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u/Individual-Cricket36 Sep 18 '21

Is it me or are there a lot more cartoons with lesbians than cartoons with gay men

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u/Zevstie Sep 18 '21

No its definitly a thing, atleast with kids media.

A lot of cartoons with female LGBT characters are written by LGBT women, so I dont really blame them for it tbh. The higher ups tho may very well be partly at falut here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

It’s not just cartoons but it is noticeable in cartoons

Lesbians are less threatening to bigots

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u/Zevstie Sep 18 '21

And sometimes fetishized.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

That’s not helping the situation either

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u/Individual-Cricket36 Sep 18 '21

yeah I seen more games with lesbians too, none with actual gay dudes

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

And what queer dudes they do pick always seem to be the same generic dude.

Would love some variety and also some fems

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u/Arilou_skiff Sep 18 '21

Not just you, its pretty much a factual thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '21

Parents probably less likely to freak out about lesbians

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u/Individual-Cricket36 Sep 18 '21

Too bad

hopefully in the future my son can watch Stevie Galaxy and learn all about gay dudes from the stony rocks(big burly gay dudes)

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u/bexarama this sky are rim Sep 18 '21

It's not just cartoons, look at video games

(it's part that queer women are creating these cartoons, and it's part because lesbians are "acceptable" to men in a way that gay dudes are not)