It's activism when you're the majority, it's simply acknowledging that we exist for everyone else.

"I don't hate gay people, BUT... <here's why I hate gay people>"

lmao. Do you people really not realize what you're writing as you write it?

You're just a lovely human being. And you clearly do have issues with gay people and their so-called "gay agenda" A quick look at your comment history says as much:

And a throwaway line of a character having an identity that isn't straight isn't "activism", it's representative of real life. I hate it when folks get all huffy that anyone who isn't straight and white is in a movie for political reasons! (I say this with an awareness of tokenism, etc. and all those problems, but…

How is it a change? There was no indication he was ever heterosexual or really any sexual orientation. This is just a quick exploration of an aspect of the character that wasn't defined for the viewers yet.

These examples are about race, but the message is the same. I'm just going to leave them here for your perusal:

Either that or he has a painting in the attic.

Fingers crossed I'll come across his clone!

The difference being none of things can be counted as "doucheball marketing stunt".

Laurel's best defining line highlighting her readiness to move into 'hero' status: "I need a meeting." when everyone else was thinking, "I need a drink".

Solange as they're getting along, that's all that counts.

at least there were no Listerines or Chlamydias.

This cannot be a surprise to people.

so i'm at the doctor's office, in an elevator, going up 7 floors, alone — of course i decide to reenact the entire Solange v Jay Z title fight. yes, i played all four parts.

"The issue? Whether Adam and Eve were the progenitors of humanity."

I think we can all agree that watching Laurel getting trained by Wildcat is definitely something we all want to see.

My eyes keep seeing the negative space of that picture of the Galactus hat-shape, so it looks like the world-eating cloud has Tina Belcher's hair.

my thought is the drawing are schematics for a Terrigenesis machine.