The Mary Sue: A new study surveying 5,700 SAG-AFTRA members has shed light on some of the less-savory aspects of the Hollywood machine that LGBT performers face every day. While the study wasn’t entirely negative, it does show that discrimination and harassment in the entertainment industry is still a prevalent issue (in case you still needed convincing of that fact).
3 comments:
This was extremely disheartening. Not only are we in 2014, but for discrimination to exist in a field where it homosexuality is so prevalent and, usually accepted, is ridiculous.
One would think that after actresses like Jodie Foster, trans actress Laverne Cox, and names like Neil Patrick Harris people would be more open and willing to accept that the LGB actors and actresses hold their own just as much as straight actors do.
Anger and discrimination towards LGB actors need to change, and it should start with actors, directors, and writers. Those who owe their career to gay, lesbian, and trans actors, and those who need to start taking notes.
This topic would have never crossed my mind before reading this article,. I had just assumed that because its the entertainment industry that homosexuality was so common and well accepted by now. Some of the findings collected were extremely shocking to me, but we also don't know the underlining information. "9% of LG respondents have been turned down for roles because of their orientation." This at the surface is horrible and shocking, but we don't know how often that has occurred over how many auditions. I bet straight men have been turned down too at some point when auditioning for a "gay" role. I understand that improvement is still needed, but things could be much worse.
I find it very bothersome that as far as we've come on the topic of homosexuality, that in such an open field as entertainment (where literally anything is acceptable) that people still have such a hard time swallowing the LGBTQ presence. I think its a generational thing, many of those with leading roles in the entertainment business were part fo a generation that were raised to discriminate against "strange things". With such a liberal new generation coming in, I feel like this issue of sexual discrimination will dissipate a bit. Or at least that's the hope.
Post a Comment