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Tbh the queer actors in queer parts issue is not as much of a focus of the video as me mentioning it makes it seem. Its brought up as an example of something that can caused forced outing, which is a bigger focus. But yeah I agree with what you have to say here.
This is possibly tangential but the forced-outing thing makes me think of A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. The lead actor, Mark Patton, was a young closeted gay man who was essentially outed because the straight writer of the film altered the script to be a not-so-subtle allegory for homosexuality when he realized Patton was gay. It ruined the guys acting career because it was the 80s and being openly gay was still not acceptable in Hollywood. Quite a sad story but there's a pretty good documentary about the whole thing.
The concept of roles being taken by people with the same traits irl was something interesting that I'd never thought about wrt LGBT before (I don't consume much with actors in general). I have an ex who is a wheelchair user and I have my own disabilities, but invisible, so we did a lot of comparing notes on our experiences. She brought up how she believed characters with disabilities should be played by disabled actors and it took me a long time to understand why. This is a great point in the other direction but of course it doesn't translate to the world of visible disabilities. I think it could translate to invisible disabilities since you're not necessarily inherently "out" but I have to give it more thought.
After rereading this and considering I'm not super familiar with hexbear, I feel like I should also note I'm not trying to say LGBT is a disability, just that it's an ethical guideline I've been taught before in one way and has "intersectional ramifications" if that makes sense.
Yeah as a disabled person I generally prefer that disabled people play disabled parts especially with intelectual disabilities because otherwise it just feels like a really crass parody even in the hands of a skilled actor. I dont like films like A Beautiful Mind and such.
But with queer parts it seems different to me even though I am also queer. While I can see how it seems like a good idea on the surface to apply it to queerness as well, the forced outing issue as well as other wrinkles make it different to me.