#straight privilege
Opinion: Rose McGowan, Gay Men and Misogyny
In this week’s blog Lawrence Allen writes for Gay Homestays on the recent discussion initiated by Rose McGowan. You can follow Lawrence on twitter @monopolyphonic .
Actress and activist Rose McGowan hit out at the gay community this week, saying “Gay men are as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so”. McGowan made the claims during an interview for gay American Psychoauthor Brett Easton…
I’m really amused by the argument “You can’t expect straight writers to include LGBT+ characters. They’ve never experienced being LGBT+”
Because like-
1) JK Rowling was never an 11 year old orphaned wizard boy. Tolkien was never an ELF. This is how writing works.
2) I, a bisexual woman, am perfectly capable of writing straight men?
Why are you guys such bad writers?
Like, no, maybe you would struggle to write an accurate and realistic portrayal of a trans teens transitioning, or a gay teens experience with homophobia. But you know you don’t HAVE to go super in depth about those things to include LGBT+ characters AT ALL, right? We are more than the bigotry we endure.
OHHHHH THERE IT IS.
heteros: its just more realistic if gay characters dont say theyre gay…..like why would they need to talk about that
gays: this character is gay!
heteros: um where did they say theyre gay
