Bowen Yang

There've always been... queer men at the fore in some ways, but I feel like there was this wasteland of a period in the aughts and especially in the nineties. But like, I remember just being on IMDB message boards being like, is this actor again? Like that was our only way of figuring it out. You know?

There've always been... queer men at the fore in some ways, but I feel like there was this wasteland of a period in the aughts and especially in the nineties. But like, I remember just being on IMDB message boards being like, is this actor again? Like that was our only way of figuring it out. You know?

It's better. But it's like you have like a Coleman Domingo who's like a Best Actor nominee twice over now. And you're like, oh, it's not hampered you in any way.

It's better. But it's like you have like a Coleman Domingo who's like a Best Actor nominee twice over now. And you're like, oh, it's not hampered you in any way.

It's not a thing.

It's not a thing.

Exactly. Which gives me hope for like the way that like trans people still keep getting attention. vilified and keep like getting put through the ringer in terms of like, Oh, we like them now or we hate them now. We like them.

Exactly. Which gives me hope for like the way that like trans people still keep getting attention. vilified and keep like getting put through the ringer in terms of like, Oh, we like them now or we hate them now. We like them.

It's like, it's like, it seems like society has not figured out how to feel about trans people, especially now, but it's like, Oh, but you literally have a trans best actress nominee despite all the things that she's done. She's still a compelling actor. She still delivered an amazing performance.

It's like, it's like, it seems like society has not figured out how to feel about trans people, especially now, but it's like, Oh, but you literally have a trans best actress nominee despite all the things that she's done. She's still a compelling actor. She still delivered an amazing performance.

It just gives me, it just, it's like, Oh, like if we can extrapolate, hopefully that means something in the near future. That's like, yeah. Pretty incredible. I don't know.

It just gives me, it just, it's like, Oh, like if we can extrapolate, hopefully that means something in the near future. That's like, yeah. Pretty incredible. I don't know.

The inverted, yes. I love it.

The inverted, yes. I love it.

When was, when were you out? So like how far along in your queer journey were you when L Word fell upon your lap?

When was, when were you out? So like how far along in your queer journey were you when L Word fell upon your lap?

Did that feel like an act of kindness or an act of like shock? Like, oh, please. Or did it feel like an imposition?

Did that feel like an act of kindness or an act of like shock? Like, oh, please. Or did it feel like an imposition?

Of course.

Of course.