Darren Criss says he's been 'Culturally Queer My Whole Life'
Glee's Darren Criss Says He's Been 'Culturally Queer My Whole Life' https://t.co/GiqV8Zvjae
- People (@people) April 30, 2024
Though he identifies as a straight, cisgender man, actor Darren Criss said that he's been "so culturally queer my whole life."
"The things in my life that I have tried to emulate, learn from and be inspired by are 100 percent queer as f---," he explained. "It was in queer communities that I've found people that I idolize, that I want to learn something from, and I'd say that's a gross generalization, that's a lot of things and a lot of people. But I grew up in San Francisco in the '90s. I watched men die. There was an awareness of the gay experience that was not a foreign concept to me. So, it was a narrative that I cared deeply about."
In 2018 he announced he would no longer accept LGBTQ+ roles because he didn't want to take any potential roles away from actors who actually identify as gay.
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