Romeo & Juliet, Trans Cringe and The Lie of Straight Romance.
R&J is queer coded and I don't care if you disagree.
“NO! hE iS a CiSgEnDeR bOy AnD sHe Is A cIsGeNdEr GiRl! Blah blah blah”... I don’t care. If y’all can be okay with Shakespeare adaption after Shakespeare adaption set anywhere from a post-apocalyptic wasteland (Warm Bodies) to motorcycle gangs (Sons of Anarchy) to high-school rom-coms (10 Things I Hate About You) then I can say shit like: “Romeo and Jul…
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