while yes I am black, she really REALLY wanted a black girlfriend. She is Russian herself, and thought black people were beautiful. She would gawk at me sometimes.My first girlfriend came out to me a day after we broke up ... The last I heard she had left the country and found a black girlfriend, which is what she really, really wanted.She specifically wanted a black girlfriend, or you simply mentioned the girlfriend was black for accuracy's sake?
Lucky.
I've had people gawk at me for various things my whole life, but I'm pretty darned sure it wasn't because they thought I was beautiful. :-)
The big deal isn't that Page (or Sam) is gay. I don't think anyone here has said that their being gay somehow makes them more important or better, and certainly not more so than a non-LGBT peer. No one here is saying that in a perfect world being LGBT should be treated differently than being hetero. No one is offering to celebrity worship at Page's feet just because she's gay.
I... Dunno. There are a lot of unscrupulous and cliquish people in the world who might do just that. Some people have attempted to use their sexuality as a springboard to increased popularity, regardless of where they fall on any number of spectrums. I don't think that's the case here, but it's certainly been done before.
Woah, 104 new posts?!?
Well, I guess that settles it. People care.
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Kitty Pryde doesn't exist outside of what we see in the comics.
In the comics she has only show heterosexual urges. Her reaction to the numerous very attractive women that she knows range from friendship, to jealousy (when a guy she likes is interested in the other girl instead), or mistrust bordering on hatred (mostly reserved for Emma Frost). Never any homosexual or bisexual urges.
Thusly, theretofore, and hence; I make the absolutely horrible and reprehensible assumption that the character is heterosexual.
Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps every moment of every non-appearance of Kitty in the comics is filled with her having graphic hardcore sex with Rachel, Illyana, Psylocke, and hate-fueled grudge sex with Emma.
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As a bisexual guy, I was gonna comment on this discussion but, honestly, I'm kinda scared to. So I'll settle for congratulating Ellen Page. It's always good to see someone accept who they are, and create a positive role model for people who are having to still hide out of fear of there family, friends and societies reaction.
Although it does make Beyond: Two Souls and the guy who refuses to take no as an answer even more awkward.
I know a few people have asked why people should care. There are several, ranging from the obvious - that teens and young adults, and even full adults, who are gay can have role models and examples - to the less obvious, such as (especially American TV) is hideously under represented for non-white, non-straight and even non-male characters. Having a real person who is open about there sexuality counts for a lot when most of the characters you'll see don't represent most minorities.
Representation is important, or we end up with ridiculous situations like the one from the Hunger Games movies, where if the main character, Katniss, was actually real she'd never be allowed to play Katniss in the movie, as the casting call was only for white woman despite Katniss not actually being white. Which, given the themes, is extra ironic.
So nice to see this...and here's to hoping for a time when it's not a bi deal because non straight folks are generally accepted.
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Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps every moment of every non-appearance of Kitty in the comics is filled with her having graphic hardcore sex with Rachel, Illyana, Psylocke, and hate-fueled grudge sex with Emma.
See, now, I'd read that.
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Perhaps I am wrong. Perhaps every moment of every non-appearance of Kitty in the comics is filled with her having graphic hardcore sex with Rachel, Illyana, Psylocke, and hate-fueled grudge sex with Emma.See, now, I'd read that.
I'm sure it's out there.
Although it does make Beyond: Two Souls and the guy who refuses to take no as an answer even more awkward.
It makes her portrayal of Boltie, in Super, even more awkward.
I just read this whole thread, and I still can't tell whether we're talking about the actress or the comic book character. :P