Horrors Persisting: Discussions on Queer Identities in the Horror Genre
WELCOME FOOLISH MORTALS!!!!!! Friends, we are SO excited to announce our partnership with Transplaining for a virtual Halloween lecture series! Starting next week, we'll be coming live from our haunted house to yours with a series of three spine-chilling talks dedicated to queer themes and artists in the horror genre. (NOTE- all lectures will be recorded, so if you buy a ticket but can't join us in real-time, you can always watch later.) Throughout history, there has always been a link between the supernatural, the otherworldly, and queer identities. Historically this has led to thinly veiled references to LGBTQ+ identities in the monsters and villains of many stories. In today’s world, LGBTQ+ content in stories has taken on a new label of “villainous”; that of the “forced inclusion”, of “everything is gay nowadays.” We at the Virtual Queer Library reject both of those narratives; that of LGBTQ+ characters as perpetual villains and as queer representation being a new, fr