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Media is accessible amongst the general population, holding influences over us. Media has played a role in the way we view homosexuals as being “outsiders.” The film “Paris is Burning” accurately depicts defying the norms and shows the sense of community built that they are marginalized from. It defies the expectations placed on men being masculine and allows for the freedom of self-expression. The film touches on the fear homosexuals have for their “freakish differences” and its effects. It provides awareness of a marginalized community. The lack of representation is exemplified through the “gay plague.” HIV has been stereotypically linked to gay culture with mass media “blaming” the epidemic as a result of the sexual revolution. Larry Gross writes, “AIDS provided society and the media with a double-edged opportunity and challenge, the truly frightening specter of a deadly disease that could be associated with sexual permissiveness, showing up among a group the media have consiste...