Nafessa Williams on the OUT@WB Panel
Tag: Pride
“[Also] my parents on the show, they’re very supportive of my sexual preference, and maybe this can serve as an inspiration to parents at home watching who are dealing with a child who is gay or lesbian and not knowing how to communicate or be as a open. I hope that our family on the show is an inspiration for some families just to be open and accept your children and love them. The Pierce family does a great job of doing that.” ― Nafessa Williams for Entertainment Weekly
“Were there any straight people in this period of history?”
“Well…obviously
speaking, there must have been some people that nowadays we would
describe as ‘straight’, but we have to be very careful about applying
modern standards of sexuality to the past. I’m sure if you asked anybody
at the time if they were straight, they would have been very confused.
And there’s something quite dangerous about forcing identities onto
people who might not consider themselves that way. You also need to keep
in mind that some things that today would seem ‘straight’ to us – like
getting married, having children, etc. – were just the way things were
back then. Nobody would have thought twice about doing that, including
non-straight people. And there were plenty of people who undoubtedly got
married, had very intensely emotional connections with their spouse,
but then went off to go see their lover. Again, sexuality is a very
complex thing, so I wouldn’t presume to state definitively that anybody
was ‘straight’, and especially not without good, solid evidence that
they were exclusively heterosexual. To presume otherwise would not only
be making a lot of assumptions, it might even just promote harmful,
overdone stereotypes about what makes someone ‘have’ to be straight, you
know? So, yes, technically speaking there were, but I don’t see any
reason to specifically consider straight people historically.”
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hey fellow white lgbt ppl. lets make an effort to invest attention and money in artists of color even if theyre not lgbt/out as lgbt
im so glad that white people have started noticing this and calling each other on it because its exactly how you support poc. and when it comes to lgbt poc, this is important to us more than you’d realize.
there’s this trend of “white people only supporting poc who are Like Them in some way” that exists, and its disheartening when you feel like people only care about one part of your existence.
artists, musicians, businesses of color deserve a chance to thrive without needing to share an aspect of their lives with white people
Hannah Gadsby’s powerful new comedy special Nanette is a raw, honest, uncompromising confrontation with our culture’s limiting perceptions of gender and sexuality.
Recommended to those who experience marginalization, for the affirmation that You Are Not Alone, and We Are Strong.
Recommended to those who experience privilege, for a reminder on How To Be A Human.
Recommended to those who experience both for, well, a little of both.
Recommended to those who have experienced trauma, for the reminder that You Deserve To Heal.
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Rebellions are built on hope 