![]() Now, there are not rules, not even unspoken ones, that say queer characters have to be killed off, but the trope keeps coming back. This goes all the way back to the Hays Code, a rule in early Hollywood that said sexual acts considered "perverted," including suggestions of same-sex relationships were banned, and that any sex outside of straight sex between a husband and a wife had to always be shown in a negative light and with negative consequences - usually meaning death. ![]() ![]() Before Pose, basically every example of trans representation ended with a trans woman dying. The trope also extends to films, and gay and bi men. At present, the list now stands at over 225 characters. The "Bury Your Gays" trope has become a part of culturual knowledge in recent years, but not everyone has gotten the memo.īack in 2016, the death of The 100 character Lexa inspired queer women's site Autostraddle to make a list of every lesbian or bisexual woman on TV who had died in their shows.
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