TY  - BOOK
AU  - Streitmatter,Rodger
TI  - From "perverts" to "fab five": the media's changing depiction of gay men and lesbians 
SN  - 0789036711
AV  - HQ76.2.U5 S87 2009
U1  - 306.7660973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Gay men
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Lesbians
KW  - Gay men in mass media
KW  - Lesbians in mass media
KW  - Gays in popular culture
KW  - Mass media
KW  - 1980-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-216) and index; "Perverts" on the Potomac : homosexuals enter the news arena -- Stonewall rebellion : reporting on an epic event -- The boys in the band : homosexuality comes to the big screen -- Soap : a gay man comes to TV land -- Aids enters the news : reporting on the "gay plague" -- AIDS becomes major news : "now no one is safe" -- Gays in the military : the debate over lifting the ban -- Fleeting images of lesbians : killing, kissing, being chic -- Philadelphia : "a quantum leap for gays on film" -- A new gay man in town : Hollywood shifts to positive stereotypes -- Ellen : coming out, on screen and off -- Will & Grace : the biggest gay hit in TV history -- Queer as folk : "an unvarnished treatment of gay life" -- Queer eye for the straight guy : the "fab five" as gay reality TV -- Notes on gay visibility vs. lesbian visibility -- The L word : lesbians move into the spotlight -- Same-sex marriage : a journalistic love fest -- Brokeback Mountain : "a breakthrough gay romance" -- Conclusion: From "perverts" to "fab five" : progress in three stages-- and waiting for a fourth
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