Queer gaze
Queer gaze is a term used in film and media that describes an interpretive perspective in visual arts and criticism that centers on the perspectives of LGBTQ+ people.
Background
[edit]It builds on earlier concepts like the male gaze and female gaze.[1] Gaze theory analyzes the relationships between the observer and the observed.[2] Eliza McDonough argues this is disrupting the male gaze.[3] This gaze builds upon the earlier gazes by moving beyond and changing the view perspective, which increases media representation while including previously marginalized groups.[4]
Etymology
[edit]Usage of this term dates back to at least 2003 when it was used in the title of a thesis The Queer Gaze by Tim Wray.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Moss, Molly (April 3, 2019). "Thoughts on a Queer Gaze". 3:am Magazine. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
- ↑ Watts, Linda S. "Gaze Theory". The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. doi:10.4135/9781483375519.n263. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ↑ McDonough, Eliza (2020). "Radical Queer Gazes : How lesbian and nonbinary contemporary photographers are destabilizing the male gaze". Sotheby's Institute of Art. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
- ↑ "A Gaze into Gender". Shorthand Stories. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
- ↑ Wray, Tim (2003). "The Queer Gaze" (PDF). University of Weimar. Retrieved January 6, 2026.