As a homosexual, I had no problem as a child seeing something of myself in the struggle for acceptance depicted in the X-Men. At no point did I wonder “Why aren’t these heroes gay?”
Culture has become very literal minded. Instead of reading interesting things into comic books and movies, people are angry if their ideas are not literally “represented” as if its a personal affront. This means that artists and writers do not bother to write subtext anymore. Consequently, culture has seriously declined. Queers used to be the vanguard of culture, because we had to think in a more advanced way to get our message across. The present situation proves that when something is normalized, when the risks are removed, even LGBTQ people can become as entitled and stupid as straight people.
It’s very sad to see, and society is suffering a great deal because of it.
There is a great deal to be said about the closet, and personally I do not find the ‘freedom’ offered by the feminist LGBTQ community to be freedom at all. No, I don’t want or need a gay Captain America.
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