legally-bitchtastic:

sluttyalfred:

nobody talks about rent enough

“modern media doesnt diversify gays enough. they’re all white m-”

“yeah but what about lesbia-”

“how about interracial couples-”

“what about transgender-”

(you could also argue that she’s nonbinary, as mimi also quotes her saying that she called herself “more than a man than you’ll ever be, and more a woman than you’ll ever get”)

“what about bisexua-”

(anthony rapp, who plays mark, is bisexual too)

4/7 of the main cast are PoC and 4/7 also have AIDS

not to mention this movie is a MUSICAL I MEAN rip jonathan larson

IN CONCLUSION rent is a very important movie/musical

Ok, no, you guys do not understand how important it was for RENT to feature LGBT people, sex workers and addicts living with HIV/AIDS in 1993. In 93, AIDS was only just beginning to be recognized and was still heavily stigmatized. Many people believed that it was a “dirty” disease that only affected degenerate people. Some even believed that it was a sent by God to dole out punishment to sinners. For RENT to not only tell the story of AIDS victims, but “undesireable” AIDS victims was unbelievably brave and important.