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[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like part of this is that so many of the "openly gay characters" have been either not so open, extremely in the background, or even debatably gay that each new threshold feels like a "victory" or something.

[โ€“] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Don't forget characters that painted gay people in a bad light