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Buckle up... I’m going in on what @russelldavies63 says in this article (a thread (1/10) https://news.sky.com/story/russell-t-davies-straight-actors-should-not-play-gay-characters-12185652?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter&fbclid=IwAR0e3sU5lMRcCjWs8eASWESuG_GvETlqOdAb-Uc-XIRQ4QHq6Zg3PSQdhbo
I’m gay 100% of the time, not just in the bedroom. It’s not about the mechanics of it. Being gay is central to my identity, it’s not just a performance I switch on. He’s right. It’s time LGBTQ actors demanded better in the industry. (2/10)
I’m turned away for a myriad of straight roles and then the smattering of gay ones are given to straight people. There’s institutional and systemic homophobia at every level of the industry and our society. (3/10)
I’ve felt it, I live it. Be humble and listen to what LGBTQ people in the industry have to say on the issue. (4/10)
Also - you watch LGBTQ performances by LGBTQ people and they are always 100% better. But cis/straight people won’t see that because you don’t understand the set of codes and behaviours that make up our identity because you don’t live our experience. (5/10)
It’s time to be gracious and to allow minorities space to explore our place in the world on our terms, not on terms laid out for us by the majority. You gave us gay marriage and we’re supposed to be grateful for the hundreds of years of oppression and inequality and pain? (6/10)
No. I’m not grateful we were given ‘permission’ and now you see us as human. Watch Russell’s new show. Listen, learn and try to understand the trauma Lgbtq people go through just by existing daily. (7/10)
Just like the BLM movement challenges us all to acknowledge that we’re all racist unless we’re actively fighting it (because we grew up in a racist society), LGBTQ people are now challenging us all to do the same... (8/10)
we’re inherently homophobic and transphobic because the society we grew up in was. Put your pride aside and reflect on what you can do to become anti homo/bi/trans-phobic. (9/10)
I hope for a world where gay men can play straight and vis versa... but we’re not in that world yet. The work needs to be done on a personal, social, cultural and political level. So let’s get to work. (10/10)
