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Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)
I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.
On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.
But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.
And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.
When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.
Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.
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felixlefebvre · 7 months
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Nick Robinson in Silk Road (2021)
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queer-media-tourney · 1 month
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schoolsoutmp3 · 1 year
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It's happened to Becky Albertalli, who wrote a book about how terrible it is to be outed.
It's happened to Keiynan Lonsdale, who starred in the adaptation of that book.
It's happened to Kit Connor, who starred in a show that makes it clear you don't owe people your sexuality.
This list will only ever get longer, because you are weaponising the concepts of authenticity and "own-voices" to creep into strangers lives to find out some of the most personal things you could find.
"Queer actors for queer roles" is a right idea until all you can focus on is harassing anyone who's not stated they're gay. Forcing them to tell their parents, their whole extended family, their neighbours, their old pre-school classmates, and thousands of people who will never ever even see them in person let alone interact with them.
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nick-nellson · 2 months
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filmtvtoday · 25 days
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LOVE, SIMON (2018), dir. Greg Berlanti
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itsawonderfulgaytoday · 7 months
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Some of my favorite gay kissing clips from tv shows and movies that are worth watching. Many of these clips you’ll see me rotate in my blog header but thought I’d put a collection together and identify the clips for those that may be interested in watching.
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Something Like Summer (2020)
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Akron (2015)
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Love, Simon (2018)
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Fair Haven (2016)
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Love, Victor (2020)
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The Way He Looks (2014)
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Eyewitness (2016) (US Version)
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Shelter (2007)
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Heartstopper (2022)
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Golden Delicious (2022)
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Bros (2022)
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Young Royals (2021)
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Elite (2018)
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2022)
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everloretruther · 7 months
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Life can be tough sometimes but I must thank the universe for the music and for the little gay people on the internet and in books <3 <3 <3
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rosegardenpink · 2 years
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“love, simon sucks!” “heartstopper is immature!” “first kill is so bad!” shut up shut up shut up shut up stop shitting on shows because it doesn’t live up to your impossible standards for “good queer media”. not every goddamn show starring lgbt people needs to be the next moonlight or brokeback mountain. y’all need to take a chill pill and stop being so fucking negative all the time. not every piece of queer media is going to check off every single checkbox on your thousand item list of what makes “good representation” and that’s okay. let people enjoy something for once jfc.
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eldiariodetiara · 7 months
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The way I feel about him is like a heartbeat -- soft and persistent, underlying everything.
Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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jezebelgoldstone · 1 year
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Real HARD sci-fi is never queer A Memory Called Empire, Ninefox Gambit, Chrome, The Stars are Legion, the long way to a small angry planet, The Luminous Dead, Gideon the Ninth
High FANTASY is never queer Captive Prince, Prince of the Sorrows, In the Ravenous Dark, Gideon the Ninth, The High King's Golden Tongue, In the Vanisher's Palace, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Four Profound Weaves
All queer novels are so SERIOUS none of them are bust-a-gut FUNNY Monstrous Regiment, Red White and Royal Blue, The Last Sun, Boyfriend Material, Gideon the Ninth, Check Please!, One Last Stop, I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Ghosts are my jam Elatsoe, Black Water Sister, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation
Look I just read fanfic I don't like the way novels read I'd read novels if they made me feel like fanfic does Winter's Orbit, The Last Sun, Prince of the Sorrows, Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, In The Court of the Nameless Queen, Hunger Pangs, Simon Versus the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The High King's Golden Tongue, Red White and Royal Blue, Check Please!, Boyfriend Material, Cinderella is Dead
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felixlefebvre · 7 months
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Nick Robinson in Silk Road (2021)
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shujubeelamoglia · 1 month
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Keiynan Lonsdale
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quinnfebrey · 2 years
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the vast majority of lgbt media is the same, tired story of a gay awakening/internalized homophobia/coming out. and the vast majority of THOSE pieces of media end right after the main character finally finds their Love Interest. but… then what? everyone knows that coming to terms with your sexuality and coming out can be hard without watching Another show about it. and as someone who has been secure with her sexuality for years and years, constantly being thrown back into media that centers fear and anxiety and instability is such a fucking drag. why don’t we get to see what comes AFTER all that? why don’t we get to see stable, healthy, mundane relationships that happen to be lgbt, chosen family that don’t bat an eye, found friends? you can’t sell kids the message that “it gets better” if you refuse to SHOW them what that looks like.
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wanderlustxprincess · 8 months
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If I had a nickel for every time a queer male character had his sexuality exposed via emails, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it’s happened twice
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