“The state of gays on television could use some work, and I say that to say we’ve gotten to this place where we only see certain subgroups of the gay community, and it’s time for us to move beyond that.
“They love casting the feminine gay guy, which has never changed, they love casting the transwoman of color which I think is amazing, but we don’t see any trans Latinas, we don’t see trans men … it’s like these pockets they want to show. OK, we’ll give you trans men, effeminate Black guys, and we’ll give you overly sexualized, muscle-bound White guys. Or we’ll give you a variation of those.
“So you don’t see the real lives and real perspectives and things that we’re going through. I’m tired of not seeing a good array of lesbians, a good array of the gay community of different races with different careers, but I’m happy that there’s more opportunity and we’re making strides.”
