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