That's a good article. It makes a lot of sense. I think it really does apply to all media that hold possibilities of romance.
I stopped writing/reading fanfiction due to the lack. I was spending more time searching for it than actually reading it, and there was a huge lack of response when writing it. Original work is just as lacking as fanfiction. It's tough to find quality novels that feature lesbians that aren't solely shitty smut. I'm focused on originals now.
I first started using this site as a teenager on a shared computer. I started out with mostly the sweet SFW romances. I started fearing people finding out I was using this site altogether, afraid the more risque stories would be lumped together and give off the general impression that I was spending time every week on a manga equivalent of brazzers. That's with my family already knowing I was a lesbian. That's what lesbians in the media seemed to a lot of people around me at the time - it stemmed from discomfort with broadcasting sexuality.
Once when I was trying to discuss how difficult it was to find novels with female characters who love each other the response I got was "Why does it have to be two girls? Aren't other romances fine? Lesbians could read gay or het guy romance too. Unless you're just looking for erotica?" I personally like the idea of identifying with a main character sexually if there is going to be some romance to a story. It makes perfect sense that stories can be more immersive if there are common aspects that a reader can identify with. It seems there's a competition between what is normal and what are personal preferences. I understand why some heterosexuals would not be as into a pairing that is lesbian, especially if they had hopes with other characters. In that sense, that's why we have the idea of heterosexuality as a normalcy. Even as homosexuality is more accepted I think there's still going to be an issue with the amount of lesbian stories we receive due to the population difference. There's a possibility that as people continue to become more open it will increase, because I mean, we can all agree on things like MulderxScully right? So why not Korrasami as well? It'll probably be a while though.