Kevin Bacon Says ‘They/Them’ Cast Gives Hope For Positive Change In Queer Rights
etcanada.comKevin Bacon’s young co-stars in Peacock’s upcoming LGBTQ+ horror film, “They/Them” gives the 64-year-old actor “hope” that the United States of America’s Supreme Court will have a tougher time reversing queer rights. “It’s tough to find hope sometimes these days, but we have to hope still,” Bacon told ET Canada at the film’s premiere at Outfest in Los Angeles. “The one thing that we can be hopeful about is that there are young people like the people in this movie who are the future.” READ MORE: Kevin Bacon Welcomes Queer Teens To A Frightening New ‘Safe Space’ In First Teaser For ‘They/Them’ Days before Bacon’s interview was conducted, the United States House of Representatives passed a legislation to require states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
While the legislation passed with the support of 47 Republicans, the bill has yet to go to the Senate floor. 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.
Bacon admits he didn’t even realize conversion camps were still happening to the extent that they are until he began researching his role. “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
