#im in the trenches for straight actors to play gay roles bro

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i can’t believe it’s 2023 and the “only gay actors should play gay roles” argument is not only alive and kicking on twitter, but thriving. need you guys to shut the fuck up and log off so bad 😭

#im in the trenches for straight actors to play gay roles bro #because number ONE you don’t actually know if they are or not #which leads nicely to point number 2 — it’s none of your fucking business whether they are or not #basically it all just kinda translates to ‘I hate closeted people and I don’t think they deserve to work’ lmaooo #but also like imagine going into Starbucks and the hiring manager asks if you kiss girls #acting is a job and we should (literally) never allow people to be hired on the basis of their sexuality #you know why? because that opens the door for them NOT to be hired on the basis of their sexuality :) #thats never a precedent which should be allowed to exist #even if you think ‘oh but this is a special circumstance and it’s because it’s a public role’ #that’s called a slope babe and it can get very slippery very quickly #Hollywood is powerful and stories are powerful and the media is powerful #and it’s ability to normalise and justify things at a rapid pace shouldn’t be overestimated