Beetlejuice: it’s so much more than a musical soundtrack for Lauren Boebert to get horny to. Tim Burton heads, Michael Keaton stans, Beetlejuice aficionados, and gender freaks everywhere have been revving up for the Beetlejuice sequel for quite some time now, and as we approach the film’s fall release date, things are getting weirder than ever, in the best way possible.

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According to a new GQ profile, legendary actor Michael Keaton, who will be reprising his iconic title role, explained his take on Beetlejuice’s gender. And fans everywhere are positively snapping their fingers in accord.

As someone who tried very hard to make it/its pronouns happen in high school…yes to this. A thousand times yes!

From the horse’s mouth: Beetlejuice is officially a thing. I mean, we knew this. There’s a reason this franchise has always had huge queer appeal, and it’s not just because Hot Topic essentially repackaged the film’s entire vibe and sold it to us at the mall. Without getting too deep into the specifics of ghost gender (do they have one? Is gender optional once you die?), calling Beetlejuice a thing with it/its pronouns feels just exactly right.

But let’s also not forget that Beetlejuice, according to Keaton, also has “stupid male” energy. Which, again, it just about as it/its and transmasc adjacent as it gets. Stupid male energy? We invented it.

Keaton is ringing the bell for all those it/its pronouns folks out there, and we appreciate it.

It/any is an entire vibe and Beetlejuice fully exemplifies it.

Honestly, no surprises here. To create a character with a 30+ year shelf life means it must be so fully embodied, so deeply understood by the actor taking on the role that it must became iconic, a byword, a beacon. And such is and always has been Beetlejuice to the gender-weird. Speaking as a certified gender weirdo, I know that my life was personally changed by the spectre of a striped-suit wearing, pun-loving undead manic pixie dream ghoul.

It pronouns everywhere, be prepared to stan this movie when it comes out. And don’t forget to buy/f*ck the branded popcorn bucket.

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