things bandom finds convenient to forget
- gabe saporta is a latinx immigrant. he was an illegal immigrant for 3 years - gabe’s also jewish. he posts about judaism regularly - gabe also was addicted to prescription drugs for a while, but he isnt anymore - alex suarez is spanish. his full name is alexandro fransisco suarez virta marroquin marciera (say that 10 times fast) - alex gaskarth was in an abusive relationship when he was 18/19 with a 25 year old married woman. - coffeeshop soundtrack and six feet under the stars are both about alex’s relationship with her - jack barakat is lebanese. his parents and he immigrated from lebanon during the lebanese civil war - william beckett struggles with anxiety and had anorexia as a teenager - william also has a stutter - gerard way relapsed during danger days, and had an ed throughout touring danger days - gerard had/has hallucinations and thats what maya the physic is about - mikey way & pete wentz & halsey are bipolar - brendon has adhd and one of the first songs he wrote was called ‘ritalin’ - patrick stump has adult onset adhd - joe trohman has mild ocd - joe’s also jewish
-the Way family is Japanese and Spanish (so when people talk about Gerard appropriating Japanese culture with Danger Days, remember that he is Japanese) -Ray Toro is Puerto Rican and Portuguese -Josh Dun is Japanese -Tyler Joseph is Lebanese (seriously guys quit saying they’re white) -Josh Dun has anxiety and is open to talking about it -Spencer Smith is a recovering prescription drug addict -so is Mikey Way -Brendon Urie does not label his sexuality, but has admitted in interviews that he is attracted to multiple genders -Patrick Stump wrestled with alcoholism and depression during the Soul Punk era -He also has mild synesthesia
As great as everything else on this list is, I wouldn’t really consider Josh Dun as Japanese since it’s only 1/32 of his cultural heritage (from his great great great grandmother). It’s so far down the line that Japanese/Asian culture isn’t an important part of his ethnicity. I know this might not seem like a big deal, but as someone who's 100% Asian and very intact with my heritage, I’m just sick of having to settle for Asian representation in people who don’t really identify as Asian. There are much better examples of diversity, but imo this just isn’t one of them.









