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Representations of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women in Popular Media

We need to think about the kind of film we would like to see as queer people.

By Curated Content

January 16, 2017

Representations of Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women in Popular Media

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April 2025: Masculinities and Sexuality

Masculinities broadly refers to the sets of attributes, behaviours, and expectations commonly associated with men or ‘male power’ in a given culture. With those very broad strokes, we could paint beautiful large canvases that glow richly with translucent colours spreading joy, vitality, and an abundant sense of wellbeing. However, in the current state of our world, the canvases are small, ill-proportioned and thickly layered with carelessly slapped-on murky hues; almost as if men, today, need to be shielded by thick dark crusts of the protections offered by newer and ever more curious forms of masculinities that are harmful to self and others.

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