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JWeinCom on 27 November 2015
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Lawlight said:
JWeinCom said:


Ummmmm... there are gay people in the world.  It makes sense that out of the characters in Jessica Jones, some of them might be gay.  Having gay characters (who aren't portrayed in any particularly positive way) does not equate to an lbgt agenda.  Just means that they're acknowledging that gay people in fact do exist in New York City.  As a New Yorker, I can confirm this.  


What percentage of openly lbgt people are there in the US? 3%? Yet when you think of most TV shows in recent memories, there are bound to at least one openly gay character. Modern Family, How I Met Your Mother, Arrow, The Walking Dead, Penny Dreadful,  How To Get Away With Murder. Gotta have at least one among the main characters.


Depends on where you live.  In New York City?  Quite a few actually.  Might be different if you live in Oklahoma or something.  I can't really put a percentage on it, but it's definitely enough that it isn't in the least surprising that out of the people Jessica knows, one of them might be gay.  And if you know one openly gay person, you very likely know several more, because you're likely to meet their friends.

But you specifically said agenda.  What agenda is Jessica Jones trying to push?  The "gay people exist" agenda?  There is no strong message about Hogarth's sexuality being made one way or the other, and she's not even a particularly likeable character.  So again, what agenda is served simply by having a gay character?