I honestly just want to cry.
ADAM (yes, the extremely transphobic, lesbophobic film) has been nominated for a GLAAD award - if you don’t know, those are one of the biggest LGBTQ media awards to exist.
I don’t know what to do at this point. I’ve tried so hard to raise awareness. And I keep saying, I’m not even trying to ban people from watching it but just letting people know what it’s really about (a transphobic cishet person pretending to be trans to rape lesbians!!) because the film promotes itself as LGBTQ representation and I don’t think it’s okay to basically trick vulnerable LGBTQ teens into watching it when it’s not representation at all.
But even if it doesn’t win, being nominated in the first place gives their claims of LGBTQ representation more credibility. This is going to hurt people.
I’m just so tired. I’ve tried my best and nothing has worked. The people who have actual platforms just keep refusing to listen to us anyway. No one cares.
Okay, instead of crying, I got angry and wrote an open letter to GLAAD explaining in detail why this film is harmful and why it doesn’t count as representation, asking them to rescind the nomination.
If you would like to read that and/or add your signature in support then you can use this Google form to do so.
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