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COMMUNITY APPRECIATION WEEK - DAY 2: FAVORITE FRIENDSHIP

↳TROY AND ABED

#community #troy and abed #i'm gonna die on this hill #they seriously remind me of my bestie and i #all chaotic nd energy

stars-bean

“Big metaphor guy. I love it. Makes you sound super smart.”

LOKI (2021)

#loki

marvels-universe

– choose your fighter –

#🐊🐊🐊#loki

itwasanangryinch

Hey, remember late last year when everyone (in Australia) lost their shit over a Sydney production not casting a nb/trans person in the role of Hedwig and harassed the ousted lead actor online so badly he had to put himself under suicide watch? Well, as it turns out they did cast a nb actor - that same actor who put themselves on suicide watch after being bullied online - they just were not ready to be out yet.

So not to be a fandom old about it, but you know how there’s that big debate over whether or not LGBT roles have to be played by LGBT actors? Many more of them are played by LGBT actors who for whatever reason are not ready to be out yet (or ever.) And it’s truly none of your business.

motherfickle

Adding to this, there are a ton of reviews for the film version of Hedwig on Letterbox that gave it 1 star solely on the premise that it “wasn’t written by non-binary people”.

Cut to earlier this month and both John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask have come out as non-binary.

Just because a person isn’t out, doesn’t mean they are cis/straight.

nochoirsinging

Wynonna Earp cast two cishet women as a lesbian/bisexual couple. Since then, both of them have come out as not straight (I don’t believe either of them have ever labeled themselves but their words seem like they’re both pan to me) and Dom is gender fluid and nonbinary. Both of them have credited their roles and the welcoming LGBT+ fanbase show as helping them realize they weren’t straight. Those roles helped them see past heteronormativity and explore their own identities.

Stop demanding personal information from actors and creators. If the representation is problematic, let’s talk about it. But if they’re doing a good job at portraying LBGT+ issues and people and relationships, let them live their lives in peace.