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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband (straight) was assigned a gay roommate for freshman year at university. It wasn't a problem, they got along. And the roommate never hit on him or tried to make him feel uncomfortable. He and the roommate are actually still on good terms, although not close we all still see each other sometimes as he also ended up living in the DC area. That said, the roommate was (and still is) a fairly quiet, easygoing guy and never talked much about his sexuality or his dating life or anything like that. [b]If your son talks about sexuality very often that might be more likely to make a straight roommate feel uncomfortable.[/b][/quote]

I hate this so much.  Straight people don't shut up about their sexuality.  They don't shut about who they're dating.  Gay people?  It might make the straights uncomfortable.[/quote]

Straight people have literally no clue how much their sexuality dominates every facet of their lives.  I’ve been out for 25 years and I still get excited when I see any ad with 2 men because it is so rare, even now. Throw having kids into the mix. Do you know how rarely I see families that look like mine represented anywhere?  [/quote]

I definitely get it.  To make matters worse, when there is representation, the straight people say things like, "every XYZ (show/movie/commercial/song/whatever) is gay now".  They're just noticing it because there is representation now.  But that representation doesn't rise to the level they believe it does.  Almost everyone is still straight in all the media we consume and when queer characters do exist in media like TV, they're still often just used as a plot device (by killing them) to push the straight character's plot.[/quote]

But LGBT IS overrepresented on television. So they are wrong that "everything " is gay, but they are right that LGBT is overrepresented.

[i]Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people make up an estimated 4.5 percent of the U.S. population, and, according to Nielsen's inaugural report, they were 6.7 percent of the top 10 recurring cast members in the top 300 programs on broadcast, cable and streaming platforms in 2019. [/i]

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/presence-vs-representation-report-breaks-down-lgbtq-visibility-tv-n1251153[/quote]

You are not interpreting this correctly.  I as an LGBT person know many people.  I’m the supporting cast member in many people’s lives.  I’m the main character in my life.  For proper representation, the MAIN CHARACTER must be 4.5% of all tv shows.  Supporting cast percents mean nothing.  That should be close to 100%.  In life, we all know queer people.  Wether it’s a coworker, a friend, a family member, a neighbor, whoever.  Probably upwards of 90% of Americans know at least one queer person.  What’s missing in representation are shows about LGBT people.  Preferably ones that don’t only cover coming out or trauma or death.[/quote]

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