{"id":207,"date":"2019-08-30T18:49:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T18:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-lgbtq-studies\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=207"},"modified":"2019-12-16T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T17:34:27","slug":"research-resources-screening","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-lgbtq-studies\/chapter\/research-resources-screening\/","title":{"raw":"Research Resources","rendered":"Research Resources"},"content":{"raw":"<h3><em>Fabulous! The story of queer cinema<\/em>\u00a0directed by Lisa Ades and Lesli Klainberg<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fa.ltrbxd.com%2Fresized%2Ffilm-poster%2F3%2F4%2F8%2F4%2F3%2F34843-fabulous-the-story-of-queer-cinema-0-230-0-345-crop.jpg%3Fk%3Dff0af151c9&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"\u200eFabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) directed by ...\" \/>Film Channel World-wide.\u00a0 Covering mainstream and indie cinema\u2019s LGBTQ landmarks, such as Todd Haynes\u2019 <em>Poison<\/em> (1991) and Ang Lee\u2019s <em>Brokeback Mountain<\/em> (2005), this documentary provides analysis and interviews of the depictions and representations of LGBTQ experiences and communities in the U.S.\u00a0 <em>Fabulous!<\/em> is often viewed as the descendent of the classic documentary<em> The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the Movies,<\/em> but with a focus on queer cinema rather than on LGBTQ representations in mainstream, mostly heteronormative cinema. Though not unanimously well-reviewed, this resource provides a look that is hard to find elsewhere of late 20th and early 21st century popular queer cinema.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Ades, L. &amp; Klainberg, L. (Producers). Ades, L. &amp; Klainberg, L. (Directors). (2006).\u00a0<em>Fabulous! The story of queer cinema<\/em> [Motion Picture]. United States: Orchard Films &amp; Independent<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>The Advocate,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/\">https:\/\/www.advocate.com<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<em>The Advocate<\/em> is an online, LGBTQ magazine (also available in print) established in 1967, making it the oldest continuously-published LGBTQ periodical in the U.S.\u00a0 Its website provides commentary and news about the LGBTQ spectrum of experiences and subcultures, including news, politics, and arts &amp; culture. Its Art &amp; Entertainment: Film and Television sections cover Hollywood, indie, and arthouse cinema, as well as reviews, news, and interviews about current TV.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: <em>The Advocate.<\/em> Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/\">https:\/\/www.advocate.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>AfterEllen,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterellen.com\/\">www.afterellen.com<\/a><\/h3>\r\nAfterEllen was established in 2002 to provide feminist and queer perspectives on pop culture and media.\u00a0 Its name references the historical significance and lasting impact on media and culture of the coming out of the character Ellen Morgan (played by Ellen DeGeneres) in 1997 in the fourth season of the ABC network TV sitcom \u201cEllen.\u201d The Movies and TV sections on the website provide reviews of lesbian and bisexual films and TV.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: AfterEllen. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterellen.com\/\">www.afterellen.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>@AllAboutTrans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans<\/a>.<\/h3>\r\nWith 24.1K followers, the U.K.-based organization All About Trans\u2019 Twitter account is a useful source for commentary on trans voices in popular media of all kinds. The organization\u2019s goal is to foster dialog between the trans community and media professionals in order to promote visibility and accurate portrayals of trans people in media.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: All About Trans. Twitter: @AllAboutTrans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Autostraddle,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/\">https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com<\/a><\/h3>\r\nEstablished in 2009 by Riese Bernard and Alexandra Vega, this website provides a platform for commentary on news and popular culture from feminist and queer perspectives. Autostraddle has won numerous awards since its inception, notably the 2015 GLAAD Media Award, and it has been been nominated for many others, including the GLAAD Digital Journalism Award.\u00a0 Its Arts &amp; Popular Culture: Film and TV sections provide reviews, news, and analysis of recent films and films in production, as well as for TV series.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Autostraddle.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/\">https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-zgZBrBt3sTM%2FXDPHZojYkHI%2FAAAAAAAATn0%2Fi_ZzsfzosN0gOKzF2JTuFCHgL49CdnJ1wCEwYBhgL%2Fs1600%2FTransgenderCinema.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Out of the Past: A Classic Film Blog\" width=\"265\" height=\"412\" \/>Transgender cinema\u00a0<\/em>by Rebecca Bell-Metereau<\/h3>\r\nBell-Metereau provides a history of depictions of transgender people from the silent era through the present in documentaries, classic and cult feature films, television, and world cinema.\u00a0 She examines these representations and their effects on both popular understandings of transgender people and transgender people\u2019s self-image. There are few recent, book-length, scholarly treatments of transgender cinema with this scope. This work fills a gap in LGBTQ media criticism, which often focuses on sexual orientation more than on gender identity.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Bell-Metereau, R. (2019). <em>Transgender cinema.<\/em>\u00a0 New Brunswick: Rutgers Press.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>Camera obscura: Feminism, culture, and media studies,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura\">https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura<\/a><\/h3>\r\nEstablished in 1976, this peer-reviewed journal is a mainstay for scholarship in the areas of media studies and audiovisual culture examined from feminist and queer perspectives.\u00a0 It is published by Duke University Press. <em>Camera obscura<\/em> has published groundbreaking articles, such as Mulvey\u2019s (1975) \u201cVisual pleasure and narrative cinema.\u201d\u00a0 B. Ruby Rich, an influential LGBTQ film studies theorist, serves on its editorial advisory board.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA Citation (article) : Author Last Name, A. A. (Year of Publication). \"Title of Article.\"\u00a0<em>Camera obscura: Feminism, culture, and media studies, volume number<\/em>(issue number), pages.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura\">https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>@ValerieComplex,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex<\/a>.<\/h3>\r\nComplex is among the leading, queer, of color film critics with 17.9K Twitter followers.\u00a0 She tweets regularly about issues beyond LGBTQ+ media representation, but maintains an overall focus on inclusivity relating to sexuality and race\/ethnicity in media.\u00a0 Beyond Twitter, she reviews films and provides critical commentary on entertainment media for <em>BlackGirlNerds, Harper\u2019s Bazaar, The Playlist, \/Film, Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, and other media reviews\/criticism sources.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Complex, Valerie.\u00a0 Twitter: @ValerieComplex. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>The celluloid closet <\/em>directed\u00a0by Rob Epstein and\u00a0Jeffrey Friedman<\/h3>\r\nBased on LGBTQ activist and film historian Vito Russo\u2019s classic 1981 (revised edition 1987) book <em>The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the movies<\/em>, this film provides an overview of LGBTQ depictions from the silent era to films of the early 1990s.\u00a0 Including footage of over 120 films, as well as interviews with directors and actors, this documentary was the first of its kind in examining LGBTQ representations in popular, mainstream film with such scope.\u00a0 Like the book on which it is based, it uncovers sometimes surprising, early depictions of homosexuality in film and analyzes the historical development of queer representations in relation to motion picture industry censorship known as the Hayes Code and the Production Code.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Epstein, R. (Producer). Epstein. R. &amp; Friedman, J, (Directors). (1995). <em>The celluloid closet<\/em> [Motion Picture]. United States: Sony Pictures Classics.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Frameline,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/\">https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\r\nFrameline is a San Francisco-based organization established in 1977 to promote and showcase queer cinema.\u00a0 The annual Frameline International LGBTQ Film Festival is a showcase for new works and new artists and takes place during Pride Month with screenings in the historic SF gay neighborhood, the Castro District.\u00a0 Frameline Distribution was established in 1981 and is the only distributor focusing solely on LGBTQ films.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Frameline.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/\">https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>\"Where we are on TV: 2018-2019\" by the GLAAD Media Institute<\/h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: initial\">The GLAAD Media Institute was founded in 1985 with the mission of highlighting media\u2019s role in providing visibility to the LGBTQ community and shedding light on negative representations.\u00a0 The GLAAD Research arm regularly publishes useful analysis of LGBTQ media representations. This resource offers a detailed look and executive summary of the number and type of LGBTQ characters and the level of diversity on TV series from multiple platforms, including streaming, cable, and network.\u00a0 Chapters include numbers of characters by race\/ethnicity, by sexual orientation, and by gender identity, and Spanish-language series are included. The Where we are on TV report has been published each year since 2005, allowing for both year-to-year and longer range comparisons of some of the key changes of LGBTQ representation in the media landscape from a quantitative point of view. There is no other consistently-published resource that provides this type of data.<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: GLAAD Media Institute. (2019). Where we are on TV: 2018-2019. Retrieved from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/whereweareontv18\"> https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/whereweareontv18<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Kanopy streaming media. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/<\/a><\/h3>\r\nKanopy is a major streaming media platform available through many academic and public libraries (no personal subscriptions available).\u00a0 Its catalog of over 30,000 films includes both classic and recent LGBTQ films, including major award-winners like Moonlight, lesser-known cult and indie films, LGBTQ world cinema in all genres, and documentaries.\u00a0 Its \u201cLGBTQ Collection\u201d currently provides access to 165 narrative films from 1950-present, including works by key LGBTQ directors such as Cheryl Dunye, and films from the prestigious LGBTQ Film Festivals Frameline and Outfest.\u00a0 This platform also includes, to date, 265 LGBTQ documentaries in a collection called \u201cLGBTQ Stories.\u201d A handful of these focus on media representation, such as <em>Homo Promo: Vintage LGBT Movie Trailers, Lavendar Limelight: Spotlight on Lesbian Filmmakers,<\/em> and <em>A Bit of Scarlet: Gay Characters in Post- War British Cinema.\u00a0<\/em>Kanopy enables fast turn-around times for closed-captioning on demand for films not already captioned.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Kanopy streaming media. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>NewFest,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newfest.org\/\">https:\/\/newfest.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThe NYC-based Newfest organization has offered screenings of LGBTQ films and educational programs for young filmmakers in the NYC-area for thirty years, including the widely-known annual New York LGBT Film Festival.\u00a0 This festival was established in 1988, takes place each October in the NYC area, and is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive queer film festivals in the world. NewFest also sponsors queer cinema screenings year-round in the NYC area.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation:NewFest.<a href=\"https:\/\/newfest.org\/\"> Retrieved from https:\/\/newfest.org\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Outfest. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/\">https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\r\nOutfest is an advocacy organization established in 1982 by UCLA students with a mission of using cinematic storytelling to promote equality for sexual and gender minorities. In partnership with the UCLA Film &amp; Television Archive, the organization works to protect historic and archival LGBTQ films. The annual Outfest Film Festival showcases queer cinema from around the world.\u00a0 In addition to screenings, the organization offers mentoring programs for young filmmakers.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Outfest. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/\">https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>The queer fantasies of the American family sitcom\u00a0<\/em>by Tison Pugh<\/h3>\r\nThis is an open access text (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). In this work, Pugh, professor of English at the University of Central Florida, investigates heteronormative sitcoms such as \u201cLeave it to Beaver,\u201d and contemporary sitcoms featuring LGBTQ characters such as \u201cModern Family.\u201d He analyzes homophobia, the sexualization of girls, and gay stereotypes. This text is recommended for undergraduates through faculty in <em>CHOICE: Current reviews for academic libraries<\/em>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Pugh, T. (2017). <em>The queer fantasies of the American family sitcom<\/em>. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. \u00a0Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/doab?func=search&amp;uiLanguage=en&amp;template=&amp;query=The+queer+fantasies+of+the+American+family+sitcom\">https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/doab?func=search&amp;uiLanguage=en&amp;template=&amp;query=The+queer+fantasies+of+the+American+family+sitcom<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>New queer cinema: The director\u2019s cut<\/em>\u00a0by B. Ruby Rich<\/h3>\r\nRich, Professor of Film and Digital Media and Director of the Social Documentation M.A. Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is a key scholar in the field of LGBTQ media criticism.\u00a0 She created the genre term \u201cNew Queer Cinema\u201d (NQC) in 1992 to describe the directions in which LGBTQ cinema was moving and how it differed from the past aesthetically and politically. This work provides access to many of her seminal, past publications, as well as to newer material. She covers LGBTQ film festivals, the landscape of queer cinema, and important contributors to the genre, including Todd Haynes, Derek Jarman, Julia\u0301n Herna\u0301ndez, and Ang Lee.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Rich, B. R. (2013).\u00a0 <em>New queer cinema: The director\u2019s cut.<\/em> Durham, NC: Duke University Press.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Rowan Ellis,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rowanellis.com\/\">http:\/\/www.rowanellis.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\r\nEllis is a YouTube UK Ambassador and a speaker and activist for women\u2019s and LGBTQ issues.\u00a0 Her YouTube videos offer analysis and criticism of popular culture and media from a feminist\/queer perspective.\u00a0 Ellis ranks #92 on Autostraddle\u2019s Top 100 List of LGBTQ YourTubers, and has over 12K subscribers. She is active on Twitter: @HeyRowanEllis\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation (specific video) Ellis, R. (year, month day).\u00a0<em>Title of Video\u00a0<\/em>[Video file].\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rowanellis.com\/\">Retrieved from <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the movies <\/em>by Vito Russo<\/h3>\r\nThis is a classic work in LGBTQ film studies first published in 1981.\u00a0 Russo, a prominent LGBTQ activist and film historian, covers the visibility of LGBTQ characters and themes in Hollywood cinema from the silent era to the 1980s.\u00a0 In 1995, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman directed a now-classic documentary film of the same title based on his work. This documentary picks up where Russo left off and includes early-1990s films such as <em>Thelma and Louise.<\/em>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Russo, V.\u00a0 (1987). <em>The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the movies.<\/em> (rev. ed.) New York: Harper &amp; Row.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>Queer cinema and visual culture\u00a0<\/em>by K.J. Surkan<\/h3>\r\nThis is an OER full course (CC Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike).\u00a0 This course includes readings, films, and assignments and provides historical analysis of post-World War II cinema through the lens of queer theory.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Surkan, K.J. (2017). <em>Queer cinema and visual culture.<\/em> MIT OpenCourseware.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/womens-and-gender-studies\/wgs-181-queer-cinema-and-visual-culture-fall-2017\/\">https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/womens-and-gender-studies\/wgs-181-queer-cinema-and-visual-culture-fall-2017\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><em>Critical media project: Media literacy and the politics of identity: Resources for educators,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/criticalmediaproject.org\/mission-statement\/\">http:\/\/criticalmediaproject.org\/mission-statement\/<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis material was created by educators associated with the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Media and Communication, a leader in media education in the U.S. It is intended for use by students from age eight through high school. It includes an overview of LGBTQ representation in the media and a lesson plan with activities geared to teaching critical thinking and empathy, and there is a focus on teaching students to read media texts. Strengths of this resource are the inclusion of many media examples, from commercials to movies to TV series and news clips, and its all-in-one, Common Core-aligned format.\u00a0 The Critical Media Project is a free, online resource, but not openly-licensed.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>APA citation: Trope, A. &amp; Broad, G. (2017). <em>Critical media project: Media literacy and the politics of identity: Resources for educators.<\/em> Retrieved from<a href=\"http:\/\/criticalmediaproject.org\/mission-statement\/\"> http:\/\/criticalmediaproject.org\/mission-statement\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h3><em>Fabulous! The story of queer cinema<\/em>\u00a0directed by Lisa Ades and Lesli Klainberg<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fa.ltrbxd.com%2Fresized%2Ffilm-poster%2F3%2F4%2F8%2F4%2F3%2F34843-fabulous-the-story-of-queer-cinema-0-230-0-345-crop.jpg%3Fk%3Dff0af151c9&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"\u200eFabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) directed by ...\" \/>Film Channel World-wide.\u00a0 Covering mainstream and indie cinema\u2019s LGBTQ landmarks, such as Todd Haynes\u2019 <em>Poison<\/em> (1991) and Ang Lee\u2019s <em>Brokeback Mountain<\/em> (2005), this documentary provides analysis and interviews of the depictions and representations of LGBTQ experiences and communities in the U.S.\u00a0 <em>Fabulous!<\/em> is often viewed as the descendent of the classic documentary<em> The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the Movies,<\/em> but with a focus on queer cinema rather than on LGBTQ representations in mainstream, mostly heteronormative cinema. Though not unanimously well-reviewed, this resource provides a look that is hard to find elsewhere of late 20th and early 21st century popular queer cinema.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Ades, L. &amp; Klainberg, L. (Producers). Ades, L. &amp; Klainberg, L. (Directors). (2006).\u00a0<em>Fabulous! The story of queer cinema<\/em> [Motion Picture]. United States: Orchard Films &amp; Independent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>The Advocate,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/\">https:\/\/www.advocate.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>The Advocate<\/em> is an online, LGBTQ magazine (also available in print) established in 1967, making it the oldest continuously-published LGBTQ periodical in the U.S.\u00a0 Its website provides commentary and news about the LGBTQ spectrum of experiences and subcultures, including news, politics, and arts &amp; culture. Its Art &amp; Entertainment: Film and Television sections cover Hollywood, indie, and arthouse cinema, as well as reviews, news, and interviews about current TV.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: <em>The Advocate.<\/em> Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/\">https:\/\/www.advocate.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>AfterEllen,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterellen.com\/\">www.afterellen.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>AfterEllen was established in 2002 to provide feminist and queer perspectives on pop culture and media.\u00a0 Its name references the historical significance and lasting impact on media and culture of the coming out of the character Ellen Morgan (played by Ellen DeGeneres) in 1997 in the fourth season of the ABC network TV sitcom \u201cEllen.\u201d The Movies and TV sections on the website provide reviews of lesbian and bisexual films and TV.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: AfterEllen. Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterellen.com\/\">www.afterellen.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>@AllAboutTrans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>With 24.1K followers, the U.K.-based organization All About Trans\u2019 Twitter account is a useful source for commentary on trans voices in popular media of all kinds. The organization\u2019s goal is to foster dialog between the trans community and media professionals in order to promote visibility and accurate portrayals of trans people in media.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: All About Trans. Twitter: @AllAboutTrans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/allabouttrans<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Autostraddle,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/\">https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Established in 2009 by Riese Bernard and Alexandra Vega, this website provides a platform for commentary on news and popular culture from feminist and queer perspectives. Autostraddle has won numerous awards since its inception, notably the 2015 GLAAD Media Award, and it has been been nominated for many others, including the GLAAD Digital Journalism Award.\u00a0 Its Arts &amp; Popular Culture: Film and TV sections provide reviews, news, and analysis of recent films and films in production, as well as for TV series.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Autostraddle.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/\">https:\/\/www.autostraddle.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-zgZBrBt3sTM%2FXDPHZojYkHI%2FAAAAAAAATn0%2Fi_ZzsfzosN0gOKzF2JTuFCHgL49CdnJ1wCEwYBhgL%2Fs1600%2FTransgenderCinema.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1\" alt=\"Out of the Past: A Classic Film Blog\" width=\"265\" height=\"412\" \/>Transgender cinema\u00a0<\/em>by Rebecca Bell-Metereau<\/h3>\n<p>Bell-Metereau provides a history of depictions of transgender people from the silent era through the present in documentaries, classic and cult feature films, television, and world cinema.\u00a0 She examines these representations and their effects on both popular understandings of transgender people and transgender people\u2019s self-image. There are few recent, book-length, scholarly treatments of transgender cinema with this scope. This work fills a gap in LGBTQ media criticism, which often focuses on sexual orientation more than on gender identity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Bell-Metereau, R. (2019). <em>Transgender cinema.<\/em>\u00a0 New Brunswick: Rutgers Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Camera obscura: Feminism, culture, and media studies,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura\">https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Established in 1976, this peer-reviewed journal is a mainstay for scholarship in the areas of media studies and audiovisual culture examined from feminist and queer perspectives.\u00a0 It is published by Duke University Press. <em>Camera obscura<\/em> has published groundbreaking articles, such as Mulvey\u2019s (1975) \u201cVisual pleasure and narrative cinema.\u201d\u00a0 B. Ruby Rich, an influential LGBTQ film studies theorist, serves on its editorial advisory board.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA Citation (article) : Author Last Name, A. A. (Year of Publication). &#8220;Title of Article.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Camera obscura: Feminism, culture, and media studies, volume number<\/em>(issue number), pages.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura\">https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/camera-obscura<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>@ValerieComplex,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>Complex is among the leading, queer, of color film critics with 17.9K Twitter followers.\u00a0 She tweets regularly about issues beyond LGBTQ+ media representation, but maintains an overall focus on inclusivity relating to sexuality and race\/ethnicity in media.\u00a0 Beyond Twitter, she reviews films and provides critical commentary on entertainment media for <em>BlackGirlNerds, Harper\u2019s Bazaar, The Playlist, \/Film, Rotten Tomatoes<\/em>, and other media reviews\/criticism sources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Complex, Valerie.\u00a0 Twitter: @ValerieComplex. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ValerieComplex<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>The celluloid closet <\/em>directed\u00a0by Rob Epstein and\u00a0Jeffrey Friedman<\/h3>\n<p>Based on LGBTQ activist and film historian Vito Russo\u2019s classic 1981 (revised edition 1987) book <em>The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the movies<\/em>, this film provides an overview of LGBTQ depictions from the silent era to films of the early 1990s.\u00a0 Including footage of over 120 films, as well as interviews with directors and actors, this documentary was the first of its kind in examining LGBTQ representations in popular, mainstream film with such scope.\u00a0 Like the book on which it is based, it uncovers sometimes surprising, early depictions of homosexuality in film and analyzes the historical development of queer representations in relation to motion picture industry censorship known as the Hayes Code and the Production Code.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Epstein, R. (Producer). Epstein. R. &amp; Friedman, J, (Directors). (1995). <em>The celluloid closet<\/em> [Motion Picture]. United States: Sony Pictures Classics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Frameline,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/\">https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Frameline is a San Francisco-based organization established in 1977 to promote and showcase queer cinema.\u00a0 The annual Frameline International LGBTQ Film Festival is a showcase for new works and new artists and takes place during Pride Month with screenings in the historic SF gay neighborhood, the Castro District.\u00a0 Frameline Distribution was established in 1981 and is the only distributor focusing solely on LGBTQ films.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Frameline.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/\">https:\/\/www.frameline.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>&#8220;Where we are on TV: 2018-2019&#8221; by the GLAAD Media Institute<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;text-align: initial\">The GLAAD Media Institute was founded in 1985 with the mission of highlighting media\u2019s role in providing visibility to the LGBTQ community and shedding light on negative representations.\u00a0 The GLAAD Research arm regularly publishes useful analysis of LGBTQ media representations. This resource offers a detailed look and executive summary of the number and type of LGBTQ characters and the level of diversity on TV series from multiple platforms, including streaming, cable, and network.\u00a0 Chapters include numbers of characters by race\/ethnicity, by sexual orientation, and by gender identity, and Spanish-language series are included. The Where we are on TV report has been published each year since 2005, allowing for both year-to-year and longer range comparisons of some of the key changes of LGBTQ representation in the media landscape from a quantitative point of view. There is no other consistently-published resource that provides this type of data.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: GLAAD Media Institute. (2019). Where we are on TV: 2018-2019. Retrieved from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/whereweareontv18\"> https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/whereweareontv18<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Kanopy streaming media. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Kanopy is a major streaming media platform available through many academic and public libraries (no personal subscriptions available).\u00a0 Its catalog of over 30,000 films includes both classic and recent LGBTQ films, including major award-winners like Moonlight, lesser-known cult and indie films, LGBTQ world cinema in all genres, and documentaries.\u00a0 Its \u201cLGBTQ Collection\u201d currently provides access to 165 narrative films from 1950-present, including works by key LGBTQ directors such as Cheryl Dunye, and films from the prestigious LGBTQ Film Festivals Frameline and Outfest.\u00a0 This platform also includes, to date, 265 LGBTQ documentaries in a collection called \u201cLGBTQ Stories.\u201d A handful of these focus on media representation, such as <em>Homo Promo: Vintage LGBT Movie Trailers, Lavendar Limelight: Spotlight on Lesbian Filmmakers,<\/em> and <em>A Bit of Scarlet: Gay Characters in Post- War British Cinema.\u00a0<\/em>Kanopy enables fast turn-around times for closed-captioning on demand for films not already captioned.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Kanopy streaming media. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/\">https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>NewFest,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newfest.org\/\">https:\/\/newfest.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The NYC-based Newfest organization has offered screenings of LGBTQ films and educational programs for young filmmakers in the NYC-area for thirty years, including the widely-known annual New York LGBT Film Festival.\u00a0 This festival was established in 1988, takes place each October in the NYC area, and is one of the most prestigious and comprehensive queer film festivals in the world. NewFest also sponsors queer cinema screenings year-round in the NYC area.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation:NewFest.<a href=\"https:\/\/newfest.org\/\"> Retrieved from https:\/\/newfest.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Outfest. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/\">https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Outfest is an advocacy organization established in 1982 by UCLA students with a mission of using cinematic storytelling to promote equality for sexual and gender minorities. In partnership with the UCLA Film &amp; Television Archive, the organization works to protect historic and archival LGBTQ films. The annual Outfest Film Festival showcases queer cinema from around the world.\u00a0 In addition to screenings, the organization offers mentoring programs for young filmmakers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Outfest. Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/\">https:\/\/www.outfest.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>The queer fantasies of the American family sitcom\u00a0<\/em>by Tison Pugh<\/h3>\n<p>This is an open access text (CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). In this work, Pugh, professor of English at the University of Central Florida, investigates heteronormative sitcoms such as \u201cLeave it to Beaver,\u201d and contemporary sitcoms featuring LGBTQ characters such as \u201cModern Family.\u201d He analyzes homophobia, the sexualization of girls, and gay stereotypes. This text is recommended for undergraduates through faculty in <em>CHOICE: Current reviews for academic libraries<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Pugh, T. (2017). <em>The queer fantasies of the American family sitcom<\/em>. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. \u00a0Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/doab?func=search&amp;uiLanguage=en&amp;template=&amp;query=The+queer+fantasies+of+the+American+family+sitcom\">https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/doab?func=search&amp;uiLanguage=en&amp;template=&amp;query=The+queer+fantasies+of+the+American+family+sitcom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>New queer cinema: The director\u2019s cut<\/em>\u00a0by B. Ruby Rich<\/h3>\n<p>Rich, Professor of Film and Digital Media and Director of the Social Documentation M.A. Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is a key scholar in the field of LGBTQ media criticism.\u00a0 She created the genre term \u201cNew Queer Cinema\u201d (NQC) in 1992 to describe the directions in which LGBTQ cinema was moving and how it differed from the past aesthetically and politically. This work provides access to many of her seminal, past publications, as well as to newer material. She covers LGBTQ film festivals, the landscape of queer cinema, and important contributors to the genre, including Todd Haynes, Derek Jarman, Julia\u0301n Herna\u0301ndez, and Ang Lee.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Rich, B. R. (2013).\u00a0 <em>New queer cinema: The director\u2019s cut.<\/em> Durham, NC: Duke University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Rowan Ellis,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rowanellis.com\/\">http:\/\/www.rowanellis.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Ellis is a YouTube UK Ambassador and a speaker and activist for women\u2019s and LGBTQ issues.\u00a0 Her YouTube videos offer analysis and criticism of popular culture and media from a feminist\/queer perspective.\u00a0 Ellis ranks #92 on Autostraddle\u2019s Top 100 List of LGBTQ YourTubers, and has over 12K subscribers. She is active on Twitter: @HeyRowanEllis<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation (specific video) Ellis, R. (year, month day).\u00a0<em>Title of Video\u00a0<\/em>[Video file].\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rowanellis.com\/\">Retrieved from <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCniXurp_3xcDh923eiqGX3w\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the movies <\/em>by Vito Russo<\/h3>\n<p>This is a classic work in LGBTQ film studies first published in 1981.\u00a0 Russo, a prominent LGBTQ activist and film historian, covers the visibility of LGBTQ characters and themes in Hollywood cinema from the silent era to the 1980s.\u00a0 In 1995, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman directed a now-classic documentary film of the same title based on his work. This documentary picks up where Russo left off and includes early-1990s films such as <em>Thelma and Louise.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Russo, V.\u00a0 (1987). <em>The celluloid closet: Homosexuality in the movies.<\/em> (rev. ed.) New York: Harper &amp; Row.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Queer cinema and visual culture\u00a0<\/em>by K.J. Surkan<\/h3>\n<p>This is an OER full course (CC Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike).\u00a0 This course includes readings, films, and assignments and provides historical analysis of post-World War II cinema through the lens of queer theory.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Surkan, K.J. (2017). <em>Queer cinema and visual culture.<\/em> MIT OpenCourseware.\u00a0 Retrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/womens-and-gender-studies\/wgs-181-queer-cinema-and-visual-culture-fall-2017\/\">https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/courses\/womens-and-gender-studies\/wgs-181-queer-cinema-and-visual-culture-fall-2017\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em>Critical media project: Media literacy and the politics of identity: Resources for educators,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/criticalmediaproject.org\/mission-statement\/\">http:\/\/criticalmediaproject.org\/mission-statement\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>This material was created by educators associated with the University of Southern California&#8217;s Annenberg School for Media and Communication, a leader in media education in the U.S. It is intended for use by students from age eight through high school. It includes an overview of LGBTQ representation in the media and a lesson plan with activities geared to teaching critical thinking and empathy, and there is a focus on teaching students to read media texts. Strengths of this resource are the inclusion of many media examples, from commercials to movies to TV series and news clips, and its all-in-one, Common Core-aligned format.\u00a0 The Critical Media Project is a free, online resource, but not openly-licensed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APA citation: Trope, A. &amp; Broad, G. 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