In today's class we talked more about GLBT characters and how they're portrayed on television. As they first began to appear on television they were portrayed mostly negatively. Now years later they've been portrayed more positively. Television series have begun to show more GLBT characters and one series has decided to scramble up the gender norms completely.
The new series House of Lies has introduced a rare character. His name is Roscoe Kaan. He is young boy on the brink of puberty and he is very sure of who he is. He doesn't follow the regular gender norms at all. In many episodes he can be seen wearing what would be considered girls clothes, and rocking a unique style of accessories better than some women. While being very out going Roscoe begins to question his sexuality. He even asks his dad if it's okay that he likes girls and boys in one episode. The show takes an interesting look at what life could be like for a young boy who doesn't follow the generic "young boy" stereotype. In one episode his school charges him with sexual harassment after a little boy tells them that Roscoe kissed him. This doesn't phase Roscoe's sexuality at all, because he knows the boy was the one to initiate the kiss. It's very interesting how such a young character is portrayed as having so much confidence in himself. In the first episode Roscoe tries out for the roll of Sandy in the musical Grease. While the series has only been on for 10 episodes, they have done a great job establishing a very interesting and entertaining GLBT character. While he is used to show the more soft side of his extremely heterosexual father, if given the chance I'm sure the series will take it's audience on a roller coaster of an adventure with Roscoe's gender.
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