Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26037921-20150309212855/@comment-25469541-20150417021148

Mew The Creator wrote: Airbenderedacted wrote: Son of Nemesis34 wrote:

Jaydom Studios wrote:

Claowyn wrote: Jayden, your point is invalid. Consider this; if a genderless being of great power chose the form of a woman when they appear infront of you, are they still genderless or a woman? They're genderless, but if they love other genderless people they are gay. why are you so determined to label characters as gay? Why is everyone else so determined to label queer-coded characters as not being gay? Sure, they're coded that way, I never denied that. But they're not.

Ruby and Sapphire are coded as lesbian characters, that much is obvious. But they're not. Gems are a genderless, sexless species. There is no gender or sex, therefore, there is no sexual orientation.

Also, the term you're looking for is lesbian, not gay. "Lesbian" refers to a woman/girl who is attracted to other women/girls. "Gay" is the label used for men/boys who are attracted to other men/boys, yes, but it is also commonly used as a blanket term. It's an issue when characters/people who are attracted to the same gender and other genders are labeled as being gay (because that's erasure), but I don't think anyone is doing that here. I already stated earlier that Gems being attracted to other Gems is probably homoromantic, but 'purely by our concept of romantic orientations only b/c the Gem concept of romantic orientation is meaningless. 'It doesn't really justify people going, "THE GEMS AREN'T GAY OMG!!" unless you're strictly discussing the subject in the technical, in-universe sense. It's like when someone refers to Garnet as being Black and someone feels the need to butt in and go, "She's an alien, she isn't black :/" Like... yeah, none of the Gems have human races in-universe, but as a fictional character, Garnet is Black representation and interjecting the fact that she isn't in the show's reality is really pointless.

TL;DR: The whole "the Gems aren't gay" thing is extremely carping. C'mon guys. You're not wrong, but you're only not wrong on the technicality that the concept of romantic orientations is null and void amongst Gemkind because such a concept can't exist in their society. Stop nitpicking.