gay couples in media

[darkoshi]

It shows my age, but I'm still impressed by things like this. With the way other things are lately, I can only hope that cultural/social/legal acceptance continues to improve.

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This WebMd article has not only one, but two photos of masculine individuals in emotionally intimate poses: Things That Suppress Your Immune System
(Lack of sleep is the first thing listed.)

The first photo might depict two close platonic friends, one expressing caring concern for the other. The second photo is less ambiguous, unless it's two *very* close platonic friends.

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I gave my nieces this graphic novel for Christmas:
The Secret Garden on 81st Street

As it looked interesting, I read it myself first. To my pleasant surprise, a gay male couple were among the main characters. Surprising, as it wasn't mentioned on the back cover or inside jacket flaps. It's nice that gayness is treated as such a normal thing that it doesn't need to be mentioned, even in a young adult book. In the old days I'm sure that would have caused an uproar. (It probably does still in some circles, but whatever.)

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Of course, there are many other examples, including ads.

Here's a nice video, even though it's not my kind of music: Kalen Allen: Christmas Lives Within You, ft. Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Ah, this one is more my style, though not as sentimental:

Video title: Santa Slay (Official Music Video)
Posted by: The Kalen Allen
Date posted: Dec 13, 2020

Comments

[mellowtigger]

Phytoncides. Interesting.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20074458/

If you have Disney+, I was very surprised by the nonchalant gay teen boy in Strange World, presented amongst 2 other generations who didn't bat an eye. I hadn't heard of it before. It's sort of a cross between Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Avatar, and Fantastic Voyage. I guess people aren't interested in the ecotopia narrative.

[darkoshi]

I missed that part about phytoncides; yes it is interesting.

I don't have Disney+. Hopefully some of these Disney movies will come to cable or other platforms eventually; I hope they don't plan to keep them exclusive to Disney+ forever. But in the meantime I have too much media to keep up with even without it. They really must not have done much advertising for that movie as I don't recall hearing anything about it either.

[lhexan]

Yeah, I'm happy anytime I see casual queer representation too. It's really amazing how far US society has progressed in a few decades. One unforeseen consequence of this progress, though, is that reactionaries have zeroed in on trans people as the target of their ire. It's good that they no longer feel safe attacking gay people, but we're an even smaller and more vulnerable population.

[darkoshi]

Yes.