PSA: Stop Killing Lesbians On TV

LGBT characters deserve better than a stray bullet.

Allie Dall
Created by Allie Dall
On May 17, 2016

Lexa

Lexa say

Hello?

Tara M

Tara M say

Welcome to Dead Lesbian Purgatory.

Lexa

Lexa say

What is this place?

Tara T

Tara T say

It's the place where all lesbians on TV go to die.

Tara T

Tara T say

Lexa

Lexa say

Damn. I'm actually dead?

Denise

Denise say

Yep. The sooner you find love, the sooner you bite the dust.

Tara M

Tara M say

And we never die peacefully. I got hit by a stray bullet.

Denise

Denise say

I got shot through the eye with an arrow.

Leslie

Leslie say

A pipe crushed my skull .

Gaia

Gaia say

I was murdered for sport.

Tara T

Tara T say

And I died twice. Aren't vampires supposed to live forever.

Tara M

Tara M say

Did you know that since 1976, 65% of all queer women characters on TV have been killed off.

Denise

Denise say

And in 2016 alone, 12 female queer characters have met an untimely end.

Lexa

Lexa say

Our representation on television is only to further the plot. Why are gay characters more disposable than straight ones?

Leslie

Leslie say

We need to put an end to the #BuryYourGays trope. We're worth more than just spilled blood.

Denise

Denise say

In The Walking Dead's original comics, a straight male took the crossbow through the eye. But on TV, I had to die this way.

Gaia

Gaia say

But what if the show operates in a world where death is omnipresent? Which, for most of us, that's the case. Spartacus, Buffy, The 100, True Blood, The Walking Dead...

spartacus.wikia.com

Tara M

Tara M say

It shouldn't matter that I was on a supernatural show. These shows still off us in ways that feel both gratuitous and unnecessary. The Vampire Diaries just did it twice, having Mary Louise and Nora explode together in a burning car.

Mary Louise & Nora

Mary Louise & Nora say

The moment we find ourselves back together, we're forced to die.

Lexa

Lexa say

Our deaths are so tragic. Why can't writers imagine storylines for queer people that don't revolve around their sexualities? Before I got with Clarke, I was a powerful female warrior. The moment I slept with her, I was identified as The 100's lesbian character.

Tara T

Tara T say

It seems that when we finally get what we want (i.e., love or sex), we're deemed no longer necessary.

Tara M

Tara M say

It's time for a change. I've been in this purgatory for too long!

https://dvdbash.files.wordpress.com

Denise

Denise say

We need our lives to be more positively depicted in popular media.

http://img.wennermedia.com

Tara T

Tara T say

Let's start with the movement to give Elsa a girlfriend!

http://true-blood.net

Leslie

Leslie say

At least Disney won't kill her off.

lovingseries.com

Lexa

Lexa say

Well. . .

the100.wikia.com

Mary Louise & Nora

Mary Louise & Nora say
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