title: Killer Queens: screen representations of the gay psychopath.
abstract: Killer Queen is a well-known term with a developing definition. Over the last century attitudes have changed considerably towards both homosexuality and mental illness but in rather different ways. In exploring the depiction of this characterization in film and how it has evolved, consideration is given to whether or which of these changes might be responsible.
authors.affiliation: King's College, London, UK. daniel.hanlon@physics.org
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hanlon
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009040:Motion Pictures / Q000266:history; D011639:Public Opinion; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping