We need queer straights in media

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[–]KnightWhoSaysNWord 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Non-gender-conforming type of romance is a nice idea, but I calling it "queer" is dumb in and of itself, at the end of the day, it's still "man loves woman".

If anyone wants recommandations, on top of my head, you got bisexual guy is in love with androgynous/masculine girl in Persona 4, handsome man in non-reciprocated love with androgynous girl in Ouran Highschool Host Club, and, depending on how you look at it, Ranma 1/2 is basically a harem anime where guys and girls fight over a guy who sometimes becomes a girl.

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Yeah, gender non- conforming couples are already quite common in anime and mangas.

Problem is, it still very rare to non-existent in western media.

[–]KnightWhoSaysNWord 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly, if theses type of romance start to get mainstream in western media nowadays, you would get a flood of advertisement telling you that theses romances as QueerTM and BraveTM, and even the people interested in that would grow sick of this bullshit pretty fast.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I'd say 50% of romance books or films have a tomboy/girl boss as a lead character.

Literally half of TV movies havev the plot of hard nosed business woman goes back to her small town and falls for ex who's currently a builder/cop/firefighter but is really a sensitive artist of some kind.

Less effeminate men in romance stories because that's associated with mental illness and personality disorders so a red flag to many women.