Lawyered

Hey, everyone, this is super not cool for lots of reasons!

1. A (supposedly) straight person playing a gay character is not “queerbaiting.” I’m taking this word away until people learn how to use it properly. Queerbaiting is deliberate and concerted effort to trick queer people into thinking a character/person is queer in order to gain viewership and $$ from queer people, without ever confirming it so that they don’t have to risk losing homophobe viewers/fans/$$. An actor playing a queer character once and not feeling comfortable stating their orientation in NO WAY fits that definition.

2. Kit is EIGHTEEN. I know lots of young people are discovering their identities at younger and younger ages, but that’s not universally true. And even if it were, it’s a different story for a celebrity to feel pressured to announce their orientation. That’s pressuring someone young to out themselves publicly, which is massively fucked up. Coming out should always be a person’s free, non-coerced choice when they’re ready.

3. Quote from the article: “It feels a bit strange to make assumptions about a person’s sexuality just based on hearing their voice or seeing their appearance,” Connor added at the time. “I feel like that’s a very interesting, slightly problematic sort of assumption to make.” People just assumed Kit was straight because of his voice/mannerisms?? What the fuck?!?!! Like, queer people did this!!! That’s massively problematic, actually!!! And misses a major point of the show, which is really fucking ironic. Queer people don’t need to fit certain stereotypes in looks and mannerisms in order to be queer!!!!