El Idioma de (In)Visibilidad:
Las Imágenes LGBT Latinas en las Noticias de Televisión y Prensa Impresa en Español
Por Horacio N. Roque Ramírez

En el primer estudio para analizar como la prensa en español presenta los grupos y las actividades de la gente LGBT, Horacio N. Roque Ramírez provee un análisis quantitativo y qualitativo de Canal 34 de Univisión y el diario La Opinión. Por añadidura, Ramírez ofrece un análisis de estudios culturales sobre las maneras en que la heteronormativitidad está implicado tipicamente en los noticiarios, y el provee de recommendaciones que se pueden considerar los professionales en la prensa a fín de dar de consideración completa a las representaciones LGBT más diversas. Algunos de los tópicos incluido en este repuerto son: representación de "transgender" en el noticiario especial Varones en Tacones; la frequencia de imágines de la película Frida durante los noticiarios; y el humor heterocentristico y como le encuentra usado en los noticiarios para proteger la masculinidad heterosexual. El repuerto examina La Opinión entre febrero 2002 hasta febrero 2003 y Canal 34 entre septiembre 2002 hasta febrero 2003.

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A Language of (In)Visibility:
Latina and Latino LGBT Images in Spanish-Language Television and Print Media
By Horacio N. Roque Ramírez

In the first study to analyze coverage of LGBT people, groups, and events in Spanish language news media Horacio N. Roque Ramírez provides quantitative and qualitative analysis of Univision's Channel 34 and the daily newspaper La Opinión. In addition, Ramírez offers a cultural studies analysis of the ways in which heteronormativity is typically implicated in news reports, and he provides recommendations that media professionals might consider in giving full consideration to more diverse LGBT representations. Some of the topics addressed in the report include: transgender representation in the special television news report Varones en Tacones; use of recurring images from the film Frida during news broadcasts; and heterocentrist humor and the ways in which it operated in news broadcasts to preserve male masculinity. The report covers La Opinión for 2002-February 2003 and Channel 34 for September 2002 through February 2003.

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Media Coverage of Lawrence v. Texas: An Analysis of Content, Tone, and Frames in National and Local News Reporting
By Donald P. Haider-Markel

During its 2002-2003 session, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Lawrence and Garner v. Texas. In issuing its decision, the Court overturned the Texas law and all state laws banning sodomy. In this study, Donald P. Haider-Markel examines media coverage of the case through analyzing state and national newspapers, national broadcast news, and LGBT publications. In the main portion of the study he offers a detailed analysis of the content of media coverage, an examination of differences and similarities between local and national coverage, an evaluation of LGBT media coverage, and an assessment of media bias. In order to account for the possible impact of other major newsworthy events in 2002-2003, Haider-Markel compares media coverage of Lawrence v. Texas to that given to three of the most significant LGBT-oriented cases heard since 1985. The study concludes with an analysis of the role that media frames played in coverage of Lawrence v. Texas. Written in an accessible style, the study will be of interest to journalists, producers, teachers, students, scholars of LGBT politics and media, legal analysts, and political activists.

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How Youth Media Can Help Combat Homophobia Among American Teenagers
By Rodger Streitmatter

Through analyzing lesbian and gay content in popular youth-oriented television programs and magazines, Rodger Streitmatter identifies the specific types of characters and storylines that are most successful in increasing what he defines as the "gay comfort level" among non-LGBT youth. Based on a combination of focus group and survey research, the report offers intriguing results regarding the ways adolescents are reacting to lesbian and gay characters in programs such as Dawson's Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Real World, and to LGBT people as depicted in magazines such as Seventeen and Teen People. Streitmatter provides not only compelling empirical evidence that will be of value to media professionals, scholars and students, but also an incisive argument about the influence of media on today's youth.

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"Business Not Politics": Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgender People and the Consumer Sphere
By Katherine Sender

Using a production-centered approach and a consideration of the relationship between consumption, cultural hierarchies, and identity, Katherine Sender offers the first detailed historical overview of the construction of the LGBT market. In doing so, she looks at how this market was actively produced, rather than "discovered," through advertising images, LGBT and mainstream media, marketing and popular press articles, market research, and corporate sponsorship. Throughout the study Sender discusses the tenuous role that LGBT marketing plays in advancing LGBT civil rights, and she analyzes the reasons mainstream and LGBT-directed advertising often offer limited representations of LGBT people and groups.

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Conditions of Represent-ability: Homosexuality on All My Children
By C. Lee Harrington

Conditions of Represent-ability is the first comprehensive study of lesbians and gays on daytime television ever conducted. Focusing on the "Bianca" storyline currently airing on All My Children, the project explores the question of whether lesbian or gay characters can be included long-term in the world of daytime soap operas. Topics covered in the report include: the history of homosexuality on daytime; challenges and opportunities for including lesbian and gay characters on soaps; analysis of the "Bianca" narrative from October 2000-September 2001; the long-term possibility of lesbians and gays on soaps; and response to the narrative from All My Children viewers and industry insiders, including daytime journalists, media scholars, and daytime actress Eden Riegel ("Bianca").

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Research Initiative on Will & Grace
By Van Cagle

The major purpose of the Will & Grace project was (and is) to further establish a broader academic presence in the area of lgbt-oriented television studies while also providing activists with pertinent scholarly insights into interrelated issues regarding visibility, representation, and contemporary television.

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