It’s irrelevant in this case, because this was about illustrating just how the industry marginalizes LBGQT+ on the regular. Someone in the business actually saying that to someone else indicates that. Even if that’s not the official position of Disney and the MCU, that doesn’t mean that someone in those incredibly large bureaucracies WOULDN’T say that. Do you honestly think that the powers that be care if they have bigots on staff, as long as the public doesn’t realize it?
Or maybe it’s to illustrate homophobia that is still pervasive in the entertainment biz, something that she has likely had to deal with as a professional - as do all LBGQT+ folks in almost ANY field or industry. This shit is still pervasive and official policies only go so far in fixing the problems. It also assumes that she’s just out for attention, as opposed to actually interesting in doing her job, which very much has a publicity component to it. Having a higher profile gives someone more of a likelihood to actually book a job or get offered a part. It IS a business that hinges not only on good story telling, but on high profiles. Is that really HER fault for speaking publicly.
And would you say that to other women, especially young women, who find her honesty about the struggles she faced helpful, in a world where we as women are constantly told that when we do our jobs, in exactly the same ways as men, we get called attention whores that need to shut up?
No. Not all.
