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[–]jiljol 21 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

This has been recurring thing in homophobic tv shows for a while now, the "Ignorant cisgay meets a brave and stunning transman who "educates" (read: brainwashes) him and eventually they become a couple" trope. It happened in Faking It (with the same transsexual actor from Shameless), The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, etc. It's a woke form of on-screen conversion therapy.

[–]lovelyspearmintLesbeing a lesbian 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And the worst part is that they portray it with young people, so the younger generations think that shit is normal for them (hint: it's certainly not and shouldn't be shown as if it is).

[–]8bitgay 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In Sabrina they didn't even try to educate the gay guy though. The guy was all like "oh but I always knew you were a man".

I think it's even more hilarious because the actress identifies as non-binary. And they don't even try to make her particularly masculine, her post-transition look is pretty much the same as before.

So it's really surreal that this gay guy meets a short-haired girl with a feminine voice, who is portrayed by someone who doesn't even identify as male, and just assumes that she's a man and feels attracted to her. And they always say that you can't assume gender...

[–]fuckupaddamsBisexual Terve 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which two characters are we referring to? I only saw season 1.

[–]ExecuteHomophobes 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

They should be arrested for crimes against homosexuality.