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Move Discussion

I was wondering if "Gay Media" could be changed to "LGBTQ+/LGBT Media". The article itself covers more than just gay media, so a broader term would indicate that. I'm not sure how to do it myself, though. Amethystloucks (talk) 18:33, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, I think it could be changed to LGBT media, while keeping "Gay media" as a redirect. Only one of the sources I can access, Gross's Up from Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America mentions "gay media" as a term, and even then, it refers to its use in the 1970s and 1990s. On the other hand, I'd even say this page should be merged into Media portrayal of LGBT people, as it is more than just gay characters and media.

That's a good idea. I'm not sure how to merge, either - is there someone who could do that for us? Amethystloucks (talk) 19:57, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Amethystloucks: Thanks to those who proposed this. There being no disagreement over the past 3 years, and with my concurrence, I have performed the move and the article is now 'LGBT+ media'. The term 'gay' generally applies only to homosexual men. Per this Talk, LGBT is now the accepted generic initalism. I have pre-emptively added + to avoid a battle over whether to add Q and the litany of other initials Chrisdevelop (talk) 20:38, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Follow up to this as it appears that there wasn't any contention. Per the recent move discussion, the main article has now moved from LGBT to LGBTQ following the data, so I WP:BOLDly moved this page to follow this to LGBTQ+ media (keeping the plus you had already added in March, but expanding with the Q explicitly since it was already discussed in the article anyway). Raladic (talk) 21:33, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Opinions on this article?

Hello all, This article was pretty bad. I fixed it up today a little bit but I think that it could still use some better sources (page numbers would be nice and not just a bunch of urls to search terms in books lol) and a heavy addition of content about places that are not the US.

Barring that, what are the community's thoughts on having this article? In my opinion, it might be better being merged to somewhere like LGBTQ culture, but I don't feel too strongly either way. If someone is interested in helping to make it up to snuff here, that would also be great.

Share your thoughts below, I'm curious to see what everyone has to say.

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | 04:04, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, that wouldn't be a bad idea for what to merge this into as this page, I agree is pretty bad, still... Historyday01 (talk) 16:39, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Navbox question

Hello,

I am thinking of adding all the See Also links to a navbox to shorten the section. However, I was debating with myself which navbox to merge it into, and waned to brign it to the community for consensus. On the one hand, I could change the Template:LGBTQ fiction navbox to include the links. On the other hand, I could make a new navbox focused more on LGBTQ+ media itself. What do we all think?

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 10:43, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed it, check out the new version at Template:LGBTQ+ media. :)

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 11:03, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge discussion started

Here: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studies#Merge suggestion/advice. Provide comments if willing.

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 10:49, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Refocusing scope of article

Based on the comments for the merge proposal (see discussion at link above), multiple users have suggested we keep this article, with a tighter focus on media created by and for LGBTQ people, with representation in wider/commercial media being moved to a separate page.

If there are no objections, I am willing to begin revising the article with this in mind. This would include cutting down the lead to focus on the community aspect, rather than discussion of representation, and moving the discussion of legal restrictions in the U.S. section over to Media portrayal of LGBTQ people, if the info is not already there.

I'm thinking further expansion of the article could include LGBTQ-produced books, pamphlets/zines, magazines/newspapers (we have multiple articles in relevant categories), films/short films, and podcasts. ForsythiaJo (talk) 15:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like a swell idea to me! Historyday01 (talk) 22:34, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I love that idea, @ForsythiaJo! Thanks for all the work you've done already to improve the article.

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 15:45, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]