Wentworth Miller won’t play straight roles anymore

[TheSlash 14,539]

So that means, if he should ever return as the original Captain Cold to The Flash, he might get a male love interest?  

Spoiler

Maybe Barry   

On a serious note tho, I appreciate that he speaks open about this and his thoughts behind it. Really not just a good actor, but a good human  

[monketsharona 81,309]

Good for him if that's what he want. I don't really share that opinion as he's an actor and he shoud take both gay and straight characters, no matter sexuality. The main things of being an actor is basically playing characters that are not you. The same goes for those straight actors refusing gay characters.

That's sad for Prison Break, I would have loved that season 6 to happen. But anyway it's his own decision.

 

I see that both Dominic Purcell and Sarah Wayne Callies from Prison Break are also confirming PB season 6 won't happen. That's nice to see them supporting him in his decision.  

[Lampost 731]

Some of y'all are misreading what he put - he's not saying gay actors can't play straight characters, just that he wants to play gay characters in the future to further their representation in the media. 

[Pennywise 36,079]

3 hours ago, Bradley said:

This issue is still very relevant today in the black community of the music industry. I feel like there aren't enough black rappers/singers who come out because of how masculinity plays such a huge role in their music.

Which is why I do admire artists like Lil Nas X and Frank Ocean in that regard.

It is such a shame that we STILL face these problems today. I remember watching season 10 of drag race, when Monique said "You just can't be black and gay, you can't" and it probably is particularly heartbreaking to feel ostracized within a community that is already facing racism as a threat. 

I do think problems like these would be easier to solve if we had more public LGBTQ+ figures outside the "hollywood-acceptable white lean/muscular gay" norms. I mean, it's not that we DON'T have these figures. I follow Indya Moore for example  - and this is only an example, it is not to say "oh I follow this person I'm so woke" -  and she is so often incredibly educating. However, I don't think people like her are taken seriously enough even in the LGBTQ+ community. 

People's view of artists change when they come out somehow. Like, an "artist" suddenly becomes "gay artist" and with that tag comes a stigma. Their gayness (or literally anything else) should not be erased, yes, but we also shouldn't define people only by that too.

This issue is too multifaceted for my sleep deprived brain to think of right now I can't even start on toxic masculinity, ugh

[Ghost Face 6,236]

I have a role for him where he can play very gay! 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

This is his time to shine and inspire and be proud of who he is. 

[Bradley 59,114]

45 minutes ago, Pennywise said:

It is such a shame that we STILL face these problems today. I remember watching season 10 of drag race, when Monique said "You just can't be black and gay, you can't" and it probably is particularly heartbreaking to feel ostracized within a community that is already facing racism as a threat. 

I do think problems like these would be easier to solve if we had more public LGBTQ+ figures outside the "hollywood-acceptable white lean/muscular gay" norms. I mean, it's not that we DON'T have these figures. I follow Indya Moore for example  - and this is only an example, it is not to say "oh I follow this person I'm so woke" -  and she is so often incredibly educating. However, I don't think people like her are taken seriously enough even in the LGBTQ+ community. 

People's view of artists change when they come out somehow. Like, an "artist" suddenly becomes "gay artist" and with that tag comes a stigma. Their gayness (or literally anything else) should not be erased, yes, but we also shouldn't define people only by that too.

This issue is too multifaceted for my sleep deprived brain to think of right now I can't even start on toxic masculinity, ugh

That's actually the reason why I'm afraid of coming out. Not because of how people might not accept me. Sometimes I'm very well aware that I have friends who are non-homophobic that would accept me regardless of my sexuality.

Yet there is one thing that is beyond their control, which is a subconscious change of perception in how they see me as a person. Remaining friends with someone is one thing, but perceiving them is another. Someone could still remain friends with me but still see me in a different light, and this is a socially constructed image that is projected upon LGBT people that has not just influenced them but also ourselves as well, since we are very much aware of how we perceive straight and LGBT people differently.