how much do couples touch on american TV normally? i have no real gauge for this because i pretty much only watch hbo.
i would honestly rather have the focus be removed from physical contact. otherwise there's just this creepy sexualized view that comes from a heavy focus on characters engaging with one another in that manner (a la sakura trick). the other outcome for playing up the physical side of a same sex relationship feels exploitative of the perceived taboo.
Sure, couples will kiss each other all the time. Cam and Mitchell barely hold each other's hands.
I mean, let's not talk about yuri, because the stuff that gets animated is all the same - high school girls who fake-yuri themselves. When you look at something like World's First Love, it is basically guys blushing and kissing each other, living in some form of Japan that doesn't otherwise have any kind of queer culture. I think that's exploitative, since it's not trying to paint any kind of real picture about the characters or the context that they find themselves in. It's a shoujo where all the characters are men.
Of course, the only anime that I can think of that features some aspect of nichome at all is
Antique Bakery, and that probably align with what you're expecting. Gay characters who are gay, to the point where one of them is a "gay killer" (lulz), but where the story comes from the three leads interacting with each other.
Brothers and Sisters had 2 gay characters get married and they constantly kiss each other. (Or used to. I don't know if that show is even airing anymore.)
I never did watch that show. But yeah, it's long gone.
My understanding is that The Good Wife has a decent lesbian character, but I have no idea.
