doomfag:

doomfag:

ig this might be due to being gay being a big part of my identity and sense of self but the idea of a fictional utopia where sexual orientation basically doesn’t exist and everyone just likes who they like is just very alienating to me. representation politics are very weird and flawed but if we’re going to get into the types of characters i identify with in media and who’ve had a long lasting positive impact on me, they aren’t ones who just so happen to be involved with other men without it being addressed whatsoever, they’re specifically and culturally gay and that’s a part of their character and narrative. the idea of losing that for this weird, theoretical, enlightened society where same gender sex or romance just happens by chance without ever being something important or specific just makes me feel very weird and sad.

i think in a lot of ways the idea of a future where sexual orientation never comes up is a lot more comforting to straight people than anyone else. the idea of a world where gay people never talk about being gay and there is no gay culture because, why would there be, and i guess no one’s even gay at all because we’ve Moved Past That isn’t one i find comfort in at all, and it sounds pretty bad to me actually.