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A study on media role models for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals found that positive role models encouraged queer individuals to come out and explore their identities, as well as provided these individuals a sense of “pride, inspiration, and comfort.”
The word “representation” may be worn weary by now, but what it stands for is nonetheless important to the LGBTQIA+ community. We have come so far in the last fifty years. Maybe even the last ten years, as the 2010s was a landmark era where more rights had been given to the LGBTQIA+ community, which led to a time wherein more characters that identified as queer cropped up in media. Yet, there is so much yet to do as nations around the world are mulling over homophobic and transphobic legislation today.
While the media runs with the times, the times won’t stop us from existing. We are here and we are queer and we continue to deserve representation that tells people we exist. Simply erasing us from view will not shove us back in the closet
CARPI
Io is a senior who aims to use her words to inform and inspire those who read them. A member of The Mover since grade school, she aims to make it a place of expression, creativity, and connection for the student body and content creators on campus. You can find her curled around a good book, or at least raving about one.
This article was part of a campaign led by The Mover and The Kindness Project for the month of May to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. The goal of this project was to put an emphasis on queer visibility in our school to fight ignorance and bigotry and provide representation, comfort, and platforming for the members of the LGBTQIA+ community in our school.