All Posts Tagged as 'Voyeur'
Welcome to Errattic! We encourage you to customize the type of information you see here by clicking the Preferences link on the top of this page.
The rise of the gay killer: Why pop culture is suddenly thirsty for queer blood
As the world becomes more and more of a nightmare, with an impending climate catastrophe and negative news arriving via push notification every other hour, people have turned to an unorthodox escape method: true-crime stories.
But in a noticeable shift from normal proceedings, true crime shows are now reintroducing us to a particularly deadly protagonist: the gay serial killer. Ryan Murphy’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace followed gay serial killer Andrew Cunanan as he pursued fame, love and money, killing anyone who crossed his path. Netflix docu-series Don’t F**k With Cats gave viewers an insight into the twisted mind of Canadian murderer Luka Magnotta. Later this year, The Barking Murders, a three-part drama starring Sheridan Smith and Stephen Merchant, will explore the crimes of the so-called "Grindr killer" Stephen Port, who murdered at least four men.
Tentative queer readings of murderous protagonists in films from decades gone by, such as We Need to Talk About Kevin, Kill Bill and several Bond villains who have flirted with homoeroticism (the most brazen example being Javier Bardem in Skyfall), have opened the door to the killers of today who are explicitly and unavoidably gay. The renewed interest in gay killers can be seen as a continuation of pop culture’s preoccupation with “gay death” – it’s just now we’re doing the killing as well as being killed.
“Gay people secretly wish for their own destruction. Whereas straight people secretly envy the unhinged libidinal urge of queer life.”
The rise of the gay killer
‘No evidence to suggest’ TikTok star accused of murdering therapist was victim’s patient
Call Me - Micah McLaurin
Bator Beat
First Date
Gay man attacked during Palm Springs dating app hookup
Snell, going in and out of consciousness for the next few hours, was raped, burned, beaten, bitten, and kicked by his attacker.
Gay man attacked
Traveler wakes up to find night manager 'sucking' on his toes
Man arrested in sexual assault of gay man
More victims come forward...
Gay Man Brutally Stabbed to Death on New York Subway
Man Beats 21-Year-Old New Yorker
Gay Soweto man beaten and robbed by 'Grindr Gang'
County killing was set up on gay hookup app
Gay teacher took his own life after obsessed stalker 'terrorised' him
Sextortion of gay men through dating apps
Wicked
Birds
Touche
Notice Me
Cumalot 3
Where's Lois? 30-Jun-2023
Face Watch