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Here’s an article that explains the situation in more depth.

You can want more and adcocate for more, that’s fine, but wanting a better future for LGBTQ+ media doesn’t mean that you have to attack what we have right now.

In fact, it actually helps if you engage with and support media that genuinely tries.

Noelle was fought the whole time on the show’s content. She still managed to get the ending where two women saved the day with the power of their explicitly romantic love. In a kids’ show. How is that not amazing?

I’m over 40. I am TELLING you. This would have been literally unthinkable when I was a kid. Even just 10 years ago it wasn’t a thing that was going to happen. Even FIVE.

Rep for trans folks in media isn’t going to happen all at once. It’s a long and horrible slog. It’s step by step. I, too, want more canon trans characters in shows. Noelle tried. Tested the waters with Perfuma and was strongly denied. You CAN’T BLAME HER. You blame the network. We didn’t get the rep we all want this time. But we got two women in love. Saving the world. With that love. No tragedy, no dead lesbians, but an actual victory. That’s worth celebrating. And it shows the studio execs that you can have this content and not have the show rejected by the public.

God, I feel old and this is irritating.

And UCD reportedly payed $175,000 for this image to not appear when you search it on google:

Amandla Stenberg: non-binary actress and singer (The Hate U Give, The Hunger Games) [she/her; they/them]

Ezra Miller: genderqueer actor (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Justice League) [prefers he/him but is comfortable with all pronouns]

Chella Man: genderqueer YouTuber, actor & model (Titans) [he/him]

Brigette Lundy-Paine: non-binary actor (Atypical, The Glass Castle) [they/them]

Angel Haze: agender rapper & singer (Battle Cry, Cleaning out my Closet) [she/her; he/him]

Indya Moore: non-binary actor & model (Pose, Queen & Slim) [they/them]

Ruby Rose: genderfluid actress, model, talk show host, DJane (Batwoman, OitnB) [she/her]

Asia Kate Dillon: non-binary actor (Billions, OitnB) [they/them]

Quintessa Swindell: non-binary actor (Trinkets, Euphoria) [they, them]

Jonathan Van Ness: non-binary television personality, podcaster & hairdresser (Queer Eye) [prefers he/him but is also okay with they/them & she/her]

Liv Hewson: Nonbinary actor (Santa Clarita Diet, Let It Snow) [they/them]

Bex Taylor-Klaus: Nonbinary actor and voice actor [Voltron, Scream]

gerard way (he/they) - member of mcr

dorian electra (they/them) - singer

sonicfox (they/them) - esports player

Andrea Gibson (they/them): Non-binary slam poet and activist

Lead Singer of Openside (They/Them)

he didn't choose to die. he didn't sacrifice himself. he was murdered in cold blood

white people are already twisting this, thanking him for his sacrifice like he decided to be brutally murdered by a white cop for existing as a black man

like. stop thanking him for being killed just because it made you open your eyes! it was never his responsibilty to make you take a stand against police violence and racial profiling in the first place

Man, fuck Youtube for promoting this homophobic, racist garbage.

I'm so tired of this shit.

as derek chauvin was found guilty, a black child lost her life to police.

except it is.

except this child got jumped by the other girls present. she was afraid for her life enough to grab a knife and call the cops herself.

let me repeat that.

the black child that they killed was so afraid she called the cops herself.

they killed the very person who asked for their help.

i’m such a small blog but i’m begging y’all to spread this story. i can’t speak directly to this- no matter how hurt and angry and thrown by all of this i am, my voice isn’t the one that matters. i recognize that. but i’m still begging for this to not be overlooked. say her name, remember her- remember that this fight never ended, and keep fighting it.

derek chauvin being found guilty is a victory, but we can’t let that blind us to the fact that this has kept happening and never actually stopped. even if the protests went quiet, that doesn’t mean things changed. we have to hold them accountable and we have to remember those who have died and will continue to die beneath the shadow of everything else that’s happened this year.

my heart is going out to her family.

“Miscegenation” (interracial relationships) were not allowed.

Sex hygiene and venereal diseases were not appropriate subjects.

Homosexuality was not to be depicted.

Ridicule of the clergy was not allowed.

Religion could never be depicted in a mocking manner.

Words like “God,” “Lord,” “Jesus,” “Christ,” “hell,” and “damn” could not be used unless it was in connection with religious ceremonies.

If you’ve ever wondered why media has so much sh*tty stereotypes about homosexuality and villainy, or the bury your gays trope exists, well look no further than the Hayes Code and its wide reaching impact on generations of media makers! Our current rating system? Was actually an improvement on the Hayes Code.

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