Whereas to me, I don't want the "Cantina Scene." I'd much rather they show diversity like this:
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Or this:
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Or even this:
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These are really excellent examples of the "more equality" in art I would like to see.
As for the sexuality subtopic, I
do not like sexualized art, neither explicit nor the "winking" type. An
occasional bellybutton or even chainmail bikini can make for a good laugh, but it really should not be the standard.
That also applies to couples in art. It barely even happens to see two consorts holding each others' hand, much less hugging or kissing, because it is just a VERY marginal part of D&D stories.
Thus I want to remind everyone once again, that my original post is NOT about showing same-gender couples in art!! It's ONLY about allowing same-gender couples to appear in published settings or adventures, FEATURED IN THE TEXT exactly in the same way that every couples are featured in D&D, which 99% of the time is simply that
they are acknowledged to exist. It practically never happens in D&D to read more than a mention that character X is character Y's wife or husband, and nothing else is mentioned because nothing else is needed. If you need to know in the story that X is cheating, or that Y is unhappy, or that they argue all the time,
because this has an effect on the outcome of the PC's story, then it's normal to mention it.
But in no case a D&D book goes into intimate details on husband-wife relationship or displays them in art, therefore in no case I would suggest such thing should be done for other relationship, because that would NOT be equality.