Yes, I know we're talking about a fantasy show where any number of people can be gay or transgender or whatever the writers want, but in the real world, and this applies more to non-sci-fi, non-fantasy shows here, but in the real world, maybe 5% of the population is gay and less than 1% is transgender, but shows want to push a much larger percentage of the characters to be gay or be transgender so they can be "edgy". And if anyone points out that there are a disproportionate number of gay or transgender characters, they get called names. And let's be honest, a lot of these gay and transgender characters are, well... blatantly gay or transgender. In the real world, the overwhelming majority of gay people and probably transgender people, you'd never know they were gay or transgender unless you saw them with their significant other or in obvious drag. Most transgender people don't look like Divine. Most gay people don't act like the lisping, flouncing stereotype. The overwhelming majority just act like regular people. They live their lives like regular people. The first words out of their mouths are not "Hi, I'm gay". And pretty much every gay friend I have is pretty offended at the Hollywood stereotype that involves flashing lights and big signs to the audience that they have gay characters. And I'm sure the same is true for most transgender people regarding the Hollywood stereotypes.
That's my take on it anyhow. Let the inevitable hate begin.
