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[arethinn]

From the jacket flap of Queer (In)justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States which I am just cataloging:

"...examination of queer experiences as 'suspects', defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes--like 'gleeful gay killers,' 'lethal lesbians,' 'disease spreaders,' and 'deceptive gender benders'--to illustrate the punishment of queer expression, regardless of whether a crime was ever committed."

I get "disease spreaders" and "deceptive gender benders" (sad as it is that people think this way). But I can't say I've heard of "gleeful gay killers" or "lethal lesbians" (?! sounds like some kind of B-movie).

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[feyandstrange]

Yeah, apparently since queer=something not right in the head, that means CRAZY and that means psychopathic killers. Remember when queers were murdering villains in pulp or movies? Okay, probably not, but they were.

[fenm.livejournal.com]

I've heard it as "Killer Queers and Deadly Dykes", but, yes the idea of gay people in the media as perpetrators of crime is a long and sad one. Either that or they die, or are killed, often because of their sexuality. Sadly, this is something a lot of police procedurals still do, with a vast majority of the queer characters being victims, perpetrators, or both.