Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-29471604-20160806214603/@comment-27547895-20160819181324

NervousShipper wrote: You mean hetero females. You could probably do just as well if both of the characters were women.

Also, it is a little disconcerting that you always refer to heteros as straight and gays as homosexuals. Like you have to be formal and scientific with us. But then, people get offended when someone makes inferences about what they said or points out implications. I've noticed that when I do it, they say "THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID, DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH!!!". I didn't. But, I didn't actually do any of that, I referred to heterosexual as both heterosexual and straight, and referred to homosexual as both gay and homosexual.

I do agree that I tried to remain somewhat formal, but as you said, some people are sensetive, so was avoiding misunderstanding.

Also, there are examples of gay male couples in media, too. I simply used a female example because I was/am somewhat a fan of that series. Less so, now, because the Commander died, and she was basically my favorite character on the show at that point.

My point was that I don't think the amount of portrayal is inaccurate on most newly released TV shows. I think any more would be unrealistic and place the show into a niche. However, I feel like the focus and effort that goes into portraying the homosexual relationships is very much lacking. It seems like producers are using gay characters as tokens, rather than characters. It's annoying as hell to me, and I feel like the gay community has every right to call them out on this. BUT, on the other hand, I don't think there is a need to expect more homosexuality to be portrayed, because then those shows become niche.

And, I feel like, if they gave gay characters the attention and writing those characters deserved (like Mason), if people genuinely felt invested in those relationships, it would ease a lot of the annoyance you are feeling.

I could be wrong though. Not to start an argument, but you seem to be fairly bigotted towards straight people, a lot of times. I imagine you have experienced a lot of BS from straight assholes, so it could be expected. But, it may be clouding your vision a bit.