Editing Polyamory (section)

==Media representation==
{{See also|List of fictional polyamorous characters}}

=== 1970s to 2000s ===
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''[[The Gods Themselves]]'' is a 1972 novel by [[Isaac Asimov]], a third of which is devoted to describing an alien race in an alien dimension where romantic relationships are usually composed of ''three'' individuals and where conception, and orgasm, is only possible during sexual intercourse between all three partners at the same time (i.e., a threesome).<ref>Asimov, Isaac (1972). ''The Gods Themselves''. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-02701-X</ref>

[[File:Cosplay of Starfire, Fanime 2015 (18142422915).jpg|thumb|upright|Cosplay of the superhero Starfire at FanimeCon 2015]]

[[Starfire (Teen Titans)|Starfire]], also known as Princess Koriand'r, is a fictional [[superhero]] appearing in books published by [[DC Comics]], who debuted in a [[DC Comics insert previews|preview story inserted]] within ''[[DC Comics Presents]]'' #26 (October 1980) and was created by [[Marv Wolfman]] and [[George Pérez]];<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=284}}</ref> she was shown to be a polyamorous character. Starfire was raised on the world of Tamaran where it was acceptable to have an [[open marriage]]. Some critics argue that after arriving on Earth, she remained sex-positive and free-thinking, remaining open to [[polygamous]] relationships, open sex, and [[pansexual]] "free-love" with anyone, often leading to conflict with Earth's more reserved culture and customs.<ref name="Century">{{cite web |last1=Century |first1=Sara |title=Why Starfire's polyamory matters |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/why-starfires-polyamory-matters |website=[[Syfy|Syfy Wire]] |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203182225/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/why-starfires-polyamory-matters |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |date=October 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Starfire Pansexual">{{cite web |last1=Schenkel |first1=Katie |title=The Case For Pansexual Starfire [Pride Week] |url=https://comicsalliance.com/pansexual-starfire-pride-week/ |website=[[ComicsAlliance]] |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203180724/https://comicsalliance.com/pansexual-starfire-pride-week/ |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |date=June 24, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> For Starfire, polyamory was a personal and cultural preference.<ref name="Century" />

In 1989, the anime series ''[[Ranma ½]]'' included a polyamorous character, Tatewaki, who is in love with both Akane and the "Pigtail Girl" (Ranma's female form) and proposes to date both, but they do not return his feelings.<ref>{{cite book |last=Yadao |first=Jason S. |date=2009 |title=The Rough Guide to Manga |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcYex0sGmQ0C&pg=PA178 |location=[[London]] |publisher=Rough Guides |page=178 |isbn=9781858285610 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310100840/https://books.google.com/books?id=WcYex0sGmQ0C&pg=PA178 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Robert Jordan]]'s fantasy book series ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', which began its run in 1990, is notable for its inclusion of various polyamorous relationships throughout the narrative. This includes the protagonist [[List of The Wheel of Time characters#Rand al'Thor|Rand al’Thor]], who enters a romantic relationship with three women, [[List of The Wheel of Time characters#Min Farshaw|Min]], [[List of The Wheel of Time characters#Aviendha|Aviendha]] and [[List of The Wheel of Time characters#Elayne Trakand|Elayne]]. The Aiel culture in the series also practice polyamory commonly.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Leigh |title=The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 10 |url=https://reactormag.com/the-wheel-of-time-reread-redux-the-shadow-rising-part-10/ |website=Reactor |date=13 December 2016}}</ref> The books also hinted at a relationship between [[List of The Wheel of Time characters#Alanna Mosvani|Alanna]] and her (male) warders Ihvon and Maksim, but it was not explored in detail until the [[The Wheel of Time (TV series)|2021 television adaptation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wheel of Time boss talks exploring polyamory in season 2 and beyond |url=https://winteriscoming.net/2022/05/04/wheel-of-time-boss-on-expanding-romances-in-season-2-beyond/ |website=Winter is Coming |date=4 May 2022}}</ref>

In 2002, the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[A Taste of Freedom]]" showed Old Man Waterfall, who is Zoidberg's defense attorney until killed by a giant crab warship, having seven wives and one husband.<ref>{{cite news|last=Handlen |first=Zack|title=''Futurama'': "A Taste Of Freedom"/"Bender Should Not Be Allowed On Television"|url=http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/futurama-taste-freedombender-should-not-be-allowed-221359|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=June 25, 2015|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104094358/https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-a-taste-of-freedom-bender-should-not-be-al-1798184181|archive-date=November 4, 2019}}</ref> While Waterfall's case for Zoidberg is unsuccessful, the Supreme Court holds polygamy as legal, though this leads to jeers from spectators. The made-for-TV ''[[Futurama]]'' film, ''[[Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs|The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' (published 2008), featured two polyamorous characters: Colleen O'Hallahan and Yivo. Colleen had five boyfriends, Fry, Chu, Ndulu, Schlomo and Bolt Rolands,<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Connor|first=Stuart|date=May 16, 2008|title=Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs (DVD)|newspaper=ScreenJabber|url=https://screenjabber.com/reviews/futurama_beastbillionbacksDVD/|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604211035/https://screenjabber.com/reviews/futurama_beastbillionbacksDVD/|archive-date=June 4, 2017|url-status=usurped|quote=Fry decides to move in with Colleen [despite]...after making the horrifying discovery that he is merely one of the five boyfriends she shares her apartment with.}}</ref>{{efn|Fry breaks up with Colleen and becomes the messenger of Yivo after he states that their relationship is not working out.}} while Yivo is a planet-sized alien with no determinable gender, dating, then marrying all people of the universe at once.<ref name="Callan">{{cite news|last=Callan|first=Jonathan|date=June 25, 2008|title=REVIEW - Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs|newspaper=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|url=https://www.cbr.com/review-futurama-the-beast-with-a-billion-backs//|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801025333/https://www.cbr.com/review-futurama-the-beast-with-a-billion-backs/|archive-date=August 1, 2020|quote=The first act parallels the rip in space with the introduction of Fry's new girlfriend, Colleen (voiced by Brittany Murphy), whom Fry soon discovers has four **other** boyfriends. This serves as a thematic lead-in to the plot that tackles notions of polygamous love head-on...It's in the third act, where humanity moves in with Yeevo, that the film really becomes something special...after being exposed as a randy bachelor, Yevo confesses: "Granted, at first I wished only to bang out a cheap one with your universe. But it's your own fault. Your universe dresses provocatively.""}}</ref> Fry and Colleen eventually break up. Afterwards, Yivo remains in a relationship with Colleen.<ref name="Handlen">{{cite news|last=Handlen|first=Zack|date=August 27, 2015|title=Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]|url=https://www.avclub.com/futurama-the-beast-with-a-billion-backs-1798184720|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225132057/https://tv.avclub.com/futurama-the-beast-with-a-billion-backs-1798184720|archive-date=December 25, 2019|url-status=live|quote=...while it's neat for Fry's relationship to Colleen to eventually end with Yivo deciding Colleen, with her group relationships, is the only person to really understand him, that doesn't make Colleen into a better written character, and it doesn't make Fry's romantic struggles more interesting in their own right.}}</ref>

The 21st century brought various new forms of representation of polyamory. In 2007, Daniel Help Justice's book ''Dreyd'' featured Tarsa, a priestess, warrior, and bisexual woman, as part of a polyamorous love triad.<ref name="Stepaniuk" />  In 2009, [[Graham Nicholls]] founded www.polyamory.org.uk, the United Kingdom's first website about polyamory<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/taboo-tolerance/meet-the-polyamorists-ndash-a-growing-band-of-people-who-believe-that-more-lovers-equals-more-love-1785263.html|title=Meet the polyamorists – a growing band of people who believe|date=October 22, 2011|website=[[The Independent]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224210024/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/taboo-tolerance/meet-the-polyamorists-ndash-a-growing-band-of-people-who-believe-that-more-lovers-equals-more-love-1785263.html |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref> and the Mom of Pina in Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli's novel, ''Love You Two'' was shown to be polyamorous and bisexual, leading Pina on a journey to explore the "complex spectrum of sex and love" in humanity itself.<ref name="Stepaniuk" /> In 2010, the series ''[[Lost Girl]]'' began. It included [[Bo (Lost Girl)|Bo Dennis]], a bisexual [[succubus]] which must sustain herself by feeding from the [[Qi|life force]] of male and female Fae and humans, via oral intake or the energy created through sex. In the first two seasons she was involved romantically with Dyson (a heterosexual [[shapeshifter]]) and Lauren (a [[lesbian]] human). Later on, Bo tried to have a [[Monogamy|monogamous]] relationship with Lauren, with Bo and Lauren remaining in love with each other through ups and downs, and later accepting each other as a couple by the end of the series.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Igarashi|first1=Hayley|title=The ABCs of Doccubus, TV's Steamy Succubus Romance|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Beyond+the+Tube/articles/yJF-eSjopRg/ABCs+Doccubus+TV+Steamy+Succubus+Romance|website=Zimbio|date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629185241/https://www.zimbio.com/Beyond+the+Tube/articles/yJF-eSjopRg/ABCs+Doccubus+TV+Steamy+Succubus+Romance|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Liszewski|first1=Bridget|title=Lost Girl's Anna Silk is Eager to Reunite with Cast Mates and Meet Fans at ClexaCon 2018|url=http://www.thetvjunkies.com/clexacon-anna-silk-interview/|website=The TV Junkies|date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007040334/https://www.thetvjunkies.com/clexacon-anna-silk-interview/|archive-date=October 7, 2018|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref>

===Increased representation in the 2010s===
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Polyamorous characters appeared in various media in the 2010s. In the 2010 television show ''[[Caprica]]'', several main characters are portrayed as being in a [[Polyfidelity|polyfidelitous]]-style marriage consisting of multiple men and women, with each member being equal socially and legally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/is-caprica-the-big-love-of-science-fiction-5476787 |title=Is Caprica the Big Love Of Science Fiction? |last=Newitz |first=Annalee |date=February 22, 2010 |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411105041/https://io9.gizmodo.com/is-caprica-the-big-love-of-science-fiction-5476787 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2012 to 2013, the American [[reality television]] series on the American [[pay television]] [[cable channel|network]] [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], ''[[Polyamory: Married & Dating]]'', was broadcast. It followed polyamorous families as they navigated the challenges presented by polyamory.<ref>{{cite web|last=Juzwiak|first=Rich|url=http://gawker.com/5929318/showtimes-polyamory-is-trashy-profound-and-the-best-reality-show-on-tv|website=[[Gawker]]|title=Showtime's Polyamory Is Trashy, Profound and the Best Reality Show on TV|date=June 26, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123204528/http://gawker.com/5929318/showtimes-polyamory-is-trashy-profound-and-the-best-reality-show-on-tv|archive-date=January 23, 2013|url-status=live|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/polyamory-exploring-the-ins-and-outs-of-multiple-partners/article4560587/?page=all|title=Polyamory: Exploring the ins and outs of multiple partners|last=Fraser|first=Jeff|date=September 21, 2012|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028060423/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/polyamory-exploring-the-ins-and-outs-of-multiple-partners/article4560587/?page=all|archive-date=October 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sho.com/polyamory-married-and-dating|title=Polyamory: Married & Dating official website|date=2020|work=[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]|access-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604060839/https://www.sho.com/polyamory-married-and-dating/cast/kamala|archive-date=June 4, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Around the same time, the webcomic ''Kimchi Cuddles'' began, which portrayed polyamorous people like other characters, "only with more partners to steal their blankets."<ref name="Wong">{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Britany |title=10 Comics That Show What Polyamorous Love Is Really Like |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/polyamory-comics_n_586c1ea2e4b0de3a08f9f240 |website=[[HuffPost]] |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208193505/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/polyamory-comics_n_586c1ea2e4b0de3a08f9f240 |archive-date=February 8, 2019 |date=January 5, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The following years featured a polyamorous captain in Jacqueline Koyanagi's novel, ''Ascension'',<ref name="Stepaniuk">{{cite web |last1=Stepaniuk |first1=Casey |url=https://bookriot.com/eight-books-with-queer-polyamorous-characters/ |title=8 Books with Queer Polyamorous Characters |publisher=Book Riot |date=November 16, 2016 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801034800/https://bookriot.com/eight-books-with-queer-polyamorous-characters/ |archive-date=August 1, 2020 }}</ref> and three characters (Reese, David, and Amber) in a relationship in [[Malinda Lo]]'s novel, ''Inheritance''.<ref name="Stepaniuk" /> In 2011, ''[[American Horror Story: Hotel]]'' began, with Countess Elizabeth Johnson, played by [[Lady Gaga]], beginning a relationship with famed film actor [[Rudolph Valentino]] and his wife, [[Natacha Rambova]], as seen in episode seven.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/arts/television/american-horror-story-season-5-episode-7-gods-and-monsters.html|title='American Horror Story' Season 5, Episode 7: Gods and Monsters|last=Hanks|first=E. A.|date=November 19, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 24, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128014611/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/arts/television/american-horror-story-season-5-episode-7-gods-and-monsters.html|archive-date=November 28, 2017}}</ref> The following year, the YouTube show ''The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo'' would show a couple working through their decision to convert from monogamy to polyamory,<ref>{{cite news|last=Byrne|first=Catie|title=The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo|url=https://carolinianuncg.com/2017/08/23/the-gay-and-wondrous-life-of-caleb-gallo/|newspaper=The Carolinian (newspaper)|date=June 26, 2016|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801031739/https://carolinianuncg.com/2017/08/23/the-gay-and-wondrous-life-of-caleb-gallo/|archive-date=August 1, 2020|quote=Dubbed by fans as the “throuple scene,” this unusual sort of tit for tat homoerotic and polyamorous sexuality encapsulates the dynamic humor and sexual fluidity between characters on the show.}}</ref> like Brian Jordan Alvarez, who considers himself polyamorous.<ref>{{cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Steven J.|title=Chatting With "Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo" Creator Brian Jordan Alvarez|url=https://www.papermag.com/brian-jordan-alvarez-gay-wondrous-life-caleb-gallo-1891129577.html|newspaper=Paper Magazine|date=June 26, 2016|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024014951/https://www.papermag.com/brian-jordan-alvarez-gay-wondrous-life-caleb-gallo-1891129577.html|archive-date=October 24, 2019|quote=I never want to be monogamous and I'm always falling into this super lovey-dovey kind of love with guys, and then they think that it's implied monogamy when in fact, the texture of my love is monogamous, but my mental and sexual desires are polyamorous.}}</ref>

From 2015 to 2017, in the webcomic ''Always Human'' by Ari North, the parents of Sunati (Nisa and Prav) were shown to be in a polyamorous relationship with a man named Vish, who Nisa calls "our boyfriend".<ref>{{Cite comic | cartoonist = Ari North | story = Here Goes Nothing | title = Always Human | volume = 2 | issue = 69 | date = April 7, 2017 | publisher = [[Line Webtoon|Webtoon]] | url = https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/always-human/season-2-69-here-goes-nothing/viewer?title_no=557&episode_no=75 | access-date = December 24, 2020 | archive-date = April 11, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210411194805/https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/always-human/season-2-69-here-goes-nothing/viewer?title_no=557&episode_no=75 | url-status = live }} {{Cite web |url=https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/always-human/season-2-69-here-goes-nothing/viewer?title_no=557&episode_no=75 |title=Always Human - &#91;Season 2&#93; 69 - Here Goes Nothing |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411194805/https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/always-human/season-2-69-here-goes-nothing/viewer?title_no=557&episode_no=75 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In another webcomic, ''Unknown Lands'', which began in 2015, Vard is shown to be polyamorous,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unknownlands.thecomicseries.com/cast/|title=Cast |website=Unknown Lands the comic series |last=Rosi |first=Kämpe |date=September 11, 2015|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222102803/http://unknownlands.thecomicseries.com/cast/|archive-date=February 22, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> along with most of the cast having a queer sexual identity. The webcomic itself has environmental, feminist, and LGBTQ+ themes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stripshowcomicrevu.blogspot.com/2016/09/|title=Backstage Pass September: Rosi Kampe|date=September 23, 2016|access-date=December 24, 2020|website=The Strip Show, a Webcomic Revue|last=otterchild|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202201910/http://stripshowcomicrevu.blogspot.com/2016/09/|archive-date=February 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> A few years later, the 2017 film ''[[Professor Marston and the Wonder Women]]'' focuses on the real-life polyamorous relationship between the professor, psychologist [[William Moulton Marston]] (the creator of [[Wonder Woman]]), his wife and research partner [[Elizabeth Holloway Marston]], and their student, [[Olive Byrne]], as they share a "workplace, a bed, a home and eventually a family."<ref>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Anna|title=How movies brought polyamory into the mainstream|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/16/sex-wonder-women-threesomes-polyamory-film-professor-marston|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 16, 2017|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616034327/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/16/sex-wonder-women-threesomes-polyamory-film-professor-marston|archive-date=June 16, 2019}}</ref> Furthermore, fiction writer [[Cassandra Clare]] stated that Mark Blackthorn in ''[[The Dark Artifices]]'' book series would "definitely be open to a polyamorous relationship",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clare |first1=Cassandra |url=https://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/post/123604632919/hi-cassie-i-wanted-to-say-thank-you-for-these |title=Hi Cassie, I wanted to say thank you for these... |publisher=Cassandra Clare's official [[Tumblr]] |date=July 11, 2015 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530185748/https://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/post/123604632919/hi-cassie-i-wanted-to-say-thank-you-for-these |archive-date=May 30, 2017 }}</ref> but would not cheat or lie, while noting that another such relationship between other characters would not be possible.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clare |first1=Cassandra |url=https://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/post/103475114209/clockworks-and-triads |title=Clockworks and triads |publisher=Cassandra Clare's official [[Tumblr]] |date=July 18, 2015 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718052533/https://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/post/103475114209/clockworks-and-triads |archive-date=July 18, 2015 }}</ref> Eventually, he ends up in a polyamorous triangle, with a girlfriend and a boyfriend who are dating each other. Additionally, writer K. Ancrum confirmed that polyamorous characters were in two of her books (''The Wicker King'' and ''The Weight of the Stars''), but did not name any specific characters.<ref>{{cite web |author=K. Ancrum |url=https://kancrum.com/book-f-a-q/ |title=Author F.A.Q |publisher=K. Ancrum's official website |date=2020 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002015113/https://kancrum.com/book-f-a-q/ |archive-date=October 2, 2020 }}</ref> At the same time, Em, best friend of the protagonist in two books by Leigh Matthews (''Don't Bang the Barista'' and ''Go Deep'') is a bisexual woman dating a man in the first book, but by the second book she has "happily settled into a poly triad", wondering how she will get married.<ref name="Stepaniuk" />

On May 29, 2017, in the last season of ''[[Steven Universe]]'', Fluorite, a member of the [[Off Colors]], a fusion of six different gems into one being, with fusion as the physical manifestation of a relationship, was introduced. This character reappeared in various episodes in the show's fifth season ("Lars Head", "Lars of the Stars", "Your Mother and Mine"), the season 5 finale, "[[Change Your Mind (Steven Universe)|Change Your Mind]]", along with one in ''[[Steven Universe Future]]'' ("Little Graduation") and in ''[[Steven Universe: The Movie]]'',<ref>{{cite AV media |people=Sugar, Rebecca (director), Jones-Quartey, Ian (Writer), Brewster, Miki (Writer), Abrams, Lamar (Writer) |date=September 2, 2019 |title=Steven Universe: The Movie |trans-title=Steven Universe: The Movie |medium=TV Movie |language=en |url=https://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Network-Steven-Universe-Movie/dp/B07W8HR413/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Steven+Universe%3A+The+Movie&qid=1577818294&sr=8-1 |access-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231185355/https://www.amazon.com/Cartoon-Network-Steven-Universe-Movie/dp/B07W8HR413/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Steven+Universe%3A+The+Movie&qid=1577818294&sr=8-1 |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |format=Prime video |time=8 PM |location=United States |publisher=[[Cartoon Network]] |id=B07W8HR413 }}</ref> with the latter two as non-speaking appearances. The series creator, [[Rebecca Sugar]], confirmed that Fluorite is a representation of a polyamorous relationship at the show's [[Comic Con]] panel in [[San Diego]].<ref name="tracybrown">{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Tracy|title='Steven Universe's' Rebecca Sugar confirms Fluorite is a representation of a polyamorous relationship|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comic-con-2017-updates-htmlstory.html#steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-confirms-fluorite-is-a-representation-of-a-polyamorous-relationship|access-date=31 December 2019|work=L.A. Times|date=21 July 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191231181547/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-comic-con-2017-updates-htmlstory.html%23steven-universes-rebecca-sugar-confirms-fluorite-is-a-representation-of-a-polyamorous-relationship|archive-date=December 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="shamuskelley">{{cite news|last1=Kelley|first1=Shamus|title=Steven Universe: 9 Things We Learned|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/steven-universe/266722/steven-universe-9-things-we-learned|access-date=31 December 2019|work=[[Den of Geek]]|date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231182319/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/steven-universe/266722/steven-universe-9-things-we-learned|archive-date=December 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Sugar said at the panel, and at another conference, that she was inspired after talking with children at an LGBTQ+ center in [[Long Beach]], California, who wanted a polyamorous character in the show.<ref name="tracybrown" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://animesuperhero.com/sdcc-2017-steven-universe-panel/|title=SDCC 2017: The "Steven Universe" Panel|author=slai|date=August 9, 2017|website=Anime Superhero|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231182021/https://animesuperhero.com/sdcc-2017-steven-universe-panel/|archive-date=December 31, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="shamuskelley" /> ''Steven Universe'' was not alone in this regard. The [[BoJack Horseman season 4|fourth season]] of ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'', a [[Adult animation in the United States|mature animated series]], featured a character named Hollyhock, the sister of the protagonist, who has eight adoptive fathers{{efn|Dashawn Manheim, Steve Mannheim, Jose Guerrero, Cupe Robinson III, Otto Zilberschlag, Arturo "Ice Man" Fonzerelli, Gregory Hsung, and Quackers McQuack}} in a polyamorous gay relationship.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nickalls|first=Sammy|title=The Tricky Problem With Hollyhock in 'BoJack Horseman' Season 4|url=https://dotandline.net/hollyhock-bojack-horseman-season-4-456f9384f8b9/|newspaper=Dot and Line|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327045505/https://dotandline.net/hollyhock-bojack-horseman-season-4-456f9384f8b9/|archive-date=March 27, 2020|quote=The adopted daughter of eight polyamorous fathers, she [Hollyhock] informs him [Bojack] right off the bat that she's not looking for a ninth dad in BoJack—who, thanks to the results of a Todd-facilitated DNA test, she believes to be her biological father.}}</ref> The same year, ''Unicornland'' premiered, with eight-episode web series focusing on Annie's exploration into polyamory after her divorce.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/tv-is-finally-starting-to-get-polyamory-right/|title=TV Is Finally Starting to Get Polyamory Right|last=Novick|first=Ilana|date=April 10, 2017|website=[[Vice News]] |language=en-US|access-date=December 24, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507213037/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vvk5q9/tv-is-finally-starting-to-get-polyamory-right|archive-date=May 7, 2020}}</ref>

===2018–present===
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Polyamory was the subject of the 2018 [[Louis Theroux]] documentary ''Love Without Limits'', where Theroux travels to [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], to meet a number of people engaged in polyamorous relationships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/04/altered-states-love-without-limits-review-louis-theroux-treads-his-tightrope|title=Altered States: Love Without Limits review – Louis Theroux treads his tightrope|first=Lucy|last=Mangan|date=November 4, 2018|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107034216/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/04/altered-states-love-without-limits-review-louis-theroux-treads-his-tightrope|archive-date=November 7, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2018, ''[[195 Lewis]]'', a web series about a [[Black lesbian literature in the United States|black lesbian]] couple dealing with their relationship being newly polyamorous,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lao |first1=Sameer |url=https://www.colorlines.com/articles/black-queer-couple-candidly-explores-polyamory-195-lewis |title=A Black Queer Couple Candidly Explores Polyamory in '195 Lewis' |publisher=[[ColorLines]] |date=November 17, 2017 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417183726/https://www.colorlines.com/articles/black-queer-couple-candidly-explores-polyamory-195-lewis|archive-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> received the Breakthrough Series – Short Form award from the [[Gotham Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Rachel Montpelier |url=https://womenandhollywood.com/2018-gotham-awards-wins-for-chloe-zhaos-the-rider-killing-eve-elsie-fisher-more/ |title=2018 Gotham Awards: Wins for Chloé Zhao's "The Rider," "Killing Eve," Elsie Fisher, & More |publisher=Women and Hollywood |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034845/https://womenandhollywood.com/2018-gotham-awards-wins-for-chloe-zhaos-the-rider-killing-eve-elsie-fisher-more/ |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The series premiered in 2017 and ran for five episodes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.195lewis.com/events/2017/11/16/195-lewis-online-premiere |title=195 Lewis Online Premiere!! — 195 Lewis |publisher=195lewis.com |date=November 16, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127234333/http://www.195lewis.com/events/2017/11/16/195-lewis-online-premiere |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, the comic ''Open Earth'' premiered. The comic is set in the future and monogamous relationships are seen as outdated to all the young people on board the space station, all of whom are polyamorous. Author [[Sarah Mirk]] said that she wanted to write a story where "open relationships can be really positive and wonderful" and said that it is realistic to believe that people would "explore multiple relationships".<ref>{{cite interview |last=Mirk |first=Sarah |interviewer=Isabel |title=Erotic Sci-Fi Graphic Novel "Open Earth" Explores Polyamory In Space |type=Online |url=https://bust.com/books/195382-open-earth-interview.html |publisher=[[Bust (magazine)|Bust]] |date=January 30, 2019 |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130171318/https://bust.com/books/195382-open-earth-interview.html |archive-date=January 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Trigonometry (TV series)|Trigonometry]]'' is an eight-part [[BBC]] TV drama series which started on March 15, 2020, and is about an existing couple being joined by a third person and forming a polyamorous relationship. The BBC said that ''Trigonometry'' is "A love story about three people who are made for each other."<ref>{{cite web |title=Trigonometry |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0840zbt/trigonometry |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224200517/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0840zbt/trigonometry |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=When is polyamory drama Trigonometry on BBC Two? What is it about? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-15/trigonometry-air-date/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |date=March 15, 2020 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224200746/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-15/trigonometry-air-date/ |archive-date=December 24, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2021, Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]'' explored polyamory with three of its main characters. Actress [[Jacinta Stapleton]] was proud to be involved in the story arc, stating: "I think we should always try to reflect real intimate relationships in our society. Polyamory certainly is a part of that. The more we represent the beautifully diverse nature and uniqueness of humans, the more people will feel accepted and seen."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a37066297/neighbours-spoilers-ned-amy-levi-polyamorous/|title=Neighbours' Ned Willis suggests polyamorous relationship in new storyline|last=Lee|first=Jess|date=July 19, 2021|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=August 16, 2021|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816132349/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/neighbours/a37066297/neighbours-spoilers-ned-amy-levi-polyamorous/|url-status=live}}</ref>