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the queerty interview
The cast of ‘They/Them’ sounds off on why queer people love horror so much
We sat down with the cast of the new conversion camp slasher They/Them, which is out today, with one essential question on the docket: Why do so many queer people have an affinity for horror as a genre?After all, horror has often not been kind to the queer community.Think Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs, a trans woman serial killing cis women and wearing their skin. This was many people’s first look at a trans character on screen, and what an unfortunate introduction it was.“In the past, queerness has been built up to be a horror,” explains They/Them EP Scott Turner Schofield.