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[–]FlanJam 10 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 0 fun11 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Rarely have I seen lesbian representation that is explicitly lesbian, and even more rare if they say the word "lesbian" aloud. Most of the time they leave it ambiguous, even when its not meant to be. For example, as much as I enjoyed she-ra, they only confirmed them as lesbian in interviews (I'm pretty sure this is the case, I haven't finished the final season yet lol).

Ironically tho, east asian media tends to be a little better (especially with more tomboyish characters), even tho those countries are generally not as accepting of LGBT. Of course, the media I speak of is mostly indie, created by lgbt people. You'll rarely find anything mainstream.

[–]VioletRemi 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They are very homophobic there in reality, but in media they are often fine with homosexuality, but almost always it is shown in fetishistic way.