The trope used to help characters cover is called "But Not Too Gay", where out LGBTQ+ characters are present on shows but scripted to be highly covered versions of gay people. According to the TVTropes website one fundamental method to enact this trope is to limit or completely eliminate the gay characters from having their romance on screen. The website states that audiences will be uncomfortable, " by shows of affection and sex scenes with gay and lesbian characters, no matter how tame they may be" (TVTropes). What this creates is an idea that to be socially acceptable gay people must not do not show, or even participate in, forms of romantic or sexual affection with their partners; which means you " can have gay people and gay couples but
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Through constructing lesbian sex to reflect male desire the characters ' queerness is covered effectively and therefore is a suitable form of representation for straight audiences. The hypersexual nature of these scenes illustrates that the focus is on female passion, not romance or sensuality, which would allow their actions to come off as an element of a loving relationship. If female on female sex were presented in a manner that reinforced them as a couple it would defy the trope and make them too gay. Characters who are too gay are considered to be "flaunting" and become part of the Queer category. Flaunting as described by Yoshino is the act of overtly exhibiting one 's homosexuality to society. Flaunting is the direct result of the requirement to cover forced upon LGBTQ+, either overtly or covertly. Normative society is accustomed to homosexual people hiding the more obviously gay elements of themselves and their lives and therefore as a whole feel that one 's homosexuality is flaunted when it is presented in its not covered form. In Covering flaunting illustrates LGBTQ+ people 's attempt to be treated as equals in society by not hiding. Yoshino states, "People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but if the next day they 're smiling, holding hands, and
Through constructing lesbian sex to reflect male desire the characters ' queerness is covered effectively and therefore is a suitable form of representation for straight audiences. The hypersexual nature of these scenes illustrates that the focus is on female passion, not romance or sensuality, which would allow their actions to come off as an element of a loving relationship. If female on female sex were presented in a manner that reinforced them as a couple it would defy the trope and make them too gay. Characters who are too gay are considered to be "flaunting" and become part of the Queer category. Flaunting as described by Yoshino is the act of overtly exhibiting one 's homosexuality to society. Flaunting is the direct result of the requirement to cover forced upon LGBTQ+, either overtly or covertly. Normative society is accustomed to homosexual people hiding the more obviously gay elements of themselves and their lives and therefore as a whole feel that one 's homosexuality is flaunted when it is presented in its not covered form. In Covering flaunting illustrates LGBTQ+ people 's attempt to be treated as equals in society by not hiding. Yoshino states, "People can tolerate two homosexuals they see leaving together, but if the next day they 're smiling, holding hands, and