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[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Literally had this conversation with someone. They were talking about a character that is evil and bi in Outlander, and I mentioned that the show makes it seem as if he's evil because he's bi, not bi and happens to be evil. It's one of those Depraved Bisexual/Gay/Lesbian tropes and stereotypes. There is another character that's good and gay, so at least there's that.

When they mentioned there's evil straight people in the show, I added that they're portrayed as evil, not evil because they're straight, which is a massive difference. And while this is just a discussion of fiction, fiction tends to help people make their minds up about how they treat others in real life. If you've spent your whole life reading about the evil LGB, how do you think you're going to react when you're faced with one of these 'depraved' people?

That's one stereotype I want to see gone, in both fiction and in assumptions made about LGB in real life.