Things never change unless you complain over and over and over. With your attitude, the Stonewall Riots wouldn't even have ever happened and the gay rights movement wouldn't even exist.

If you're satisfied and comfortable, stick to ignoring it. Others who aren't should complain about whatever they want.

True but there's a difference between fighting for rights and complaining about a movie

but you are correct, people can talk about whatever they please. I just thought it would be easier for those who dont approve of the movie to just ignore it

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Everyone who will pay to watch this movie knowing what it represents is racist, homophobic and transphobic.

Or we just want to watch a movie thats based loosely based on a historic event and ogle at the lead actor who's a total hottie

So you're totally ok with your own community being made fun of this way?

You're okay with the "lead actor who's a total hottie" who also happens to be a cis straight white male, using transphobic terms to describe Marsha & Sylvia on social medias?

You're okay with Marsha & Sylvia being played by cis straight men who know nothing about LGBT+ people's struggles?

Do you even know who Marsha & Sylvia are to begin with?

If you're okay with all of this then you're racist, homophobic, and transphobic just like I said.

1. Meh, i fail to see how the community is being made fun of
2. He's ignorant; a lot of people mix up transvestite, drag queen, and transexual. That doesnt make him transphobic
3. Marsha and Silvia arent played by cis white men, they are in the film being portrayed by black and latino actors. and im fine with straight men portraying gay characters because its a movie
4. Yes I do

you need to chill bro, its not that serious. They're not erasing history (especially when a lot of people already know the history), they arent making fun of any community, its just a movie. Do you hear Greek people getting pissed because 300 was not historically accurate? geez

I can't wait to see how hard this movie bombs

2 : His transphobia cannot be misguided for ignorance, because as an actor he had to educate himself on the subject (at least I hope he has ).

3 : Where in my post did i say the actors playing Marsha & Sylvia were white? Learn how to read sistren.

How is that not serious?
And how are greek people victim of the discrimination the LGBT+ community face everyday?
Ever heard of 2 greek people getting jumped because they were holding each other's hand in public?

How do you survive on a day to day basis getting so offended at everything? you are literally getting your andrew christians in a bunch over a movie. If you want something more historical accurate then watch documentaries about Stonewall

You see that? Its a fictionalized version. Even the creators of the film arent saying its the true story. Like I said bro, you need to chill

Is it not a right to have a movie that is based on a major, historical and influential event in your community have the actors ethnicities right and at least a few LGBT actors as well? You're dumb

I'm hoping that all this drama means that someone will make a counter-movie soon that's more accurate.

Get a respected gay director and heavy weight producers to announce it soon to shut this one down and ride on the hype.

Nice way to validate your argument by resorting to insults

Maybe you should read this again instead just choosing one section of my argument and ignoring the other

The story, characters, dialogue and activities within the movie are fake. Yes, it is based on the Stonewall Riots but virtually everything else about the movie is fake and all parties involve acknowledge this. You are literally complaining about a movie that isnt even attempting to be accurate and true. It is a work of fiction that used a real life event as inspiration. You "social activists" spend so much time complaining that you miss significant details that are laid out right in front of your face.

The film seems to be very controversial, makes me want to watch it.

You're diminishing the topic by playing the "it's just a movie" card, but I think you know that the movie is representative of a larger problem. It's a fact that 75% of all Americans have an automatic and subconscious white preference when it comes to anything (entertainment, jobs, friends, homes, etc.) and it's becoming a global issue because of Hollywood's influence. This movie is indicative of that. It's about the Stonewall Riots, but it's completely warped the story and sidelined the actual people responsible for the movement in preference for whites. The director explicitly said that he chose to create a white male character because he could identify with him (probably wants to be him and lusts after him) and that would mainstream audiences to. That speaks volumes. People claim that they don't see race, ethnicity, color, gender, sexuality, etc. but clearly they do when they prefer something so much that they change historical to favor their preferences.

And no, it's not easy to ignore this movie for those reasons above. The excuse people always use for lack of minorities in the media is that they're a small part of the population. So what's the excuse when there's an actual story where the minorities are the key figures? Over 50% of Americans get their information about and "interaction" with minorities from the media. They learn from it so let's not pretend that a movie isn't a big deal.

BTW, I don't think you're even white so it's strange to see you always undermining minority issues. Does it make you feel uncomfortable discussing negative things related topics like this? Do you think these issues will disappear by ignoring them? Do you think it makes white Americans uncomfortable and you don't want them to be?