EDIT: Thank you so much for all the response, I've gained a better understanding on this issue because of it. Feel free to add more as you wish. I just want to say that even though a lot of the comments and responses below are long, I encourage anyone here to read all of them because this is such an important issue to discuss, it is something I feel hasn't been explored yet at least to a large extent.

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As a person who identify within the spectrum of the LGBT community, I am extremely grateful that we are getting more and more representation in the media. Season 3 of skam and its remake is such a beloved work and a fan favourite of many as far as I can tell. However, there is a question that has been bothering me for quite sometime now, something that I can't comprehend alone.

Is there a (unwanted) danger in such form of representation? I've seen a lot of people fetishizing about gay shipping and all that jazz on the internet. In a way, I'm sort of unsure if this is the right step to social acceptance. I don't really want to be stuck in a realm where gay relationships are only fetishized/fantasized. Because we all know that we still experience so much crap even in a progressive time like this.

I need reassurance from someone that maybe I'm just overreacting. I know that media representation is very important to our community, which is a bit contradicting for my argument (I Know). But I would really like to know your thoughts on this, maybe I'm not alone. Thank you!

***To help better understand this issue, here a few analogies I've gathered, hopefully it helps.

1. In season 4 of skam france, Imane confronted Ingrid about dating non-caucassian men. Because, she is clearly a racist, Imane brought up that she only dates them out of fetish or to piss off her white parents.
2. I've also observed this in the Black Lives Matter movement, where white people (unknowingly or in some cases deliberately) utilize this movement in a manner that depicts a "white saviour" narrative. Even though systemic racism is clearly rooted in such a privilege. ((Sorry for being vague on this one but this is an entire discussion on its own))
3. The musician Lizzo recently gave an informative interview where she indicated that a plus-size body like hers is seen only as a trend in this society as opposed to sheer acceptance.

Apologies for being political and for being slightly off-topic in my examples, thanks in advance for the response.