You can say that again. Just last week, a majority of justices of the Supreme Court signaled that they're prepared to strike down or neuter the landmark 2020 precedent, "Bostock vs Clayton County," which ruled that workplace discrimination against trans and gay people is illegal — because "discrimination based on sex" means (and must mean) discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation.

The case in front of the high court now came up to them because the Biden administration (quite necessarily, legally speaking) applied their Bostock precedent to Title IX, which forbids discrimination based on sex in education. Meaning the Biden administration issued new Title IX rules to clarify that discriminating against trans and gay people in educational settings is illegal.

Several circuit courts have struck down that Biden administration interpretation on the behest of state governments who filed lawsuits because they actually want to (and do) discriminate against trans and gay people in education.

Of course, nobody knows what the justices are going to do. They may find a way to uphold discriminating against queer people in school, while still keeping Bostock in place. But however they manage the task, it's almost certain that they're going to give their legal blessing to discriminating against queer people in education.

In that respect, not so much has changed since the late 1990s, at least not in conservative areas where school boards are anxious to and frequently do discriminate against queer people — claiming "indoctrination" is turning students transgender or gay, which for them is, to say the least, a highly undesirable outcome, even though though their presumption about causation is clearly false.

I think that makes your story particularly relevant today.

I don't mean that I think people should be running around condemning this film. I think you put your finger on the pulse of some of its internal tensions, and I think that's seriously interesting.

It's a great way of thinking about where we are in our society right now. Overall, we can't quite figure things out, can we?

And maybe that's a good way of looking at the film, well intentioned but ultimately a little confused.

Only by examining our ideas closely can we improve ourselves and our society, isn't that right?

So I'm really glad you're examining this popular comedy closely!