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Gay and Lesbian Portrayals on Television

By: Robert Westerfelhaus & Celeste C. Lacroix
In: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
Edited by: Mary Kosut
Subject:Media & Gender, Sociology of Gender

Throughout much of its history, television's treatment of gay and lesbian characters mirrored the same mainstream cultural attitudes that preached and legislated against queer sexuality. The last decade of the past millennium and the first decade of the present witnessed radical ...

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  Westerfelhaus, R., & Lacroix, C. (2012). Gay and lesbian portrayals on television. In M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gender in media (pp. 125-127). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n53
  
  Westerfelhaus, Robert, and Celeste C. Lacroix. "Gay and Lesbian Portrayals on Television." In Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, edited by Kosut, Mary, 125-27. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n53.
  
  Westerfelhaus, R. and Lacroix, C. 2012. Gay and Lesbian Portrayals on Television. In: Mary Kosut Editor, 2012. Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 125-127 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n53> [Accessed 3 Mar 2021].
  
  Westerfelhaus, Robert and Celeste C. Lacroix. "Gay and Lesbian Portrayals on Television." Encyclopedia of Gender in Media. Edited by Mary Kosut. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2012, pp. 125-27. SAGE Knowledge. 3 Mar 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540.n53.
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