and like … actors are actors. Their whole thing is pretending to be other people? Can an actor pretend to be an elf or royalty or an alien but not queer? As long as they’re taking the role seriously, it’s fine.
if a straight person sees something meaningful, beautiful and worthy of emulation in the queer experience, that’s a good thing.
I mean, “understanding queer identity and experiences from a straight cultural background” is very much something valuable to me