A Gay a Day: LGBTQ Art and Entertainment Saves Lives. Let’s Promote It.

LGBTQ Art and Entertainment Saves Lives.

During Pride Month, Let’s Promote the Hell Out of It.

Hashtags: #agayaday and #pridemonth

Lesbian Jesus, Haley Kiyoko

All over the world, LGBTQ people are treated as second class citizens at best, and as criminals at worst. Gay relationships are criminalized in 72 different countries, with some penalties including death. 

Even in “enlightened” communities, LGBTQ people and relationships are marginalized and treated as less than or just gross. ‘Gay’ is used as an insult.  A same sex kiss on TV is considered more scandalous than an opposite sex kiss. LGBTQ fans who ‘ship same sex TV characters together are often mocked and silenced. There are literal entire political movements dedicated to ensuring the continued second class legal status of LGBTQ relationships. Young people grow up hearing these anti-gay messages all day every day. This literal constant onslaught of dehumanizing and debasing treatment can cause depression and even suicide. LGBTQ youth across the country are isolated and suffer in silence.

So LBGTQ youth need solidarity and the world needs changing.

Nomi Marks, explaining how this has got to work, Sense8

One of the most powerful, miraculous, methods of bringing solidarity and strength to LGBTQ people everywhere is art and entertainment. And in the process of helping LGBTQ youth, LGBTQ art also changes the world by humanizing LGBTQ people to the larger population. In sum, we should be supporting it. We should be supporting each other.

Lito and Nando, Sense8. I want my own cluster, damnit.

Tweet/insta/fb/whatevers one recommendation for LGBTQ positive art/entertainment per day during pride month June 2018 -- TV, comics, books, art prints, podcasts, movies, youtubers, anything!!! Let’s vote with our money for art by LGBTQ folks, and/or art with positive LGBTQ representation.

Hai Nichole. (Nicole Haught and Waverly Earp, Wynonna Earp)

Have fun promoting your underrated LGBTQ faves, you'll make Captain Holt so proud.

Captain Raymond Holt, Brooklyn 99

Use hashtags #pridemonth and #agayaday

See you on social media, y'all.

Anissa Pierce and Chenoa, Black Lightning *fans self