Funny how things work out. When I was younger, I couldn’t get seen for many jobs, because I was an ‘out gay man’. Not acceptable. As I’ve grown older, & lived through reactions such as utter horror in the 80’s, people shaking my hand for being ‘brave’ or simply moving away, nodding, as I explain my ‘partner situation’, I always believed that it’s “ok, because soon, no one will care & I can drop the ‘gay’ bit”, because it’s the least interesting & most mundane thing about me. How catastrophically stupid I feel now, as I have people determined to shut me up again, & make sure that work is as difficult to come by as possible, all because of an aggressive cult movement that fully bloomed around 10 years ago, & laid down rules & regs, that I thought to be hugely damaging to all the goodwill that came before us, forged by men & women now mocked & derided because they stand by their hard work, rights, morals & are prepared to defend them, ruthlessly. How abysmally they are treated by their own supposed "community". How awfully ill-informed, selfish & narcissistic these people are. And now, as a decidedly middle-aged actor, I find myself in an even worse position for voicing my concerns. Surrounded by those who agree, but won’t say anything, for fear of the same treatment & by those who choose to now look the other way, occasionally raising a wet finger, to check which way the wind is blowing. Maddening. Everything is cyclical…that’s the upside. So what’s shit today, could be ok tomorrow. Who knows? Like I said. Funny, isn’t it? Not “funny ha-ha”, obvs….
@DreyfusJames If it means anything at all I am hopeful that you and @Glinner who have stood up for the voiceless will be recognised for all you are doing. Most celebrities are too scared to stand up. Your comedy was and still is so amazing. Your ethics even more so.
@carolarich13 @DreyfusJames @Glinner They should write a comedy together.
@carolarich13 @DreyfusJames @Glinner You’ve shown you are anti-LGBTQ+ like him