“There has been this resurgence in anti-LGBT language in the U.K. and the U.S., and the rest of the world. In the U.S. we've heard it with Trump's rise. Here, I've heard language borrowed from the most conservative anti-gay voices in the U.S. used by some gay and lesbian people against trans people.”

American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBTQ rights activist

Dustin Lance Black is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBTQ rights activist. He is known for writing and producing the film Milk, and he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009. His work also includes the screenplays for J. Edgar and Rustin, and he created the 2022 true crime limited series Under the Banner of Heaven. Across his career, he is closely associated with film and television projects that combine biography, history, and social issues.