Fantastic Beasts and the Cinematic Closet

But how could my story and the Obscurus in Fantastic Beasts be relevant today? One word: Trump. We are about to enter an age where people will feel suppressed for not just being gay, but also being trans, Muslim, being black, being a woman. We may have gotten same-sex marriage, but Trump has threatened to take that right away. A right given to us by the Supreme Court, the most powerful office of the federal government.

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