A brief review of the Pose (netflix-series) and LGBT literature

Year 2021, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 19 - 29, 15.06.2020

Fadime Tuba Polat

Abstract

The aim of this study is to make the LGBT individuals visible along with their love, families and experiences by examining this series narrated from the perspective of the eighties and nineties. The Pose is a true story exposing the social exclusion of LGBT people living in New York of the late eighties and early nineties, and their struggle to hold on to life. In this study, the social exclusion practices that LGBT individuals encounters in daily life, their struggle to survive, what type of a family they become while trying to exist, the ballrooms and the ball culture which are the only places they are accepted in social life have been analyzed from the view of sociological and psychological literature referring to the plotline of the series. Based on the stories of the characters presented, such concepts as social norms, exclusions, gender identities, sexual orientations and homophobia are addressed. At the end of the study, in order for LGBT individuals to cope with homophobia – social exclusion, to hold on to life and to realize themselves, an effective, open to communication and balanced family structure where the gender identity, sexual orientation and social development of the family members are supported is necessary as Virginia Satir states in her theory.

Keywords

gender indentity, sexsual orientation, LGBT, transsexsual, gay, lesbian, social exclusion, homophobi

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