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2020 WAS ANIMATN’S BIGGT, GAYT YEAR SO FAR
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While there have been several headways to more diverse LGBTQ+ reprentatn, gay and bisexual men are still unrreprented, pecially all-ag media.
Benson (Coy Stewart) is one of the show's lead characters and is revealed to be gay early on after he rpectfully turns down Kipo (Karen Fuhara), who has a csh on him. 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.