Some articles on the character Tara's death on Buffy (and the portrayal of gay characters on TV).

"When Mr. Ellis writes (in response to the death of Willow's lover, Tara) "Someone needs to grow a thicker skin if the death of a TV character causes 'outrage' and 'betrayal,'" he provides an example of just how much we who are members of the country's heterosexual majority take seeing ourselves on TV for granted. It's something that happens so routinely that many of us don't even feel like it's important. That's not the way things are for the people who are marginalized in our society, though.
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