Today we are tackling queerbaiting. For those that don't know what queerbaiting is , Queerbaiting is a marketing ploy" that nods at queerness but never actually delivers queerness. Most notably, the practice happens in television shows. But it can also happen in movies, music, books, and just about any other form of media. Through plots, characters, imagery, lyrics, social media posts, and interview answers, a director, author, writer, or producer will draw in LGBTQ+ audiences with the promise that there's going to be positive queer representation (the bait), but then that representation is never fulfilled.
