48 Mark Theories and Examples

Question 1

queer theory

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explores and challenges the way in which heterosexuality is constructed as normal and how the media has limited representations of gay men and women

Question 2

pirates of the carribean captain jack sparrow

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An ironic and over the top performance.
Overly elaborate costume and eye makeup.
Uses feminine and camp gestures.
Not what we consider masculine.

Question 3

Judith Butler (1999)

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male and female behaviour roles are not the result of biology but are constructed and reinforced by society through the media and our culture

Question 4

Judith Butler says that there are a number of

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exaggerated representations of masculinity and femininity

Question 5

Joss Stone

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was over-sexualised at a young age

Question 6

1950’s

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police activity enforced laws that prohibited sexual activities between men and women

Question 7

when was homosexuality decriminalised in the UK?

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1967

Question 8

when was homosexuality decriminalised in India?

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2009

Question 9

in parts of Africa and Asia

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you can be punished by death for being gay

Question 10

world heath organisation removed homosexuality as an illness in

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1977

Question 11

civil partnerships between gay couples became legal in the UK in

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2004

Question 12

Queer as Folk date

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1999

Question 13

Queer as Folk suggests

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that there is a more open and fluid approach to sexuality

Question 14

University of California study

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3.5% of America identifies as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual

Question 15

3.5% is

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9 million of Americas population

Question 16

population of America

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325.7 million

Question 17

the amount of gay people in America is the same as

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the whole population of New Jersey and the population of the Cotswolds 104 times

Question 18

what percentage of the UK population didn’t know what to identify themselves as?

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4.1%

Question 19

of the 125 movies released by major US studios in 2016, it was found that

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only 23 contained characters who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer

Question 20

what is queer-baiting?

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queerbaiting is the practice of hinting at, but never actually depicting, a potential romantic same-sex romantic relationship between two characters.

Question 21

examples of queerbaiting

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sherlock

Question 22

how does Sherlock show queerbaiting

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In the very first episode, the show sets up a vibrant chemistry between the two, so much so that other characters in the show mistake Holmes and Watson for a gay couple. It continues as a running gag throughout the show, and the characters laugh it off like it’s a joke.

Question 23

why is Queerbaiting bad?

Answer 23

writers are able to attract an LGBT audience with vague promises of representation, implied by the text and often encouraged by the writer, but will then never actually confirm or explicitly show said representation, reducing the amount of effort that has to be put in on their part.

Question 24

key members of the LGBT community

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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs
Barbara Gittings
Harvey Milk
Magnus Hirschfeld
Audre Lorde
Bayard Rustin
Christine Jorgensen

Question 25

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs

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The first gay person to publicly speak out for homosexual rights

Question 26

Barbara Gittings

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In the 1970s, she was a prominent member of the American Psychiatric Association’s fight to get homosexuality removed from the list of psychiatric disorders.

Question 27

Harvey Milk

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The first openly gay person elected to public office

Question 28

Magnus Hirschfeld

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He established the world’s first gender identity clinic, whose clients included Einar Wegener
Hirschfeld began researching sexuality after moving to Berlin in 1896, where he lived as an openly gay man, and campaigned for gay rights.

Question 29

how did Hitler describe Magnus Hirschfeld?

Answer 29

He was described by Hitler as “the most dangerous Jew in Germany”, and the entire library of his Institute for Sexual Science was burned by the Nazis.

Question 30

Audre Lorde

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The lesbian warrior poet - Her work covered everything from civil rights and sexuality, to her own battle with breast cancer. She inspired Barbara Smith to found Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, the first U.S. publisher by, for, and about women of colour.

Question 31

Bayard Rustin

Answer 31

Bayard Rustin was a close advisor to Martin Luther King, and an openly gay activist. He was a key organiser of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King gave his historic ‘I have a dream’ speech.

Question 32

Christine Jorgensen

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Jorgensen underwent a year and a half of hormone treatment and gender re-assignment surgery in 1952. Returning to New York, Jorgensen was pored over by the media and triggered national discussions about gender identity.

Question 33

who were the breakthrough gays on television?

Answer 33

Will & Grace

Question 34

Will & Grace facts

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First episode date: 21 September 1998.
9 Seasons.
Networks: NBC, Lifetime.