While Bacon hopes viewers can find “entertainment” in the genre that has historically ignored the larger LGBTQ+ community, he more so wants “They/Them” to make everyone feel seen and represented during a time where gay rights are being questioned at the highest level of government. Bacon also hopes the film can help viewers of other beliefs recognize the horrors and traumas that things like conversion camps put actual humans through.
“I just kind of thought, ‘Well, is that really going on?’ And, it is for 50,000 kids a year, in 20 states where it’s 100 percent legal,” Bacon notes. “That’s just not cool and the idea that somebody would want to tell Theo, that Theo can’t be who Theo is, is just kind of sickening to me.”Jason Mraz Advocates Signing Of Equality Act To ‘Protect Millions’ Of LGBTQ+ Lives; Talks Tour, New Music
“The first day that I walked out for the very first scene in the movie and I looked out across everybody, all these beautiful faces standing there, I just felt it was very moving for me. I was very, very proud and very moved,” Bacon said.
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