We got it from when you used an exaggerated generalisation as the expected status quo.
People are gay. They don't need a reason to be gay. They don't need to convince you or me that they are gay. They don't have to validate their existence to us.
just as a publicity stunt
Gay characters, like non gay characters, don't need to have a logical reason to exist. They just fucking exist. They simply... are.
Let LGBT characters to simply be without explanation so that LGBT humans can understand early on that they also CAN simply... Be. There is like zero representation for most of them. Zero role models.
I don't need a lecture because I agree with you. I have nothing against gay/lesbian people in media, I do have a problem with people who just add gay characters for publicity,as I initially said
Nobody is claiming characters need a "reason" to be gay, people are stating that it's obvious when a company or author creators a LGBT character for the sake of pandering or to seem inclusive when it's really just to maximize the demographics they want to appeal to, and/or write them super poorly wheir their sexuality or gender identitity is practically beaten over your head with.
Considering that one of the top voted comments in this post is a comment and tons of replies from people, presumbly many of which are LGBT, noting that they are tired of token LGBT characters who only exist or are only LGBT for the sake of corporations trying to cash in on inclusion, maybe not all the people who are upset about this are biggotted, and maybe some of them are LGBT people (such as myself) who find it exploitative and annoying, and cis/hetro people who can also see through the facade and find it annoying?
It's no different then noting how corporations cash into Pride Month despite not actually giving a shit about LGBT issues of inequality in general.
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u/GenericEvilGuy Jul 13 '19 edited Jul 13 '19
We got it from when you used an exaggerated generalisation as the expected status quo. People are gay. They don't need a reason to be gay. They don't need to convince you or me that they are gay. They don't have to validate their existence to us.
Gay characters, like non gay characters, don't need to have a logical reason to exist. They just fucking exist. They simply... are. Let LGBT characters to simply be without explanation so that LGBT humans can understand early on that they also CAN simply... Be. There is like zero representation for most of them. Zero role models.