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statistically (and for someone who says he knows many gay men irl) it's odd that Eichiro Oda stereotypes all the gay men in the grandline as hideous Drag queens
however maybe he doesn't
I've been discussing the announcement that Luffy canonically has no sexual attraction to women with another One Piece Fan lately, and while it was never stated that Luffy likes men there's some things I feel worth mentioning
first off is that Luffy loves the Okamas
everyone else finds them creepy and horrible but Luffy thinks their fun and likes them
also, Luffy's not the only character with either an explicit indifference to women sexually and/or strong connection to the Okamas
first off is Crocodile,
Emporio Ivankov. Queen of all the Okamas, says he knows a secret about Crocodile, which could be anything...but with Ivankov involved, implies its sexuality related (one theory is that Crocodile is actually a woman but I doubht that)
next up is Bellamy the Hyena
I dunno much about Bellamy currently but it was confirmed to me that Bellamy never expresses an overt attraction to any women
then there's
and finally and most debateably, Smoker
this one is most arguable because there's some MINOR shipteases with him and a woman....but mostly purely on her side, and otherwise their relationship seems purely proffessional (there was also a story arc where everyone switched bodies and he was the only character who didn't behave as if his masculinity was threatened when he switched bodies with a woman)
Ironically all these characters have a stitched up facial scar in common
so my theory is that all these characters are Macho gay men and that the face scarring is meant as coy symbolism to imply that