What Do Mean To ‘Come Out’ As Gay and Disabled? – Cripple Media

Contents:

• 'SPECIAL' CREATOR ON SHOW'S GAY, DISABLED SEX: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE SEXUAL BEGS'
• RYAN O'CONNELL IS GAY, DISABLED, AND NOT YOUR 'INSPIRATN PORN'
• NETFLIX SHOW 'SPECIAL' WILL INTRODUCE TV'S FIRST GAY, DISABLED MALE CHARACTER
• I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

'SPECIAL' CREATOR ON SHOW'S GAY, DISABLED SEX: 'PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE'RE SEXUAL BEGS'

" Like many people the LGBTQ muny, the "Special" creator/star was disappoted the 2017 Osr-nomated drama, specifilly s pictn of gay sex between El (Timothee Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer). More: Netflix's 'Special' hop to break new ground for disabily reprentatn on TV"It speaks to how as gay men, we’re ndned to accept the scraps of reprentatn, " says O'Connell, who unflchgly portrays gay sex his new Netflix show, streamg Friday. "I’m not throwg sha at ‘Call Me By Your Name’ bee I thk is an credible movie, but I feel like that pan away to the moon is homophobic – ’s weird.

RYAN O'CONNELL IS GAY, DISABLED, AND NOT YOUR 'INSPIRATN PORN'

And ’s directed by a gay man (Lu Guadagno)! "O'Connell, 32, plays a loose versn of himself "Special, " which is based on his 2015 memoir about his experience as a twentysomethg gay man wh d cerebral palsy.

NETFLIX SHOW 'SPECIAL' WILL INTRODUCE TV'S FIRST GAY, DISABLED MALE CHARACTER

Not only do O'Connell hope to stigmatize sex work wh the graphic scene, but also normalize gay sex for mastream dienc who aren't ed to seeg Hollywood movi or popular TV shows.

I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN

"It really is a difference of makg gay ntent for straight people like ‘Bohemian Rhapsody, ’ or makg gay ntent for yourself and (other) gay people that's accurate how you experience thgs, " O'Connell says.