Josie Totah stars the new edy om Mdy Kalg, “Champns.” She talked to Teen Vogue about breakg gay stereotyp on the seri.
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- JOSIE TOTAH’S GENR: SHE WAS MISINTIFIED AS A GAY MAN
- "CHAMPNS" STAR JOSIE TOTAH ON BREAKG GAY STEREOTYP ON MDY KALG'S NEW SHOW
JOSIE TOTAH’S GENR: SHE WAS MISINTIFIED AS A GAY MAN
Totah, gay boy. ” When I was really young, growg up a small town Northern California, people would jt assume I was gay. Numero reporters have asked me terviews how feels to be a young gay man.
I almost felt like I owed to everybody to be that gay boy.
"CHAMPNS" STAR JOSIE TOTAH ON BREAKG GAY STEREOTYP ON MDY KALG'S NEW SHOW
In some ways, I felt like I was lyg by lettg people believe I was that gay boy. Totah allowed people to intify her as a gay man but stggled si wh the misreprentatn. However, she didn’t e out as a transgenr female, meang people – pecially journalists – kept misintifyg her as gay.