Power Queer
The Power Queer is the newest need in television and film. This is a character that started becoming more common in the late 2010s when producers and writers started to realize it was no longer okay for gay male characters to either be "best friend" screaming queens with no real personality except for being gay with no love interest or they were stoic (humourless) with a whisper of a love interest who then dies or gets murdered. A Power Queer is a high-status queer character, usually gay, a fully developed character, self-possessed, and who functionally moves the story along - either a person in charge or a personality who has the power to move and/or change the plot. And "being gay" is not their only character trait. They can have campiness in their toolbox, but that is not what defines them. They are not the butt of jokes, and they don't need to die to be humanized
The Power Queer is the newest need in television and film. This is a character that started becoming more common in the late 2010s when producers and writers started to realize it was no longer okay for gay male characters to either be "best friend" screaming queens with no real personality except for being gay with no love interest or they were stoic (humourless) with a whisper of a love interest who then dies or gets murdered. A Power Queer is a high-status queer character, usually gay, a fully developed character, self-possessed, and who functionally moves the story along - either a person in charge or a personality who has the power to move and/or change the plot. And "being gay" is not their only character trait. They can have campiness in their toolbox, but that is not what defines them. They are not the butt of jokes, and they don't need to die to be humanized
Thom Allison, a veteran actor who plays Sheyonce, the bar owner, opposite Alexandra Billings, in the feature film QUEEN TUT, says, "Being sought out for the role of Sheyonce is a testament to being in the business for a long time and the kind of characters I have played. My partner, Micah Barnes, and I call this category the ‘Power Queer’ ."
by Roundstone February 7, 2023
Get the Power Queer mug.by Anthony Cornado January 14, 2005
Get the queer burger mug.Probably a male homosexual, but not necessarily. A queer-bait is someone who is always on homosexuals' "GAYDAR".
by Brent October 19, 2003
Get the queer-bait mug.Go fuck yourself, queer-bait!
by EricCartman August 27, 2007
Get the Queer-bait mug.by LETS GO PIT! September 5, 2011
Get the Mountain Queers mug.Queer cleansing is making a character in film, video games, books, or comics gay for no reason other than to appeal to the critics and liberal audience.
by @#$%%$#@#$ June 11, 2018
Get the Queer Cleansing mug.by Anonymous March 9, 2003
Get the Super queer mug.