Paedophilia (allegedly) is bad enough, but to insinuate that it was because he's gay is an outrage to the entire gay community. Particularly in Australia where the LGBT had had to endure a month of "respectful" debate about our lives in which many times online we've been accused of being sick paedophiles. To have someone do what Spacey has done only gives those accusers more ammunition to spread lies about us.
Every time I have to face down the barrage of untruths from the 'no' side this is pretty much how I feel... #NeverGiveUp 💪🏻❤️🙏🏻🌈😊 pic.twitter.com/4LgqpFdyPZ— Magda Szubanski (@MagdaSzubanski) October 30, 2017
Spacey, in smearing LGBT like he has, has done his popularity and stardom no favours. As he's now announced being a member of our community, he may do well to avoid us for a time after what he's just done to us.
In a series of tweets, Vanity Fair writer Richard Lawson said Spacey linking his coming out to the accusations of misconduct on an underage boy was “disgusting”.
“Coming out as a gay man is not the same thing as coming out as someone who preyed on a 14-year-old. Conflating those things is disgusting,” Lawson wrote.
“This exposes the gay community to a million tired old criticisms and conspiracies.
“The distance we’ve had to walk to get away from the notion that we’re all paedophiles is significant.
“For a famous person to deflect these accusations with a long-in-the-making coming out is so cruel to his supposed new community it stings.”
In an earlier tweet, Lawson acknowledged the struggle Spacey must have suffered through as he grappled with his sexuality while being a Hollywood star — but said it was no excuse for such behaviour. News.com.au
To link paedophilia with being gay is vile. What a disgusting person you are https://t.co/q1PdbZhieH— Peter Hiv (@HivPeter) October 30, 2017
PRO TIP: Save up your coming out for the day you are accused of underage sexual assault. #KevinSpacey— Kyran 🌈 (@kyranwheatley) October 30, 2017
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