After speaking about the Trevor Project, which focuses on preventing LGBTQ suicide, Waithe offered a positive message regarding women. “I can’t remember a time in this industry when women have huddled together,” she said, although adding that she wished trauma in the workplace hadn’t been the common cause. “Luckily, we have refused to be victims. … Luckily, we decided to rise up and scream at the top of our lungs and become a chorus of rebels that won’t be treated like second-class citizens.”

Source: Los Angeles Times October 13, 2018 21:33 UTC