Talk:LGBT themes in horror fiction

message: In order to prevent this from becoming one and the same as the horror genre, a definition of queer needs to be added.  If books or films don't fit this definition, they should not be added to the bibliography or filmography.
'Queer' content needs to include on-screen, same-sex sexual or affectional desire, disclosure of alternative sexual/affectional orientation through words or action or a theme that is specific to GLBT folks.
This does NOT include the following:
* same-sex rape or child abuse
* people acting or dressing cross-gender for the purpose of amusement only
* content considered 'homo-erotic'.  Well built guys parading around in their underwear are NOT inherently queer.
Qvamp 19:50, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition of Queer

message: Horror content can include items that fall into the horror genre, items that fall into closely related genres (for example: dark fantasy), or items that fall into other genres but include a character type associated with the horror genre (vampires, werewolves, monsters, ghosts)
Qvamp 19:49, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Definition of Horror

message: I don't know about you, but I find that the word, Queer, is overused. In some cases the word gives the article a rather unencyclopedic sound, not to mention rather homophobic. The sentence, "Books were generally controlled by larger publishers and this made it very difficult for queers to get their message out," is a good example of this. Wolf ODonnell 13:57, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The word 'horror' is also used a lot.  Unless you can give a reason why the word 'queer' is substantially different than the word 'horror' in an academic sense, I'm not sure I understand the concern. While the word 'queer' used to be a homophobic word, it is used commonly to refer to the GLBT community nowadays by the community itself (see Queer).  Qvamp 05:02, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  That makes the article have a US bias as usage of the word queer amongst the LGBT comunity outside of the US (specifically English speaking nations) is extremely rare. Also, it is using a reclaimed slang term in the narrative and the only real comparison to it is to look at articles about black culture  and count the amount of times their reclaimed word is used in the narrative. It's fine to use it as part of the title of something if that is the accepted title, like Queer Cinema, but that doesn't make it good grammar to use the word in the narrative.Ramore  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramore (talk • contribs) 05:25, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Considering movies cannot actually have sex with a same-sex partner... what is your definition of a 'queer movie?' Qvamp 05:02, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overuse of the word, Queer 

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Books were generally controlled by larger publishers and this made it very difficult for gay authors to get their message out
I think that this doesn't reflect that non-gay authors would also have had trouble with the same material.
In some cases, in days gone by advertising one was gay was to advertise oneself as a criminal - sodomy was illegal in Britain. Therefore an author would not have presented this as a fact to a potential publisher therefore the rejection wasn't explicitly on the sexuality of the author, but that of the material.
Montalban (talk) 23:55, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  rejected material 

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