It is mind-boggling that Emmerich genuinely thinks that any of this is okay. That it’s more important to ingratiate himself to an intolerant straight audience than it is to honor the truth of the events that have allowed him to have the freedoms he enjoys. Also, does he genuinely think that in 2015, no movie-going straight people could identify with someone who’s not “straight-acting” or white? Or is Emmerich merely revealing his own cisgender biases and projecting them onto a hypothetical audience, using “straight audiences” as an excuse?

Roland Emmerich and Stonewall: Being LGBTQ+ Does Not Immunize Against Ignorance