dan came out today and i couldn’t be more proud. he has always been in inspiration to me, especially in the last few years. his strength and courage inspires me and makes me want to be the most authentic version of myself.

i’m not in a position where i can safely and comfortably come out irl, but dan has really inspired me. i know i’ve made posts about this but i’ve not been super direct and straightforward (lol), so i want to start with that here by saying something i haven’t said but a few times to my closest friends. i am bisexual.

Me:

I can’t remember word for word, but to give context they introduced all the major movies nominated for the night. When it came to Bohemian Rhapsody, the only thing they had to say was that Rami had to wear “Freddie’s teeth.” They went on to make a joke about how difficult that had to be because you’d have to get permission from his family to “exhume the body” (e.g. suggesting Rami literally wore his teeth) and then they alluded to the fact that Freddie was actually cremated so that would be very difficult/impossible.

Maybe I’m overly sensitive about death, and it’s such a small moment in the entire show. However, Freddie’s death isn’t fair game for jokes to me. His death was traumatic to a lot of people. They did not show it in the movie for reasons, but Freddie suffered a lot from his diagnosis to his death. He was suffering from an illness that was largely ignored across the world by world leaders, and it was blamed heavily on “lifestyle choices.” The press hounded him day and night about it and shamed him for his identity and life. etc.

I just fail to find the humor in Freddie’s death or in Freddie being dead, knowing how much pain he was in and how much the press did not respect his privacy during his illness. Their constant harassment of him literally impacted when and where he could get medical treatment. His husband and friends had to watch him die, and their ability to find closure was compromised by drama and the media. Freddie Mercury was treated like garbage while he was sick. It’s just not funny to make light of him being dead. 

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