From perverts to fab five
Subtitle: the media's changing depiction of gay people
By: by Rodger Streitmatter.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Gay men -- United States -- Social conditions; Lesbians -- United States -- Social conditions; Gay men in mass media; Lesbians in mass media; Gays in popular culture -- United States; Mass media -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perverts on the Potomac : homosexuals enter the news arena; title: Stonewall rebellion : reporting on an epic event; title: The boys in the band : homosexuality comes to the big screen; title: Soap : a gay man comes to TV land; title: Aids enters the news : reporting on the gay plague; title: Aids becomes major news : now no one is safe; title: Gays in the military : the debate over lifting the ban; title: Fleeting images of lesbians : killing, kissing, being chic; title: Philadelphia : a quantum leap for gays on film; title: A new gay man in town : Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes; title: Ellen : coming out, on screen and off; title: Will & Grace : the biggest gay hit in tv history; title: Queer as folk : an unvarnished treatment of gay life; title: Queer eye for the straight guy : the fab five as gay reality TV; title: Notes on gay visibility vs. lesbian visibility; title: The L word : lesbians move into the spotlight; title: Same-sex marriage : a journalistic love fest; title: Brokeback Mountain : a breakthrough gay romance; title: Conclusion: From perverts to fab five : progress in three stages; title: and waiting for a fourth.