Director Roland Emmerich and screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz, both out gay men, sympathized with criticism that trans people and people of color central to the Stonewall riots were being pushed aside — and asked for patience until the film’s release.
The first trailer for Stonewall, about the 1969 Stonewall riots largely credited for launching the modern movement for LGBT rights, debuted on Tuesday, and almost immediately, people began taking issue with the film.
The main apprehension that many have with the trailer is that it presents a fictionalized character — a white, cisgender man named Danny, played by Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) — as the movie's main protagonist.
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