History Main / NonHeteronormativeSociety

* ''[[Literature/Ash2009 Ash (2009)]]'' and its prequel ''Huntress'', by Malinda Lo, take place in a world where same-sex romance and marriage are casually accepted by everyone. Young upper-class lesbians are sometimes forced into marriages with men for the sake of money and connections because there are always more wealthy men than wealthy women looking for wives, but homophobia doesn't exist.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': In Matuzu Kingdom, bisexuality is considered the norm, and it's considered weird if someone claims to be completely straight. This however isn't the case in the whole world, with Evangeline Kingdom considering homosexuality a disease and punishable by death, for instance.

* ''Fanfic/HomophobiaIsntReal'': The Boiling Isles is a society with many variations is gender and sexual identity, with the concept of sexual discrimination being non-existant.

* The setting of ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' encompasses various different cultures and some are more liberal or conservative than others. The Tayledras are the least heteronormative shown, as well as being the most [[EthicalSlut sexually liberated]]. Androgyny is the standard, with men tending to be feminine and women having broad shoulders, and they don't seem to have enforced gender roles. There's absolutely no stigma against homosexuality, either. Pairings made [[ChosenConceptionPartner for the express purpose of having children]] are very common.

* In ''Webcomic/AnecdoteOfError'', Bateans have absolutely no problem with lesbian relationships, as girls are actually expected to marry each other. Even the AlphaBitch and BetaBitch casually mention having or desiring girlfriends, in spite of their social conservatism in other matters. [[DeliberateValuesDissonance This does not mean Bateans are progressive in any other way, however]], since all girls are forced to decide whether they will become [[StayInTheKitchen housekeepers]], whose living conditions are comparable to society before women’s lib, and housekeepers must marry [[ExpticExtendedMarriage both]] a non-housekeeper woman and a man at the same time, not being allowed on their own without an escort and must become the primary caregivers of children.

* ''Literature/SoThisIsEverAfter'': No one bats an eye at same-sex relationships in the book's setting, since everyone who lives there [[EveryoneIsBi appears to be bisexual]], with both main and minor characters being in these or at least shown as having these attractions. No one bats an eye at this.

* In ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'', the Hillman culture allows the mother of a child to designate the father And this is accepted as the truth. In the case of Ma and Da, No one blinks an eye when the father indicated is female.

* ''Literature/HeraldsOfRhimn'': Gadhi may be under the heel of a religious authoritarian regime, but the country does have muted gender roles and an absence of heteronormativity going for it. Inky’s preference for men, Gildhe’s they/them pronouns, and Crislie and Navaeli’s attraction to each other are all treated as mundanely as binary pronouns and straight relationships would be on Earth. Ma Crimsworth even refers to Crislie’s potential future partner as a “spouse”.

** Shkoder doesn't seem to have any taboos against same-sex relationships, e.g. nobody bats an eyelash at Annice being in a long-term relationship with another female bard and many minor LGBT characters appear as well ([[AuthorAppeal this is quite a common trope]] in Creator/TanyaHuff's novels; she's an open lesbian who's been married to fellow fantasy writer Fiona Patton for many years).

* In the ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'', Clan cats have a concept of three genders, with their associated stereotypes that are different from those used by human societies and more reflect real-life cats. They also accept same-gender couples and transgender cats just as well as they accept opposite-gender couples and cisgender cats (though they can still pressure cats like Dustpelt who are not transgender but do not fit the stereotypes of the gender they identify as to be more conforming).

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': Same-sex relations, including marriage, are mentioned as normal in at least the more metropolitan space colonies. When Suletta, [[CountryMouse who's from the less developed colony on Mercury]], learns beating Asticassia's champion duelist [[AccidentalMarriage makes her Miorine's fiance]], she points out they're both women. Miorine basically calls her a hick for thinking that would matter.

** Bow [[HasTwoMommies has two fathers]]. He's worried less about his friends finding out he has a gay couple as parents and worried more that [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents they'll show off all of Bow's baby pictures]].

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* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': LGBT+ people in this world (or at least the US) are completely integrated and accepted. Raelle's relationship with Scylla is treated no differently than any opposite-gender couple, with them entirely open about it. The only exception is the Imperatrix, who's charged with arranging witch marriages for continuing their bloodlines, given that Raelle flatly refuses to marry a man and have children like the Imperiatrix wants (while insulting her father-a {{muggle|s}}-to boot).

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': Nobody in the show aware of it seems either surprised or disapproving of the fact that Alanna's male Warders are in a relationship ([[{{Polyamory}} along with her]]). [[spoiler:Moiraine and Siuan]] do keep their relationship a secret, but this is indicated to be because it would result in accusations of {{nepotism}} as they had been in the same Ajah, while the latter is now the head of the whole Aes Sedai, rather than that they're both women.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'': Nobody in the show aware of it seems either surprised or disapproving of the fact that Alanna's male Warders are in a relationship ([[{{Polyamory}} along with her]]). [[spoiler:Moiraine and Siuan]] do keep their relationship a secret, but this is indicated to be because it would result in accusations of {{nepotism}} as they had been in the same Ajah, while the latter is now the head of the whole Aes Sedai, rather than that they're both women.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E10TheEatersOfLight "The Eaters of Light"]], Bill thinks she's going to need to explain being gay to a Roman legionary. Instead, he's just surprised that she's one of those people who's only attracted to one gender. Partial TruthInTelevision, as Ancient Romans did consider bisexuality to be normal for men, although not also for women as the episode implies.

** It is shown, however, that there is some stigma around mixed-class relationships; towards the end of the second season, Amity's mother shows contempt for her relationship with [[spoiler: Luz]], not due to its queer nature, but because the two occupy vastly different social strata.

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': In the society of devils born in hell does not seem to have any problem with LGBT people and they are fully accepted. The fact that Stolas has relations with an imp is not a reason for ridicule because they are both male, but because they belong to different social classes.

* The ''Literature/{{Wayfarers}}'' series portray a Galaxy where same-sex and interspecies relationships are utterly unremarkable. The protagonist, Rosemary, ends up in a relationship with Sissix, a female of a reptilian race. Later books in the series include other same-sex relationships and marriages treated as entirely normal. One of the protagonists of 'Record of a Spaceborn Few', Isabel, has been married to another woman for nearly forty years, and another, Kip, is established as bi in passing.

* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': LGBT+ people in this world (or at least the US) are completely integrated and accepted. Raelle's relationship with Scylla is treated no differently than any opposite-gender couple, with them entirely open about it. The only exception is the Imperatrix, who's charged with arranging witch marriages for purely reproductive reasons, given that Raelle flatly refuses to marry a man and have children like the Imperiatrix wants.