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When I was younger, the lol-gay! gags in TV shows were some of the only stuff I really had to get by with. I knew that the explicit idea of those two men flirting was that it was so wacky, everyone should laugh! But I assumed that, like me, everyone else was just pretending to find it amusing, but secretly, cloistering away that tiny moment in the sea of non-representation. I don't really know why I assumed this, because I didn't assume everyone else was queer, but then, I didn't really assume I was queer.
It never really occurred to me that there could be actual, realistic representations of actual homosexuality to 'get by with' instead, so I always felt privately defensive of gay gags when someone in my family would get irritated about it.
Of course, these days, when the fight for wider representation is front-and-centre, it's still an opportunity for giggles amongst the ultra-aware folk. "And now, men making out to the Benny Hill theme tune!"
It never really occurred to me that there could be actual, realistic representations of actual homosexuality to 'get by with' instead, so I always felt privately defensive of gay gags when someone in my family would get irritated about it.
Of course, these days, when the fight for wider representation is front-and-centre, it's still an opportunity for giggles amongst the ultra-aware folk. "And now, men making out to the Benny Hill theme tune!"