In terms of gay icons, he said, the community has adopted plenty of people who weren’t openly gay or gay at all. Michael Bronski is the author of several books about LGBTQ culture and history, including “A Queer History of the United States” and “Culture Clash: The Making of Gay Sensibility.” He’s also a professor in the studies of women, gender and sexuality department at Harvard. “There are ways to read into the character itself and the structure of how this ostensibly monstrous thing becomes incorporated ultimately into a family.” “So many LGBT people have been barred from seeing themselves represented in popular culture, so we’ve had to project ourselves into so many of these figures,” Tongson said. But historically, fictional characters haven’t needed to say “I am gay” out loud to be read as gay or to become gay icons. He never displays physical attraction to another person. Naturally, there are counter-arguments: The Babadook never says he’s gay. “For many LGBT people, that’s what it feels like to be in your own families sometimes,” Tongson said. The family is afraid of what he is, but finds a way to accept him over time. He exists in a half-acknowledged state by the other people in his house. Instead of living in a proverbial closet, he lives in a literal basement. The Babadook is creative (remember the pop-up book) and a distinctive dresser.
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