Something Queer Here

In Doty's chapter, Something Queer Here, he starts off by talking about audience reception in mass culture. He describes audiences as "already acknowledged to be fragmented, polymorphous, contradictory, and 'nomadic' whether in the form of individual or group subjects." (Doty, page 1) He goes on to say that in order to analyze audience receptions they need to focus "upon the dense patterns and practices of daily life and way in which the media are integrated and implicated within it, rather than starting with already established audience categories." (Doty, page 2) This is when Doty introduces the term "queer". When using this term Doty is referring to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender. I actually thought of this word choice to be a little confusing because when I think or hear the queer I think of something being odd, and I don't necessarily agree with it being used to label someone based on their gender preferences.
I think that one of his main points in this article is that despite whether we are straight or "queer", "the intense tensions and pleasures generated by the woman-woman and man-man aspects within the narratives of the former group of films create a space of sexual instability that already queerly positioned viewers can connect with in various ways, and within which straights might be likely to recognize and express their queer impulses." (Doty, page 9)
In more traditional media, "queerness" was present but it was hidden by values of that time. Nowadays, "queerness" in media is more straightforward and in the open. Examples in media today would be shows like Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, The Fosters, Chicago Fire, Revenge, Glee, and several more.