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.
In some ways, I felt like I was lyg by lettg people believe I was that gay boy. I’ve acted for all of the years where, even if was subnscly or directly, I’ve been forced to intify as somethg that I’m not; nstantly, terviews wh people who are very well-known, who have jt labeled me as gay or what-have-you — so many publitns, live talk shows...
"CHAMPNS" STAR JOSIE TOTAH ON BREAKG GAY STEREOTYP ON MDY KALG'S NEW SHOW
Not only did the prs assume that the characters she was playg reflected who she was on the si, but the fact that she’d played the token gay character so much meant that she’d advertently typest herself. She rells a script a iend sent her, which the note lled for a “super funny, feme, gay boy — like J.
I know a lot of trans people have that part of their journey where they e out as gay. Though the role is mor, ’s a stri to see a ntemporary high school table where gay boys and straight girls ngregate P. The 15-year-old, who had a memorable breakout Chris Kelly’s “Other People” and will star as an out gay teen on Mdy Kalg’s upg pilot “Champns, ” also enjoyed brgg LGBT reprentatn to the genre.
Played by Totah, Michael lov the theater and is openly and proudly gay.