Prince Charming by Day, Superheroine by Night?
Subversive Sexualities and Gender Fluidity
in Revolutionary Girl Utena and Sailor Moon

The anime, contrastingly, treats gender ambiguity and homosexuality
as more sensational, scandalous issues. As in the manga, several of the
main female characters develop attractions to Haruka because they believe
she is a man. When her biological sex is revealed, however, these
attractions instantly dissolve, and the girls exhibit hyperbolic disgust over
their former feelings

Activists and concerned academics alike are interested in
the portrayal of fictional female-bodied individuals who challenge the norms
of feminine gender performance and compulsory heterosexuality in part
because they realise the influence of such representations on the societal
acceptance of these individuals.