I was made aware by one of our members here of an exceptional thread in Twitter by Simon Curtis. I feel it may be somewhat relevant, since we often talk about Hollywood's attitude toward gay people. And Adam and Simon Curtis do follow each other. So here it is, I copied the text only:
Simon Curtisâ@simoncurtis
"This week has forced me to think a lot about Hollywoodâs predatory treatment of boys, and @iraâs piece yesterday pushed me over the edge...
I moved to LA by myself at 18. That year, I âlucked outâ and signed with, what was at the time, the biggest management company in town
Untitled Ent.
(Ironically, they also got a nice shoutout from @rosemcgowan earlier this week as she exposed her traumas)
I signed with two managers. A woman and a man. They loved me. Thought I was adorable.
High school musical was THE thing at the time, and what a voice I had!
The week I signed with them, the woman set up a meeting for me with the man (they were co-managing me). I met him at a bar. Got me a drink.
Then, he revealed what the âmeetingâ was about. I was âtoo gay.â If wanted any chance at a career, I needed to butch it up immediately.
I remember him even mocking the clothes I wore in front of him that night. I looked like a flamer. I would never work like this.
Two hours later he had me back at his place, dick out, asking me to blow him.
Which I did.
The next morning I excitedly wrote the woman manager- âwe had a great talk last night and I totally get it about the gay stuff!â
I was so overwhelmed by my âluckâ in signing with the biggest company in town that I couldnât even recognize the layers of abuse
During my time working w/ them, the male co-manager never seemed to do anything beyond take me to events, get high, & have me blow him after
The last time, he took me to an event at the Playboy mansion, got so high from a handful of nameless pills in a candy dish in the bathroom
That I had to drive him home. I parked in front of his house at two am. âCome in. Suck my dickâ âNoâ âYou know you love itâ âNoâ
Wound up sucking him off, half passed out, sweaty. It was disgusting. I drove home feeling so low, so completely and utterly worthless
But! Iâd butched it up enough to start booking some roles. Pushed myself back into the closet enough that these men would let me in the room
I just didnât know that once they made you hate yourself enough to change yourself, they then took you into that room and fucked you
And THIS is the other branch of the hideous tree exposed this past week. Gay boys. Made to HATE themselves to the point of feeling nothing
Being forced to fear their own essence in order to work, and once theyâre there- broken, worthless, void. Then itâs time to unzip the pants.
After all, whoâs gonna suck your dick better than a sad, âadorableâ boy from Oklahoma who wants a dream so badly heâll hate himself for you?
I stopped working with those managers when I got too depressed to go to auditions and canceled every one I had for a year
After the president of ABC called my manager and personally withdrew me from a life changing role Iâd booked.
âHeâs not sexy enoughâ
Later, the male manager was living with a huge producer. Theyâd invited a boy band member I knew at the time over to their house
He told me afterward that they cornered him in their bathroom, wouldnât let him leave until he did coke, then fucked him
Ultimately, I escaped that life. Thank God. But so many donât. I am so thankful for the courage and strength of everyone speaking up...
Because, up until this week, I honestly didnât even realize how much of this Iâd blocked out. That entire industry is riddled with cancer.
And the only way to heal, to fix these problems, and move forward, is to bring it all to light."
