Final Project Proposal

I want to critique the lack of visibility and current portrayal of lesbian/bisexual characters on primetime television. There are few bisexual characters and even fewer lesbians, but those that do exist seem to meet with overall implausible storylines. As soon as Willow and Tara finally got together for sure on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tara died. After Callie told Erica that she really did want to be her on Grey’s Anatomy (after cheating on her with a man), Erica (who had only come out in the previous episode) picked a silly fight with her and walked off into the parking lot, never to return again. Bisexual character Thirteen on House only has sex with women when she’s feeling self-destructive due to her Huntington’s disease diagnosis; otherwise, she’s with men. Bones creator Hart Hanson has called Angela’s relationship with Roxie a “bump in the road” and on Nip/Tuck Olivia died and lesbian character Liz slept with her male colleague.