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The Sandman has great LGBT rep

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  Netflix character poster for The Sandman. (l-t-r: Dream, Desire, Joanna Constantine, Death) The Sandman makes having LGBT rep onscreen look easy , putting other studios in the same genre,  comic book adaptations, to shame. (Pause to stare long and hard at Disney.) - The Sandman TV show on Netflix is a live action adaptation of Neil Gaiman's comic book, in the same universe as DC characters such as Lucifer Morningstar and John Constantine. The Sandman clearly shows us what good LGBT representation can look like, if studios like Marvel/Disney weren't so terrified of embracing it. - Note: 'Good' does not necessarily mean that all the LGBT characters are good/pure heroes or without flaw. 'Good' in this context means that the LGBT characters are part of the story, they have motivations and character depth, they're diverse. - Case in point, the LGBT representation is one of the main talking points so far about the show. On day 4 of its debut, I typ