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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
I'm catching up on season 3 of "Once Upon a Time," and just today watched the episode where they strongly imply that Mulan is gay. On the one hand, like the guardian article says, there's no shortage of gay relationships on TV these days, but on the other hand, this is an extremely family-friendly show on ABC, an extremely family-friendly network. And they didn't really, truly say it, so if a parent wanted to talk it out a different way ("she just meant..." ) then they could. But baby steps are still steps, and I was happy to see it.
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That's awesome. I love the way it's slowly becoming a bit of a non-issue even on a family show.
It's one of the things I really like about
Doctor Who. It's a kid's show/family show and they've had quite a few gay characters. Captain Jack was described as omnisexual *grins* so he'd flirt with anybody, but it was brilliant that he also flirted with the Doctor and that was ok. Not only was he kind of gay, he was a kickass hero too.
Now we have the Paternosta gang, with a lizard lady living in Victorian London, with her 'maid' who is really her wife - and they are also kickass characters who do ninja type stuff and save the day - but are also absolutely shown as a married couple. Sometimes they seem to over emphasise it lately (I think because everybody got a bit excited about the legalising of gay marriage) and so they seem to mention the fact they're married in every scene they're in lol. But it's still nice to see. Must be a lovely thing if you're a kid growing up gay to start seeing these characters and it not be an issue - it's not the key part of who they are, and they are just as heroic and cool as the other characters.