Editing Polyamory (section)

===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>