{"id":1722107,"date":"2022-11-02T17:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722107"},"modified":"2022-11-02T17:03:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:03:58","slug":"dahmer-series-creator-says-he-was-upset-over-lgbtq-tag-removal-says-its-a-story-about-gay-man-and-his-gay-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dahmer-series-creator-says-he-was-upset-over-lgbtq-tag-removal-says-its-a-story-about-gay-man-and-his-gay-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dahmer\u2019 Series Creator Says He Was Upset Over LGBTQ Tag Removal, Says It\u2019s A Story About \u2018Gay Man\u2019 And \u2018His Gay Victims\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdahmer-series-creator-says-he-was-upset-over-lgbtq-tag-removal-says-its-a-story-about-gay-man-and-his-gay-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1722107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ryan Murphy, the man who created the hit Netflix series about serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, said he was upset when the platform removed the LGBTQ tag from the story about a \u201cgay man\u201d and \u201chis gay victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a recent lengthy interview for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/29\/style\/ryan-murphy-netflix-horror.html\">The New York Times<\/a>, Murphy said not all \u201cgay stories\u201d have to be happy and admitted he wasn\u2019t pleased when the streaming site removed the LGBTQ tag from \u201cMonster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story\u201d\u00a0because \u201cpeople were upset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rule of my career has been: The more specific you are, the more universal you can become,\u201d Murphy explained. \u201cI also don\u2019t think that all gay stories have to be happy stories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a moment on Netflix where they removed the L.G.B.T.Q. tag from \u2018Dahmer,\u2019 and I didn\u2019t like it and I asked why they did that and they said because people were upset because it was an upsetting story,\u201d the series creator added. \u201cI was, like, \u2018Well, yeah.\u2019 But it was a story of a gay man and more importantly, his gay victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ryan Murphy slams Netflix for making &#8216;Dahmer&#8217; less gay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSygmgOiey\">https:\/\/t.co\/kSygmgOiey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yHYL4xphoi\">pic.twitter.com\/yHYL4xphoi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1587855998236114945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Murphy also responded to reports that the show was \u201cexploiting\u201d trauma suffered by the \u201cvictims\u2019 families,\u201d as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-cruel-victims-family-member-not-happy-about-new-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story-documentary\">The Daily Wire<\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>The series creator said he did the story to shed light on the racism and homophobia in the case that were pervasive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the biggest thing I\u2019ve ever seen that really sort of examines how easy it is to get away with things with the white privilege aspects,\u201d Murphy shared. \u00a0\u201cWhat are the rules now? Should we never do a movie about a tyrant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor who secured Dahmer\u2019s conviction, former Milwaukee County District Attorney Michael McCann, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dahmer-prosecutor-blows-up-netflix-narrative-claiming-cops-ignored-black-gay-victims\">disputed this claim<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion that MPD officers turned a blind eye to Dahmer\u2019s victims because of their race or sexual orientation is ludicrous, despite what \u2018Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story\u2019 portrays,\u201d McCann reportedly shared.<\/p>\n<p>The series focuses on serial killer, Dahmer, played by actor Evan Peters. Dahmer murdered 17 people from the 70s until the early 90s, as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/its-cruel-victims-family-member-not-happy-about-new-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story-documentary\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/like-bone-to-marrow-actor-stayed-in-character-for-jeffrey-dahmer-role-for-months-he-says\">\u2018Like Bone To Marrow\u2019: Actor Stayed In Character For Jeffrey Dahmer Role For Months, He\u00a0Says<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Murphy, the man who created the hit Netflix series about serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, said he was upset when the platform removed the LGBTQ tag from the story about a \u201cgay man\u201d and \u201chis gay victims.\u201d In a recent lengthy interview for The New York Times, Murphy said not all \u201cgay stories\u201d have to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1626809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1722107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1722107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1722107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1626809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1722107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1722107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1722107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}