Queerbaiting

Queerbaiting and the fight for queer rights

By: Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor Queerbaiting is when a show leaves a character’s sexuality ambiguous while implying the possibility of non-heterosexual relationships or attraction, without ever confirming or denying it. It’s easy to speculate it as a marketing strategy to appeal to the LGBTQIA2S+ community without the possible repercussions of a more conservative audience. The term queerbaiting, at its core, used to only refer to fictional characters, but as of late, some have broadened it to include real people. Billie Eilish was accused of queerbaiting back in 2021 after releasing the video for her song “Lost Cause” and posting…

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