RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE [2023]
sir, mr. claremont-diaz is at the gates. he insists on seeing you.
What was taken from us this week was our right to determine for ourselves how and when we should share our relationship and queer identities with the world. The truth is, every queer person has the right to come out on their own terms and their own timeline. They also have the right to choose not to come out at all. The forced conformity of the closet cannot be answered with the forced conformity in coming out of it. This isn't about shame. This is about privacy and the fundamental right of self-determination, which are exactly the principles on which the struggle for queer liberation has always been fought. But there's another truth that's much simpler.
Red, White and Royal Blue (2023)
i think we should make love tonight
“Seriously,” he says. Henry’s looking back at him, beautiful and vital and heartsick and still, always, the person Alex is willing to risk ruining his life for. “I hate this so much. I know. But we’re gonna do it together. And we’re gonna make it work. You and me and history, remember? We’re just gonna fucking fight. Because you’re it, okay? I’m never gonna love anybody in the world like I love you. So, I promise you, one day we’ll be able to just be, and fuck everyone else.”
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023)
henry & his big, beautiful, true smile
"Henry gives as good as he gets, hooking one knee around the back of Alex's thigh for leverage, delicate royal sensibilities nowhere in the cut of his teeth. Alex has been learning for a while Henry isn't what he thought, but it's something else to feel it this close up, the quiet burn in him, the pent-up person under the perfect veneer who tries and pushes and wants." — RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE, page 133
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023)
Alex + pulling Henry closer
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023) Dir. Matthew Lopez
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RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE
alex in bed alone + alex in bed with henry
So for many, many years, the Prince believed that he was safe. And the price he paid for his safety was his freedom...