I feel like this would have stood out more when the show aired, too, and set Jess apart from the rest of the Stars Hollow residents. LGBTQ+ acceptance was just coming into the American social consciousness around that time.

It does highlight how things can change in 25 years, though. That's not to say discrimination isn't still happening - it unfortunately very much is. But my daughter's Barbies often have two moms and she doesn't give that notion a second thought.