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Ryan Murphy Breaks Silence Over Netflix’s Decision to Remove Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’s LGBTQ+ Tag


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After the intense internet backlash, Ryan Murphy has broken his silence over Netflix's decision to remove the LGBTQ+ tag from the hit miniseries, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

The families of Dahmer's victims, even his father, Lionel Dahmer, and many others have complained about how the show handled a "delicate and traumatic subject." So, with the many disapprovals that Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has received, Netflix decided to remove the LGBTQ tag from the show, but Murphy didn't like it.

The Complaints about Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story's LGBTQ+ Representation

According to ScreenRant, some claimed that having the LGBTQ+ tag on the show wrongly connected queerness to the serial killer's appalling criminal activities instead of showing a positive representation of the community.

It has been known that LGBTQ+ people have been marginalized in the media since time immemorial, which adds more negativity to it.

Others also complained that the streaming giant seemed to disregard the fact that Dahmer committed a series of awful crimes against several gay community members, victimizing and sexually assaulting them.

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Ryan Murphy Addresses the LGBTQ+ Tag Removal

So, what could Murphy say about the LGBTQ+ tag removal? Clearly, he was disappointed.

In an interview with New York Times, via IndieWire, the famed producer was upset with Netflix after separating Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story from movies and other TV shows in the LGBTQ+ section.

"I also don't think that all gay stories have to be happy stories. There was a moment on Netflix where they removed the LGBTQ tag from 'Dahmer,' and I didn't like it and I asked why they did that, and they said because people were upset because it was an upsetting story," he said. "I was, like, 'Well, yeah.' But it was a story of a gay man and, more importantly, his gay victims."

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Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Failure to Approach Victims' Families

Netflix dropped Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story in September, and as soon as it hit the small screens, it started to be the talk of the town

Even Peters played the lead role of Dahmer, a pedophile, necrophiliac, and cannibal murderer who killed and dismembered 17 people over 13 years.

But along with its incredible fame, it also became a subject of criticism and backlash due to how it represented the victims' families without the production approaching them.

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The show claimed it intended to feature the point of view of Dahmer's victims. Netflix even said it would "give notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's victims a voice."

However, the victims' families said they weren't consulted about Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. They also questioned the need to feature another story about Dahmer, stressing it was only "digging up their trauma."

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