Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-43643973-20191102215344/@comment-43788761-20191215212208

Ok but like I'm not sure you get how much it hurts that an INTEGRAL part of who we are you just... hate? And how yes, we become very excited when we're represented, because something YOU take for granted is still something rare and special. I literally shed a tear when I saw the casual gay couple in Dragon Prince. Just there. Nobody drawing attention to it any more than they would to a hetero couple.

And like, yeah, it sucks you get shunned sometimes for something that's part of you. But I mean... welcome to the club?

"I never see straight ANYTHING in the media" is just... so false that I had to read it twice. There were twice as many hetero couples in Dragon Prince. Pick any show, and there's almost a guarantee that heterosexual couples outnumber gay or poly coupled by 2 to 1.

Some small bits: Nobody's forcing you to be gay, or overtly be supportive. We're giving exposure to a marginalized part of the human population. Hate us? Cool, but there's no need to TELL us straight-up (no pun intended). You can just say, 'hey so im kinda homophobic so just be aware', and most of us will just nod and move on. Tl;dr casual expression of healthy relationships of ALL sorts is good for us as a whole. Casual intolerance isn't. Thanks for coming to my TED talk-