{"id":79818,"date":"2022-09-27T17:18:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-drops-lgbtq-tag-on-jeffrey-dahmer-series\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:18:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:18:58","slug":"netflix-drops-lgbtq-tag-on-jeffrey-dahmer-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-drops-lgbtq-tag-on-jeffrey-dahmer-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix drops LGBTQ tag on Jeffrey Dahmer series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Netflix is \u200b\u200bno longer using the LGBTQ tag on its controversial series about deranged serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer following a furious backlash.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service has not given an official reason for dropping the tag on \u201cMonster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,\u201d in which Evan Peters plays the late Milwaukee cannibal who murdered and chopped up 17 men.<\/p>\n<p>However, it followed several days&#8217; worth of outrage online by disgusted viewers, many of whom tagged Netflix in their attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy the f\u2013k did Netflix tag the Jeffrey Dahmer documentary LGBTQ?\u201d  one person said on TikTok alongside images showing the old tag alongside others for \u201cominous,\u201d \u201cpsychological\u201d and &#8216;\u201dhorror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I know it&#8217;s technically true, but this is not the representation we&#8217;re looking for,\u201d the viewer, under the name Lizthelezbo, added in the now-viral post.<\/p>\n<p>Others shared screenshots on Twitter, saying the series \u2014 which has outraged relatives of some of Dahmer&#8217;s victims \u2014 was flagged as of particular interest to gay, lesbian and trans viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine clicking on the &#8216;LGBTQ&#8217; category and this is what you get,\u201d one<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Q_Review\/status\/1572716269253677056\" target=\"_blank\"> person wrote <\/a>of the chilling image of Peters as the cannibal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Someone else called it \u201cso f\u2014ed\u201d to be marketing the series that way.  \u201cWe do not claim him !!!  sick f\u2013k.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcwexlercoded\/status\/1572717251354296321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1572717251354296321%7Ctwgr%5Ed681bb6f2e1796408198d64fb13ab4a5a6b40618%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinknews.co.uk%2F2022%2F09%2F23%2Fnetflix-monster-jeffrey-dahmer-lgbtq-tag%2F\" target=\"_blank\">critic wrote<\/a>: \u201cIF YOU TOLD ME NETFLIX WAS PUTTING A JEFFREY DAHMER BIOPIC IN THE LGBT SECTION I WOULD LITERALLY LAUGH AT YOU WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE IN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was outraged, however, with others suggesting that a key theme highlighted by the true-crime series was how homophobia may have played a part in cops failing to investigate Dahmer sooner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dahmer case is a huge part of LGBTQ history, it&#8217;s important people know he got away with so much,\u201d one person said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Netflix is \u200b\u200bno longer tagging its series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as being LGBTQ.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Netflix<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another TikTok calling herself a \u201cbi nurse\u201d said: \u201cI mean, it is something that greatly impacted the lgbtq community, right?  Educational purposes?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another person stressed that the show \u201calso tells the stories of some of the men who lost their lives, as well as representation of their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix is \u200b\u200bno longer using the LGBTQ tag on its controversial series about deranged serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer following a furious backlash. The streaming service has not given an official reason for dropping the tag on \u201cMonster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,\u201d in which Evan Peters plays the late Milwaukee cannibal who murdered and chopped up &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-drops-lgbtq-tag-on-jeffrey-dahmer-series\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix drops LGBTQ tag on Jeffrey Dahmer series<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[26980,25735,25725,3562,1441,46,26762],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":81247,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/netflix-removes-lgbtq-tag-from-its-jeffrey-dahmer-series-following-backlash-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":79818,"position":0},"title":"Netflix Removes LGBTQ Tag From Its Jeffrey Dahmer Series Following Backlash \u2013 Deadline","date":"September 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Netflix has made the decision to drop the LGBTQ tag from Dahmer \u2014 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story after experiencing backlash from viewers. 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