Should straight men be allowed to play roles of queer characters?

As always when a new bl series begins trending the topic whether it's fair or not for straight men to get the roles of gay characters gets brought up. Given now that heated rivalry has been out people have been attacking the actors with claims of "Queer baiting" and that an openly gay man should've gotten the role rather than the current actors.

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Should straight men be allowed to play roles of queer characters? [Answer]

Megatrons chair 1 days

I mean it’s been a thing since long before so it’s alright. I mean Jonathan Bailey has straight roles like Anthony Bridgerton and Fiyero from wicked and no queer or straight ppl are complaining other than he is (sadly) not for the girlies so it’s fine. It’s acting tho, like do we need a real psycho killer to be casted as one? Acting is acti...... 2 reply

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