‘I’m black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. My untry hat me!’: actor Samira Wiley on love, nfince and the Handmaid’s Tale | Stage | The Guardian

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• READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
• ADAM LAMBERT: 'I'M GAY,' 'I'M BI-CUR'
• KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'
• EMEM 'COM OUT' AS GAY IN HILAR 'INTERVIEW' CAMEOMARSHALL MATHERS' SCENE THE HIGHLY NTROVERSIAL JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN MOVIE MAY BE THE FILM'S MOST SHOCKG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ADAM FLEISCHERDECEMBER 25, 2014/11:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GARY MILLER / GETTY IMAGEMEMBY ADAM FLEISCHERDECEMBER 25, 2014 / 11:09 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EMEM 'COM OUT' AS GAY IN HILAR 'INTERVIEW' CAMEO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-25T16:09:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-25T16:09:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ADAM FLEISCHER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF FALLOUT OM RECENT SONY HACKS AND NTROVERSY SURROUNDG "THE INTERVIEW" -- OM SONY PULLG THE MOVIE, TO PRINT OBAMA LLG THAT MOVE A "MISTAKE," TO THE FILM NOW BEG RELEASED ONLE AND SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE ACTUAL NTENT OF "THE INTERVIEW" HAS CENTERED ON THE STORY OF CHARACTERS PLAYED BY JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN ATTEMPTG TO ASSASSATE KIM JONG-UN. BUT TURNS OUT THERE'S AN EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE, SURPRISG PLOT POT: EMEM IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, ANYONE WHO'S FOLLOWED HIS REER AND LISTENED TO HIS MIC DURG HIS 15 YEARS THE MASTREAM KNOWS THAT EM HAS OFTEN TAKEN HEAT FOR E OF WORDS LIKE "F----T" AND OTHER HOMOPHOBIC NTENT. BUT THIS PRETTY HILAR MEO, HE EXPLAS WHERE THAT ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I SAY THGS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE THK MY LYRICS ARE HOMOPHOBIC -- 'S BEE I'M GAY," HE SAYS DURG AN TERVIEW WH FRAN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NATURALLY, HE AND ROGEN'S CHARACTER, WHO'S PRODUCG THE SHOW, EAK OUT. AND THEN SLIM NTU HIS SHOCKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT YET; I MEAN, 'S KD OF LIKE I'VE BEEN PLAYG GAY PEEK-A-BOO," HE SAYS. NEXT, THEY READ A LYRIC OM 2009'S "MEDICE BALL," TO WHICH HE REVEALS: "I'VE PRETTY MUCH JT BEEN LEAVG A BREADCMB TRAIL OF GAYNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE DETRO RAPPER, BUT 'S HARD TO SAY HE'S NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE CLIP ABOVE, AND THEN WATCH EMEM RPOND TO THE NTROVERSY THAT SURROUNDS HIS LYRICS A (REAL) TERVIEW WH MTV NEWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• ‘I’M BLACK, I’M GAY, I’M A WOMAN. MY UNTRY HAT ME!’: ACTOR SAMIRA WILEY ON LOVE, NFINCE AND THE HANDMAID’S TALE
• FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD: ‘I’M GAY’

READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997

It was on the April 14, 1997, ver of TIME magaze that Ellen DeGener, then the star of the s Ellen, nfirmed somethg she’d been buildg up to for s: “Yep, ” as the ver put , “I’m gay.

ADAM LAMBERT: 'I'M GAY,' 'I'M BI-CUR'

She would be playg the first gay lead character on Amerin work televisn.

KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'

Penney, ironilly, as that pany would later hire DeGener for an ad mpaign that would turn draw s own ntroversy — and the natn bated whether the show would “legimize” a facet of life that was still margalized, or if merely proved that homosexualy was already accepted by enough of the populatn that such a plot twist was possible. TIME: So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?

” I never wanted to be the spokperson for the gay muny. TIME: Is beg gay somethg you stggled wh? My first gay experience was lerally someone else’s ia–I was eaked out even by the thought of .

EMEM 'COM OUT' AS GAY IN HILAR 'INTERVIEW' CAMEOMARSHALL MATHERS' SCENE THE HIGHLY NTROVERSIAL JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN MOVIE MAY BE THE FILM'S MOST SHOCKG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ADAM FLEISCHERDECEMBER 25, 2014/11:09 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GARY MILLER / GETTY IMAGEMEMBY ADAM FLEISCHERDECEMBER 25, 2014 / 11:09 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"EMEM 'COM OUT' AS GAY IN HILAR 'INTERVIEW' CAMEO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-12-25T16:09:47.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-12-25T16:09:47.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ADAM FLEISCHER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF FALLOUT OM RECENT SONY HACKS AND NTROVERSY SURROUNDG "THE INTERVIEW" -- OM SONY PULLG THE MOVIE, TO PRINT OBAMA LLG THAT MOVE A "MISTAKE," TO THE FILM NOW BEG RELEASED ONLE AND SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT THE ACTUAL NTENT OF "THE INTERVIEW" HAS CENTERED ON THE STORY OF CHARACTERS PLAYED BY JAM FRAN AND SETH ROGEN ATTEMPTG TO ASSASSATE KIM JONG-UN. BUT TURNS OUT THERE'S AN EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE, SURPRISG PLOT POT: EMEM IS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, ANYONE WHO'S FOLLOWED HIS REER AND LISTENED TO HIS MIC DURG HIS 15 YEARS THE MASTREAM KNOWS THAT EM HAS OFTEN TAKEN HEAT FOR E OF WORDS LIKE "F----T" AND OTHER HOMOPHOBIC NTENT. BUT THIS PRETTY HILAR MEO, HE EXPLAS WHERE THAT ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN I SAY THGS ABOUT GAY PEOPLE, OR PEOPLE THK MY LYRICS ARE HOMOPHOBIC -- 'S BEE I'M GAY," HE SAYS DURG AN TERVIEW WH FRAN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NATURALLY, HE AND ROGEN'S CHARACTER, WHO'S PRODUCG THE SHOW, EAK OUT. AND THEN SLIM NTU HIS SHOCKG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I'M MORE SHOCKED THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT YET; I MEAN, 'S KD OF LIKE I'VE BEEN PLAYG GAY PEEK-A-BOO," HE SAYS. NEXT, THEY READ A LYRIC OM 2009'S "MEDICE BALL," TO WHICH HE REVEALS: "I'VE PRETTY MUCH JT BEEN LEAVG A BREADCMB TRAIL OF GAYNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAY WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT THE DETRO RAPPER, BUT 'S HARD TO SAY HE'S NOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHECK OUT THE CLIP ABOVE, AND THEN WATCH EMEM RPOND TO THE NTROVERSY THAT SURROUNDS HIS LYRICS A (REAL) TERVIEW WH MTV NEWS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

They have sce started their own productn pany (2nd Try), amassed nearly 6 ln subscribers, published their first book (The Hidn Power of F*ckg Up), and started their own weekly podst, and they are about to h the road on their first natnal Yang has been intifyg as part of the queer muny for some time now, he has cid to pletely e out -- this time wh his full tth, as a gay man.

‘I’M BLACK, I’M GAY, I’M A WOMAN. MY UNTRY HAT ME!’: ACTOR SAMIRA WILEY ON LOVE, NFINCE AND THE HANDMAID’S TALE

The Advote got a chance tch up wh Yang on the eve of his g-out vio's out a portn of the terview below as well as Yang's betifully poignant and amazgly artistic vio (but grab a box of tissu first, bee will touch your soul) Advote: So, why is important for you to e out aga, now as a gay man, when you were already pretty out as queer? And so that sort of shad a lot of my first sort of ways that I vered regards to my openns about my sexualy bee I already had seen the way some other openly gay kids were treated my school -- and was really, really terrible.... I'm jt announcg I'm a gay filmmaker, actor, producer, viral vio maker, whatever you want to ll me -- but I'm gay, and that's the perspective I'm g beg an ter star fluence your cisn to be more open about your inty terms of sexualy and genr norms?

I was very quickly nonted wh this realy -- I'd always been 100 percent prepared to speak through my work as a wrer-director, behd the mera, as someone that uld be openly gay through my [work]. Thgs that were very explicly queer and gay. So that was some of the reasons why I never was 100 percent fortable about sayg that I was "gay" on, speakg of genr norms, you seem to be really experimentg wh genr-fluid fashn lately, which you also touch on the vio.

Eugene Lee Yang never thought his "I'm Gay" vio would do well.

FORMER ‘BACHELOR’ STAR COLTON UNRWOOD: ‘I’M GAY’

In fact, he wasn't really sure what to expect at, he uld e our obssn wh the cult of ter celebry to give "I'm Gay" an ial ph, a reason for people to watch, somethg for his lns of followers and subscribers to talk about. And while he's always been a vol proponent and advote for the LGBTQIA muny, he had never fively said, "I'm gay, " until the makg-of this vio.