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Hi Harlan. This book tells how "queers" were portrayed as murderers. J. Edgar Hoover also railed against "homosexuals" who murdered children. The "Boys Beware" public service announcements hinted darkly about "how lucky the boys were that nothing more serious happened" (paraphrased). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmqNiFJyI28 I responded to a post by Errant: https://www.boychat.org/messages/1636685.htm ... which explains some things. I'll get back to you later. Murder Most Queer-The Homicidal Homosexual in the American Theater by Jordan Schildcrout "The representation of the villainous homosexual also has a long history within American entertainment. Our popular culture has often depicted queer characters who are threatening, murderous, and, in some cases, cat- egorically evil. Cultural scholars have explored the queerness—sometimes covert and sometimes overt—of the vampire, the Nazi, and the serial killer in Hollywood films. Even Disney’s cartoon villains are often marked by gender nonconformity, instilling a fear of the masculine woman and feminine man as a deadly threat. It should come as no surprise that the political realities surrounding same-sex relations influence the depiction of queer people within our cultural narratives. Such representations have long served to reaffirm the ideologies that criminalize the queer in the American imagination." Search for "edophil" (no quotes) in the book to find some relevant passages. M. We're not the only ones who have gotten a bad "rap"... READ ONLINE HERE: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/64190/1/9780472904112.pdf [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |