Yes, because gay male characters went from being completely unacceptable in media, to being acceptable when written in by str8 writers as a joke/to be made fun of. It's only fairly recently that we have gay characters written by gay writers where said character is there to further the plot rather than as a joke.
That said, while I feel like gay writers are able to write more realistic gay characters because of personal experience (just as it would help with any topic) I know for sure that str8 writers can write perfectly good gay characters as well, all the better if they chat to community/gay friends if they need help with certain aspects.
Idk man, I just want to see more regular guy gay characters that get treated just like everyone else. Gay sex scenes in TV are still so rare because it's considered gross/disgusting by people, which is interesting bc when I get the invariable hetero sex scene played in something I don't mind it at all, I don't find it gross, I'm just not turned on by it.
It's just so in your face for someone who's gay because basically all media has a "boy meets girl" aspect, relationships/sex etc are a part of being human after all, would just be nice to see more people like me on the big screen. Hell it's it's 1/10th~ the characters, fine. But they always skimp on that stuff with gay characters.
That said, while I feel like gay writers are able to write more realistic gay characters because of personal experience (just as it would help with any topic) I know for sure that str8 writers can write perfectly good gay characters as well, all the better if they chat to community/gay friends if they need help with certain aspects.
Idk man, I just want to see more regular guy gay characters that get treated just like everyone else. Gay sex scenes in TV are still so rare because it's considered gross/disgusting by people, which is interesting bc when I get the invariable hetero sex scene played in something I don't mind it at all, I don't find it gross, I'm just not turned on by it.
It's just so in your face for someone who's gay because basically all media has a "boy meets girl" aspect, relationships/sex etc are a part of being human after all, would just be nice to see more people like me on the big screen. Hell it's it's 1/10th~ the characters, fine. But they always skimp on that stuff with gay characters.