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athousanderrors ([personal profile] athousanderrors) wrote2017-06-07 08:00 pm

Sense8 and the importance of happy queer characters

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goddammitstacey:

“But as well as those beautiful examples of healthy, happy romantic relationships, I got to actually see examples of platonic and familial queer solidarity, the likes of which made me feel like I was breathing actual air for the first time. Nomi and Lito frequently leaned on each other during their separate queer-specific struggles. Nomi and Amanita were sheltered and aided by the San Francisco queer community more than once. I got to watch a lesbian couple sit down to a family dinner with a polyamorous mother and her three male partners. I GOT TO WATCH THAT WITH MY OWN TWO EYEBALLS.”

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