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[–] USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would anyone think he would be?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Because usually when Hollywood includes a gay character they're doing it to villainize them, make fun of them, or show them off to cynically virtue-signal diversity. Having a character that's just a normal character who happens to be gay, without making a big deal about it or using it as a plot point, is rare.

Having a character that’s just a normal character who happens to be gay, without making a big deal about it or using it as a plot point, is rare.

I don't know if that's as true even in 2016 when the movie came out, as it once was.