• Thteven@lemmy.world
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      I think it’s about half-assed gay representation. Like they just slap “gay” on a character and that’s their entire personality. Is that what you mean about checklist diversity?

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        I get why people are critical of rainbow washing but when the fake support disappeared after Trump was elected it was really scary to see how fragile the movement is. So personally, I’ll take someone trying and failing at representation over nothing.

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          so you’d rather be lied to and told everything is “o-gay” instead of them showing who they really are and you get to choose who you support?

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    dude… I fuckin hate this shit.

    for the past decade when I called it out I got called homophobic.

    fuck the haters. if you’re going to bother mentioning the character is gay you better damn well show it and not just fucking use it as a cheap plot device.

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      Well, be careful what you ask for, because some dumb execs will take “show it” as, “make this character the biggest gay cliche that ever existed”, which … is harmful representation I’d say.