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There is a reason Gravity Falls and Korra couldn’t get away with intense lesbian stuff that Steven Universe did. It’s because Gravity Falls and Korra had HUMANS as their characters.

Remember, gay and lesbian relationships can’t be shown because Russia and China will ban the network. And the differences between male and female humans is pretty obvious. You can’t redub Korra to claim Asami is a guy. But the Gems in Steven Universe are pretty Gender Neutral looking. Heck, the only identifier of Ruby and Sapphire being lesbians is they both use female pronouns.

So all it requires to air in Russia and China is swapping Ruby’s pronouns to masculine. Tada, instant straight couple. So while you celebrate lesbians in Steven Universe, remember that it’s because they’re aliens with swappable pronouns and no gender differing traits.