2017: we’re making a movie based on the hit scifi book annihilation and we’re gonna make one of the characters from a straight woman to a lesbian and she’s played by gina rodriguez
2017: also we’re making a gay ya movie based on the gay ya book Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda directed by the gay man who produces all the dc tv shows
2017: also we’re gonna make a movie for the classic gay book call me by your name about a passionate summer romance starring timothée chalamet and armie hammer
2017: and also another movie based on the book disobedience starring rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz
2017: wait tho!!!!! We’re gonna make ANOTHER gay movie based on a gay book!! it’s a ya book called the miseducation of Cameron post starring young adult movie star chloe Moretz and bright newcomer sasha lane and it also has a bisexual female director
2017: also-
Don’t forget the TV reboot of Heathers has one of the Heathers (Chandler, I think) as a black lesbian!
HOLY FUCK HOW COULD I FORGET!!!!!! one of lgbtcinema’s most anticipated pieces of lgbt media in 2017 isn’t even a movie: it’s the upcoming Heathers television reboot based on the ugly mess of the 1988 movie where, instead of being full of white cishet girls, the main crew is composed of a black lesbian, a genderqueer boy, and more. plus it will be directed by Leslye Headland. who’s gay. SO.