outrising:Gay Movie Needs Your Help To Improve Honest LGBT Representation In Sci-FiA team of British
outrising:Gay Movie Needs Your Help To Improve Honest LGBT Representation In Sci-FiA team of British filmmakers are aiming to produce a groundbreaking new science-fiction movie that not only stars two gay men in the lead roles, but hopes to pave the way for improved representation of LGBT characters in the film industry.Credence follows a gay male couple preparing to sell their worldly possessions to fund their young daughter’s evacuation from Earth in the wake of violent storms predicted to decimate the planet. While they will likely save her life for the right price, they may need to sacrifice their own lives in the process… Read more and watch the trailer and a behind-the-scenes video.Okay, but what about a sci-fi movie with main characters that aren’t white dudes or aren’t dudes at all. And while we’re at it, could we stop with the thing where gays in movies die way more often than straight people do. I really don’t care why they’re sacrificing their lives, I care that almost all lgbtqia+ representation in movies is two white dudes where at least one dies and the overall theme for the couple is a relationship that ends in death. And, considering that sci-fi lead roles can currently be described as scruffy and ruggedly handsome white dudes 99% of the time, I can’t find myself excited over the idea that a movie decided the best way to diversify their movie would be to make the white dudes gay. This has been me bitching about the fact that diversity and non-heterosexual representation in movies is considered gay white guys, because gay white guys totally get less representation than any other group in movies and television. -- source link