The Overton window is making me feel like I’m taking crazy pills. People being like “Downton Abbey was so progressive for having a gay character in 2010!!!!!” No it fucking wasn’t. That was normal. It was actually considered kind of regressive at the time bc he was an Evil Gay (although they did kind of give him more dimension later, he was the Evil Gay Antagonist stereotype for like 2-3 seasons which is an eternity in British TV). Gay characters were normal!!!!! It was even normal for them to have love affairs and partners and (gasp) sex!!! You guys have been poisoned by homophobic puritan ideas about gayness being inherently sexual!!!!!





















