASTS
Week Nine: YOUTUBERS
Week Ten: HISTORY
Week Eleven: RESOURCES
Week Twelve: THANK YOU + GOODBI

Week One: It’s my pleasure to introduce my fifteen week LGBT+ masterlist project. Each week I’ll delve in different facets of LGBT+ media and share my findings with you all one post at a time. Thanks to my girlfriend, Margaux, @mightyachillis for the gifs. Stay tuned for next week’s post: LGBT+ MOVIES

EDIT (06/17/2016): I know we’re all tired of burying our gays. I’m tired too. This is why - alongside 20 new titles - I have included three articles for you to crosscheck in your search for new media. These articles will help you find out something we’re always dreading when we start a new show - does the LGBT+ character die? I hope these links help you make your decision in your quest to find new shows with LGBT+ characters. 

Of course, there are several other terrible tropes that need to die when it comes to LGBT+ characters on television besides “bury your gays”. There are a lot of problems with a lot of these shows that go even beyond the scope of LGBT+ representation, such as misogyny and shows being just plain bad. This is why I will be working on putting appropriate trigger warnings for each and every show. This will take a lot of work and time, considering I have only seen about 20% of the shows listed below, so I need you to bear with me as I do my research. Please be respectful towards that. 

Whatever anger you hold towards the horrible representation we have, I share it, and I encourage y’all to voice your concerns in my inbox/in the notes without taking it out on me, please. 

In the mean time, enjoy what you can! Remember I am always taking suggestions and help with these lists, as they are works in progress. Thank you all again for your massive support.

Without further ado is this week’s medium: LGBT+ TV/WEB SERIES & RESOURCES

RESOURCES

• “All 29 Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Who Got Happy Endings” from Autostraddle
  
• “All 65 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters on TV and How They Died” from Autostraddle
  
• “Bury Your Gays - 108 Dead Gay and Bisexual Male TV Characters and How They Died” from Queerty
  

TELEVISION SERIES

• The Fosters — This drama surrounds the story of two lesbian women and their foster and adoptive children, one of which is also gay. This show explores what’s not often seen in television — a gay child’s coming of age story.
• Brooklyn 99  — This comedy is set in a Brooklyn police precinct, in which the captain, Raymond Holt, is a black gay man who has been in the force for over three decades. He is a main character.
  
• Shadowhunters —Bisexual warlock (Magnus Bane) helps gay Shadowhunter (Alec Lghtwood) come to terms with his sexuality in the first season of this fantasy adventure series. A pansexual arc has been confirmed for season two.
• My Mad Fat Diary— This short British series tackles some hard issues. Among them: mental illness and LGBT+ themes.
  
• In the Flesh — Keiren Walker has come back from the dead and has a whole lot of introspection to do, from his former romantic involvement with Rick Macey, and his later relationship with Simon Monroe. 
  

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