Wilson Cruz: We're In Revolutionary Times

LGBTQ&A

Jeffrey Masters

Society & Culture

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Wilson Cruz talks about not knowing if he'd be able to work again after he came out in the 90s doing My So-Called Life, and describes how lonely it was to be one of the few openly gay actors working in Hollywood. Wilson also talks about how AIDS was ever-present in his mind while he growing up, how that's affected his view on sex, and what it's been like to date people when they have such a strong connection to his work. LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and is part of The Advocate Magazine. Join us Saturday, June 16 for the first-ever Big Queer Pod Fest, a live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn featuring Nancy, Food 4 Thot, Making Gay History, and LGBTQ&A. Proceeds go to The Trevor Project. You can recommend a guest or let us know what you think about the show by emailing [email protected] More information: www.LGBTQpodcast.com

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0:00.0	From The Advocate magazine, this is LGBTQ and A. I'm Jeffrey Masters, and today I'm talking to
0:10.0	Wilson Cruz. You know Wilson from the new Star Trek, from 13 Reasons Why. He was also in my so-called
0:16.3	life where he played one of the very first gay leading characters on TV.
0:23.6	We talk about how that transformed his life.
0:28.6	What it was like to be one of just a small handful of openly gay people in Hollywood,
0:33.1	and the impact that had on his career and also his life in general.
0:34.7	So all of that is coming up.
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0:50.7	And then as always, don't forget to check out our old home at AfterBuzz TV. There are the number one plates for all your TV after show discussions.
0:54.3	All right, without further ado, here's Wilson.
1:02.4	The public first got to know you over 20 years ago during my so-called life, the TV show.
1:06.7	How has being an out gay actor changed?
1:10.2	I ask, because from the outside, it seems like there's been a lot of advances,
1:13.7	but I wonder from your perspective on the inside.
1:16.6	Well, it's less lonely out here.
1:18.8	I will say that.
1:19.8	I think we'll start with the positive.
1:21.3	You know, I look at the cast of the boys in the band, which opened last night in New York,
1:27.2	and I thought about it a lot last night,
1:29.9	how all of them are openly gay, they're all at the top of their field, they've earned the
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