Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-1916997-20170924033403/@comment-25926288-20170924113404

Aine1989 wrote: The argument was "a mtf dating a gay man would be a gay relationship" which is wrong. A transwoman is not a man, so a gay guy dating her would not be gay.

Also, semantics I know, but a FTM dating a woman would also be an lgbt relationship, even if the woman was a cis straight woman, because one partner is trans It was FTM and a gay man.

That aside, the minor issue is visual and the level of vagueness done by the writers.

If someone not looking close enough sees a girl actor and a guy actor together, they would not bat an eye. But the girl actor is playing a FTM and the guy actor is playing a gay man.

In other words, I think those complex situations would be a good idea, but they should probably do something simpler first. As I bring out Mulan, who could easily be construed as straight by casual viwers that don't read interviews. Pulling Red and Dorothy out of left field didn't help and then pushed offscreen.

After all, the writers struggled with "potential for darkness" and actual darkness that the more nuances and caveats things may have I think they should avoid.