Queer Theory looks at how there is the idea that all writers and characters are heterosexual and how this is considered part of the notion that heteronormativity is the norm. 

QUESTIONS THAT THE THEORY ASKS:

• How is gayness in a text represented?
• What are some issues of how masculinity and femininity are performed in text?
• How is the term lesbian feminism inaccurate and perpetuating patriarchy?
• How does Heterocentrism play a role in Queer Theory?

These questions are important in understanding Queer Theory and how is exposes the default assumption that all writers and characters are heterosexual. There are many things on the spectrum when it comes to sexuality and society is ingrained to view things as the default assumption. However, with the push for more representation in text, film, and TV, Queer Theory fights for representation, and questions anything that goes against it. Looking at how gayness is represented is important because it can either be depicted like regular relations in texts as part of how they would be depicted in heterosexual relations, or they can be overtly sexualized. How gayness is represented definitely has an affect on how it is viewed be that in text or in media.  Looking at some issues of masculinity and femininity in terms of how they are performed in text, means that the reader can be aware of some of the stereotypes perpetuated by this. Does femininity in the text equate to weakness, or is it displaying strength in the character? Is masculinity in the text and how it is performed, focusing on negative traits such as manipulation, and anger, or is it asserting a more positive type of strength as well as an understanding? Looking at how the term lesbian feminism can affect an entire view of the text is important because with looking at it one can break down stereotypes connected with it.  With questioning hetero-centrism, audiences are able to address blatant homophobic tendencies, underlying or overt in the text and how they take away from the narrative, causing there to be a negative view of whatever the author is trying to accomplish. To use an example, the film Blue is the Warmest Color, is an indie film that depicts a same sex love between two women, however it is directed by a man, and plays into the erotic fantasy of two women having relations,  this erotic fantasy takes away from the film as it can be seen as making fun of or adding to the hetero centrism agenda.