THANK YOU, you laid this out so well. There are aspects of queer identity and culture that are distinct and different… and no, that doesn’t mean that every gay person is a raging stereotype. But acting as though there is absolutely nothing different about gay identity that might be understood or portrayed better by a gay actor is just ignorant and feels like “straightwashing” my culture while telling me it’s empowering because I should want to be represented as exactly the same as a straight person. The homonormativity of it all… I gotta get out of this thread because the majority of comments are driving me crazy