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the "queer romance" manifested by the Adora-Catra relationship<ref name="Mak">{{cite web |last1=Mak |first1=Philip |title=Five family-friendly LGBTQ animated series for Pride Month |url=https://blog.toonboom.com/lgbtq-family-friendly-animated-series-pride-month |website=[[Toon Boom Animation|Toon Boom]] |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713120757/https://blog.toonboom.com/lgbtq-family-friendly-animated-series-pride-month |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |date=March 26, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Flaherty" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Franich |first1=Darren |title=She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is a funny-wonderful pop fantasy |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/07/she-ra-princesses-of-power-netflix-review/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108040205/https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/07/she-ra-princesses-of-power-netflix-review/ |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |date=November 7, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and said that this slow-burn romance{{efn|1=Bustle [https://www.bustle.com/p/slow-burn-romance-novels-are-my-favorite-love-stories-to-read-especially-when-im-single-15942802 defines] a slow burn as a "romance novel that focuses on a character-driven love story where that relationship takes some time to develop," with the same applying to animation.}} was a groundbreaking moment for TV.<ref name=Opie>{{cite web |last=Opie |first=David |title=She-Ra's season 5 finale just changed TV forever with a groundbreaking moment |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32459679/she-ra-season-5-finale-lgbtq-queer-kiss/ |magazine=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516175744/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32459679/she-ra-season-5-finale-lgbtq-queer-kiss/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Tracy |title=Once 'so secret,' a queer Netflix series finally puts all its cards on the table |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516180501/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
the "queer romance" manifested by the Adora-Catra relationship<ref name="Mak">{{cite web |last1=Mak |first1=Philip |title=Five family-friendly LGBTQ animated series for Pride Month |url=https://blog.toonboom.com/lgbtq-family-friendly-animated-series-pride-month |website=[[Toon Boom Animation|Toon Boom]] |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713120757/https://blog.toonboom.com/lgbtq-family-friendly-animated-series-pride-month |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |date=March 26, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="Flaherty" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Franich |first1=Darren |title=She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is a funny-wonderful pop fantasy |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/07/she-ra-princesses-of-power-netflix-review/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly|EW]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108040205/https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/07/she-ra-princesses-of-power-netflix-review/ |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |date=November 7, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and said that this slow-burn romance{{efn|1=Bustle [https://www.bustle.com/p/slow-burn-romance-novels-are-my-favorite-love-stories-to-read-especially-when-im-single-15942802 defines] a slow burn as a "romance novel that focuses on a character-driven love story where that relationship takes some time to develop," with the same applying to animation.}} was a groundbreaking moment for TV.<ref name=Opie>{{cite web |last=Opie |first=David |title=She-Ra's season 5 finale just changed TV forever with a groundbreaking moment |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32459679/she-ra-season-5-finale-lgbtq-queer-kiss/ |magazine=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516175744/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a32459679/she-ra-season-5-finale-lgbtq-queer-kiss/ |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="latimes">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Tracy |title=Once 'so secret,' a queer Netflix series finally puts all its cards on the table |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516180501/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |date=May 15, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>


The series features same-sex attraction and romance among secondary and side characters as well. Two of the princesses, Spinerella and Netossa, are [[same-sex marriage | married]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Freeman|first=Molly|url=https://screenrant.com/she-ra-reboot-lgbt-characters/|title=Netflix's She-Ra Reboot Confirmed To Include LGBT Characters|work=[[Screen Rant]]|date=October 4, 2018|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009164233/https://screenrant.com/she-ra-reboot-lgbt-characters/|archive-date=October 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Matadeen|first=Renaldo|url=https://www.cbr.com/she-ra-princesses-of-power-lgbtq-promise/|title=Netflix's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Delivers on Its LGBTQ Promise|date=November 15, 2018|work=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|access-date=May 22, 2021|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225200539/https://www.cbr.com/she-ra-princesses-of-power-lgbtq-promise/|archive-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/she-ra/277531/she-ra-the-next-step-in-queer-representation|title=She-Ra: The Next Step in Queer Representation|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116113833/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/she-ra/277531/she-ra-the-next-step-in-queer-representation|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Flaherty">{{cite web |last1=Flaherty |first1=Keely |title='She-Ra' Gives Us the Slow-Burn Queer Romance of Our Dreams |url=https://www.fandom.com/articles/adora-and-catra-relationship |website=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127194424/https://www.fandom.com/articles/adora-and-catra-relationship |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |date=November 13, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref>{{Better source needed|Reason=[[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 361|Unclear]] if Fandom is reliable source.|date=February 2023}} and their relationship receives more attention in a plot arc in the fifth season when Netossa must rescue her wife from the villain's mind control.<ref name="denofgeekqueerrep" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bacon |first1=Thomas |title=She-Ra Season 5 Makes Lesbian Relationship Canon |url=https://screenrant.com/she-ra-season-5-adora-catra-lesbian-confirmed/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=May 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520202603/https://screenrant.com/she-ra-season-5-adora-catra-lesbian-confirmed/ |archive-date=May 20, 2020 |date=May 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>. An episode focusing on Bow, the male lead, explores his relationship with his [[LGBT parenting | two fathers]] Lance and George. Additionally, it is strongly implied that Scorpia, Catra's right-hand woman, has a crush on her and arranges pseudo-dates disguised as "side missions."<ref>{{cite web|last=Matadeen|first=Renaldo|url=https://www.cbr.com/she-ra-lgbt-romance-catra-scorpia/|title=She-Ra's New LGBT Romance Is the Reboot's Most Meaningful Yet|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|date=August 17, 2019|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128054711/https://www.cbr.com/she-ra-lgbt-romance-catra-scorpia/|archive-date=January 28, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> Scorpia also mentions that the Horde soldier Kyle has a crush on his coworker, a humanoid lizard man named Rogelio, and ND Stevenson once tweeted that he envisions the two in a [[polyamorous]] relationship that involves their cohort Lonnie.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stevenson |first1=Nate |title=tweet |url={https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1263285692290854913?s=20} |website=X |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref>
The series features same-sex attraction and romance among secondary and side characters as well. Two of the princesses, Spinerella and Netossa, are