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2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
Unfortunately, Souichi happens to be homophobic - and very much outspoken about . 2020 was a bummer of a year, but when to all-ag animatn, was a culmatn of the many small steps buildg up to the current state of queer reprentatn: a glor gay celebratn that was unheard of jt five years ago. I thk that optimism, that expectatn where every time, ’s like, ‘Look, here’s this thg, this character, this relatnship, ’ ’s gay, they’re like ‘Cool, do more now, do better.
) It’s a small moment, but a fundamental one an dtry that until recently only acknowledged gay characters wh the fatt shadg and dg. Only two years later, Benson, a central character the seri, got to e out on screen and utter the words “I’m gay. But Terrace was always open about her tentn to have bi and gay characters her show — and that persistence paid off.
It’s the perfect end to this big gay year animatn. ) Fally, gay upl animatn are gettg the same experienc as their straight peers, om world-savg love nfsns to small self-fg moments, wh the faiar pg, blhg, and so much more. " They say what mak shows durg this so special is that 's not jt a handful of tokenized, possibly gay characters livg a straight world.