Content warng: This terview ntas some explic language and graphic, ank talk about sex that some listeners might be sensive to. Ryan O'Connell is the creator and star of the Netflix show Special. It's a semi-tobgraphil s about Ryan's own life – his experience as a gay man, and g to terms wh his inty as a disabled person. Ryan has cerebral palsy. It's a ngenal disorr that n affect someone's movement, mcle tone, or posture. For Ryan, that means CP maly manifts as a limp. The show's pictn of disabily is groundbreakg. It shows the tersectn of disabily and sexualy a way that is rarely ever seen on screen. The days, Ryan is currently starrg the new reboot of Queer As Folk. On the latt episo, we'll revis public rad veteran Ray Suarez nversatn wh Ryan om last year.
Contents:
- 'SPECIAL': GROUNDBREAKG NEW NETFLIX SERI STARS GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
- SPECIAL TRAILER: NEW NETFLIX SERI' LEAD CHARACTER IS GAY AND HAS CEREBRAL PALSY
- BLACK GAY COP ON HBO
'SPECIAL': GROUNDBREAKG NEW NETFLIX SERI STARS GAY MAN WH CEREBRAL PALSY
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Netflix’s new seri “Special” is an unnventnal edy about a gay man wh cerebral palsy. ”Special, is a distctive and upliftg new seri about a gay man, Ryan wh d cerebral palsy who cis to rewre his inty and fally go after the life he wants.
NetflixO’Connell, who said he realized he is gay when he was 12, stayed closeted until his late 20s. “I wasn't thrilled and over the moon, bee I felt like beg gay and disabled basilly set a ath sentence to my love life.
”“I assumed that all gay men would be disgted by my disabily, and I thk that the vast majory of them tly didn't re, and I was makg to somethg that wasn't, ” he add.
SPECIAL TRAILER: NEW NETFLIX SERI' LEAD CHARACTER IS GAY AND HAS CEREBRAL PALSY
Netflix has released the trailer for Special, the first-ever TV seri centred on a gay male character wh cerebral O’Connell, who created the seri, plays the leadg character the semi-tobgraphil 15-mute edy.
“I never wanted to star Special but — and this make shock you — the world is not exactly swimmg wh gay 20-somethg actors who have d cerebral palsy, ” the wrer/actor told Queerty.
BLACK GAY COP ON HBO
Special is a edy seri that tells the story of Ryan, a 28-year-old gay man wh cerebral palsy.