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As a cishet man, even I've noticed a jarring trope with LGBTQ+ representation across media.
I don't want to get lost in TV tropes (again) to see if this is a "thing" but what stone tablet has it been written that gay characters, particularly lesbians, have to all have tragic love stories that end with death or disaster?
"Sure, we can show lesbians kiss, that's hot, but we can NEVER allow them to live happily, that would be unnatural!" - Some movie studio board of investors.
don't worry I got lost for you :)
it's a common and frustrating trope for sure.
"Dead Lesbian Syndrome"
JFC
Is there a list of shows that have LGBT+ representation that don't end in tragedy?
It was called the Hayes Code. It was basically the condition on which gays could be represented without being seen to "promote" it.