Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 04:47:12 -0500
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On 5/2/24 11:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <20240502230714.000034b9@example.com>,
>   Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 02 May 2024 18:13:28 -0700
>> The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 02 May 2024 01:50:40 -0230, David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do they have LGBT actors play LGBT characters?
>>>
>>> Why is that a reasonable expectation? Everybody knows lots of gay
>>> actors have played straight roles through the year and there are
>>> lots of roles where the sexuality of the character isn't relevant.
>>>
>>> Tell me do YOU care which way Han Solo swings? Not me.... (even
>>> though he does get a thank you kiss from Leia at the end of the
>>> first movie...)
>>
>> He got a lot more than a kiss in real life....
> 
> And the character is clearly straight. He married Leia and had a kid
> with her.


Really?  And you think this has never happened with gay men?

I know, my bad for using the cliche "you think."