that her niece had died, updating an earlier post announcing that she was missing. in creating a bisexual character. “In [development], I was very open about my intention to put queer kids in the main cast,” she tweeted on August 9. “When we were greenlit, I was told by certain Disney leadership that I could NOT represent any form of bi or gay relationship on the Channel.” The Ole Miss story happened to break on Thursday, what would have been Emmett Till’s 78th birthday. Seventy-eight years-old — that’s younger than my grandfather. Had he not been killed and disregarded as if he weren’t a person, as if he weren’t just a boy, he could easily be someone’s living grandparent right now. The unbearably cruel circumstances of his murder may seem distant, like another chapter in a history book, but they’re not. In my mind, Emmett Till isTrayvon MartinMike Brown existed long before America claimed places like Texas