LGBT Agenda

On the subject of black sails, flint is the perfect gay character because he's just a man who happens to gay, rather than a gay man. Hollywood might push its agenda of equality every awards show, but think about how gay man are portrayed in Hollywood. Almost nothing but effeminate attention seeking comic relief. It's no wonder people that have never had contact with the gay community think that they only come in that one flavour.

An LGBT character that will actually bring acceptance is one that is more than their sexuality. Black sails is about a man so heart broken he wants to destroy an empire. The fact he's gay has nothing to do with it. And that's the way it should be. LGBT persons in real life are more than just a slogan, they have the same hopes and fears as everyone else and it's time art reflected that. It's time LGBT persons are shown to be people, not just some political foil to rattle when the cameras are on.

Depends how it's done. I've not watched sense8 yet and properly never will now that it ends on a cliff hanger, but if LGBT characters are just there for the sake of having LGBT characters there then I would say that was pushing an agenda. If the characters have arcs and are involved in plots outside of their sexuality then I'd just call them characters. Even then if there is a love story plot, it still has to be more than LGBT for the sake of it. for example if the story was a romcom that happened to be about LGBT persons, that would fine. It's about the characters, and not who or what the characters are. If that makes sense?

It always come down to one question, is the character a gay character or are they a character that happens to be gay. What is that characters defining attribute. Unless the story is about LGBT rights, or the character is an advocate for LGBT community in some way they should never be defined by their sexuality. no one should ever be defined by their sexuality because we are all more than what we have between our legs, or who we are attracted to.