Theo Germaine: The Nonbinary Actor Changing Hollywood

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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With breakout roles in The Politician (Netflix) and Work in Progress (Showtime), Theo Germaine's career shows two drastically different, yet necessary approaches to trans storytelling on TV. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. Come find us on Twitter to recommend a future guest: @lgbtqpod. [This interview with Theo Germaine was originally recorded in March 2020.]

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0:00.0	Theo Germain's career shows two drastically different approaches to trans storytelling on screen.
0:09.8	In work in progress on Showtime, Theo's gender is part of the plot, and as you'll hear,
0:15.6	their characters' pronouns are even clarified in the very first episode.
0:20.3	This is compared to the Politician TV show on Netflix.
0:23.8	Theo plays a student who is quiet and intense and just happens to be trans.
0:29.6	The character is essential to the plot of the show, but their gender is not.
0:34.6	I think that both of these different ways to tell trans stories are important and necessary
0:40.5	as we continue to hopefully see more characters from across the gender spectrum on TV. So as Theo's
0:47.7	star continues to rise, they were just cast in the 4,400 TV show reboot and a new horror movie about a conversion
0:55.8	camp from Blumhouse.
0:57.6	As their star continues to rise, we wanted to revisit this conversation that we had back in
1:03.0	March of 2020.
1:05.0	So let's hear it.
1:06.6	From The Advocate magazine in partnership with Glad, I'm Jeffrey Masters and this is LGBTQ and A.
1:20.0	So a few months ago, we did an episode with Abby McAninney. Yes. Work in Progress, your co-star.
1:25.2	And one of the things we talked about was the scene in the first episode where she asks your character out, misgenders you.
1:31.4	And then the way the scene plays out, I think is really important to see on TV.
1:36.9	You know what?
1:37.3	Let's actually play it.
1:38.8	Sure.
1:39.5	Can I buy you a drink sometime?
1:41.9	Really?
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