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>>GavCo+(OP)
I'm a gay man and I think we are going to far with this PC nonsense. I had a hard time growing up in the 90s knowing I was different and being tormented by my peers, so I'm happy to see gay "normalized" in current pop culture more because I think it teaches the younger generation to accept themselves and others. However I feel that it's going to far, for example I started reading a novel the other day but gave up a third of the way through because every character was some form of LGBT or interracial or something. It made the story seem fake and unrealistic. I think editing classic books is wrong even if it is covering up something like hate or bigotry. History forgotten is history bound to repeat itself.

>>double+ls1
Also a gay man & I disagree that we have "normalised" gay in current pop culture.

We really haven't. It used to be that gay characters were written as overly feminine, by straight writers bc we were being used as a joke. Actual gay writers in the industry now also write...exactly the same femmy characters into stuff (as someone working on theatre/media industry is quite likely to be a more fem gay).

What I want to see more of before I'm happy: young, interesting gay characters that demonstrate their love for one another without it being a Big Deal, that don't get killed off or only play a minor role.

Atm all the gay characters I see are: * Older men * All femmy, not just average dudes * Get killed off/removed from the story quite quickly * Are labelled as "gay character" but they aren't really shown being gay (making puppy dog eyes at cute guys, or having a boyfriend, etc).

Also lots of shows take shortcuts by having a lesbian character (which is also great to have), but gay men are still far less accepted by society/in media at this point. People would rather see two women kiss on screen than two men.