http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/was_buffalo_bill_transgender_or_gay.phpWas Buffalo Bill transgender or gay?
Filed by: Bil Browning
March 10, 2008 2:00 PM
[EDITOR'S NOTE:] When we launched Bilerico-Indiana, I took the archives for old contributors that weren't on the Project and moved them there. Since B-I looks similar to the Bilerico Project, I can see which posts are still popular. Nick Clarkson's post about Silence of the Lambs silence_lambs_06.jpgcontinues to draw readers and since it isn't Indiana specific, I thought I'd lift it to crosspost here on the Project.
Jonathan Demme's 1991 Silence of the Lambs caused an uproar among gay and lesbian activists. GLAAD, for example, put out a press release condemning the film for its homophobic representation. Richard Jennings, executive director at the time of GLAAD said Jonathan Demme had "insisted in several interviews that the serial killer was not 'intended' to be a gay man.
