Media tropes, cinematic metaphors, or simply the common themes which we see across genres of entertainment have engineered the foundational societal understandings of how particular groups of people, genders, or general happenings are presented. The “Bury Your Gays” literary trope, which appeared in the late 19th century, has since entered popular social discussion resulting of the aggressive social outcry which followed the on screen death of popular The 100 character in 2016.

Senior Journalist David King takes up the mantle to combat misinformation and demonstrate the insidous undercurrents of transphobia, homophobia, and misogyny at work when these false narratives gain power in online spaces.