begging cis gay people to understand that casting straight people to play gay characters will never, ever, ever be harmful the way casting cis people to play trans characters is

there’s a nuance to casting straight actors to play gay characters that goes beyond “thing good” or “thing bad”

casting men to play trans women and women to play trans men doesn’t have that nuance. like i’m sorry but those choices are very firmly Thing Bad, even if the >

performances are compelling. jen richards explained it best. https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1276210382625845248?s=21

muting this thread! the notifs have become a bit overwhelming! thank you to everyone who’s had a reasonable and kind discussion.

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