The fact that Sherlock Holmes is so often written as homosexual or is written in such a way that others constantly assume he is (in the bbc version almost every single episode has either John denying it or someone else assuming they are a couple) when in the book he is clearly not interested in sex or romance is a clear example of how asexuals and aromantics are constantly ignored and given no representation with the assumption that if they love someone that must ‘fix’ them and give them sexual/romantic desires. It is also emblematic of how queer representation is treated in the media as a direct port from book to screen would have a Sherlock that could have been a major source of representation for a group often treated like we don’t exist, but instead it is switched to gay-baiting even when the writers specifically say that there is no way the characters will ever enter a relationship or any kind, but they still gay-bait rather than providing good representation. In this essay I will...