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‘Doctor Who’ accused of homophobia for killing off gay character in seconds
Some fans accuse of the show of ‘bury your gays’ trope
“Doctor Who” was blasted for its New Year’s Eve special for killing off a gay character that only had seconds of screen time.
The scene was between a
“Today, just me. Most secure digits in Yorkshire. That’s what I tell my boyfriend, anyway. I probably shouldn’t be telling you that, I’m new at this,” he replies.
The scene cuts to the woman dragging the guard’s dead body across the floor. Some fans accused the sci-fi series of using the “bury your gays” trope.
How long did it take to kill off the token gay character?
— Rainbo ?️? (@RainboPress) January 1, 2019
This is not okay. #DoctorWho #BuryYourGays @DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/ETJTS8p2m5
uuuuugh Chibnal gives us a gay character in Doctor Who and then instantly falls into the bury your gays trope ? #dwspoilers
— Don Bowker (@HipsterBrig) January 1, 2019
As much as I enjoyed the #DoctorWho special, I hate that this is the third time this season it’s used the Bury Your Gays trope, which also happens to be the amount of gay characters introduced this season! Stop it!
— George Ray (@GrayquaziumZ) January 1, 2019
Starting 2019 off with the Bury Your Gays trope is not how I wanted this year to start, thanks #DoctorWho
— fuck you goat man!! (@bearstellation) January 1, 2019
Meanwhile, other fans didn’t think the character’s death was homophobic but simply the nature of the show.
People are going on at that gay character as an example of bury your gays and it’s really not. Loads of characters got killed very quickly and the death had nothing to do with the guy’s orientation and everything to do with him being a security guard? #DoctorWho
— Alexander (@1029Alexander) January 2, 2019
I must confess to being a bit unsure what the apparent problem is with his death tbh
— Harry Samuels (@hnjsamuels) January 2, 2019
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