Queer-Baited by Star Wars
We kind of did it to ourselves. We created buzz around Star Wars: The Last Jedi having an openly LGBTI character and it seems we just set ourselves up for disappointment. Fans hoped and prayed for Finn (John Boyega) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) to get together. After sharing what looked like an intimate exchange in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, our imaginations ran wild. Sure, there was nothing explicitly gay about the exchange, but there was something about that lip bite that signalled a blossoming romance between the two heroes. And, boy, did we run with it. We even … Read more