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.
"CHAMPNS" STAR JOSIE TOTAH ON BREAKG GAY STEREOTYP ON MDY KALG'S NEW SHOW
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... 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.