10 - PDHPE - Media Portrayal of Sexuality: News articles and websites

Australia has made a lot of progress in tackling mental illness, but LGBT Australians will continue to be left behind until we rid society of homophobia.

Fictional LGBT characters have become more common in movies, TV, and more as the LGBT community has gained wider visibility.

Science fiction films of the 1980s, including The Terminator and RoboCop, seem to foreground hypermasculinity as a new ideal of masculinity, relying on the display and promotion of muscular white male bodies. However, the films also highlight the negative aspects of hypermasculinity.

The characterisation of Joel in 'The Last of Us' marks a change in how video games view masculinity - the game doesn't champion archetypal maleness, it shows it for what it is: selfish and meat-headed.

Disney has been fiercely criticised for creating a "glammed-up" version of Princess Merida from the Pixar fantasy fairytale Brave for a new toy line.

Hollywood may be harming understanding of the LGBT community

"When you watch The Bachelor and you see dozens of women throwing themselves at one man in the name of love, what is the public supposed to take away from that?"