y’all: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY DOWNPLAYS FREDDIE’S SEXUALITY
the truth: Freddie Mercury was a very private person who didn’t even come out to his band. He was with Jim Hutton for 7 years and the only intimate look into their relationship was through Hutton in his book after Freddie passed away. Freddie never wanted his sexuality or his illness to be the focus, he wanted to make music and perform. Bohemian Rhapsody is the most respectful and yet still truthful retelling of Queen’s story and Freddie would be proud of his legacy. Queer people aren’t just that, they are people. Freddie Mercury wasn’t just a bisexual man with AIDS, he is and always will be so, so, so much more than that.
“It felt like sometimes you would lose a little bit of the authenticity if you tried to nail it so perfectly. Things won’t exactly always match up, there might be a hint of something that’s off, but I think that kept it feeling really alive and in the moment and it was better to sacrifice it that way, but yeah, I was watching it non-stop.” – Rami Malek
Freddie Mercury & Jim Hutton photographed with their cat Dorothy, 1980′s
When Freddie was diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, he offered Jim an exit on their relationship. He told Jim he would understand if he left. In a Freddie Mercury documentary, Jim recalls telling him, “I love you, Freddie – I’m not going anywhere.” And he didn’t; Jim stayed with Freddie until he died. He nursed him, cared for him, and was there when he took his last breath.
(I’m not posting this less to correct the timeline portrayed in Bohemian Rhapsody, which I mostly really enjoyed, than simply to share a beautiful story that shines light on who Freddie actually was, up to the very end.)
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