“yuri on ice isn’t progressive because it doesn’t represent the homophobia that plagues same sex couples-” oh I’m sorry I forgot that I loved to be reminded that the world fucking hates me, thanks for reminding me that all lgbt media needs to show bigotry to be good you ass!!
THIS THIS THIS THIS!
I’ve seen people critisise the show specifically because of this point which is completely the opposite of what the show has been trying to be.
This show was meant to be - as pointed out by either kubo or sayo I don’t remember - a safe haven for everyone. The show purposely avoided homophobia because again it is meant to be an enjoyable trip, not a reality check.
An aspect of the show that I very much love is that the relationship between Viktor and Yuuri is normalized. No one bats an eyelash at their affection. “we shouldn’t do this we’re both men!!” or “aren’t you both guys?? You shouldn’t be doing this!!” isn’t a thing in this show. They are both men yet neither of them nor anyone else gives a single fuck about that fact. They’re just in love, period.
It makes people of the LGBTQ community feel safe and happy, to see such positive representation where homophobia is not an issue. It is an issue indeed, but maybe for just 20 minutes we’d like to forget that fact.
TLDR; no one from the lgbt community wants to hear ur bs about this show not showing homophobia.