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" When I was first starting out in the industry in the early '90s, gay love stories were relegated to limited-release films that were hidden deep in the back of Blockbuster video stores. "
Wilson Cruz
Early
Back
Love
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" It's 'Star Trek!' It's as close to an American mythology as we get. To be a part of that storytelling after being a fan since I was a teenage boy who saw the pilot episode of 'Next Generation' air, it's all very surreal. "
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Air
" It takes a certain kind of person who loves 'Star Trek' to bring it to life. "
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" I think people come home, and they turn on the TV and don't necessarily want a mirror in their face. They want to escape. "
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" When we talk about LGBT characters on TV we're talking about the entire rainbow, and that includes trans people, and that includes non-binary people, people of color, women, differently-abled people. There is so much opportunity for storytelling there, and I hope that we continue to see more of that. "
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" I was 19, 20. I didn't know what to do. I knew one thing: I never saw myself on TV or anyone like me, and I wanted to be that for someone else. I think the most courageous thing I did was ask for help. "
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" When I was a teenager, in the '80s, it was 'Dynasty.' It was 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' And those were fantasies. Those weren't reflective of my experience. And I think we all want that; we all want to see ourselves, our story told, something to relate to, to help us and know that we're not freaks, that our experiences aren't odd. "
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" I remember watching the premiere of the pilot episode of 'Next Gen' when I was a teenager. "
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Next
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Watching
" Let me speak for myself: I think I wanted to see people who looked like me on TV. I wanted to see people who had similar experiences as I had, growing up. There was nobody on television when I was a teenager who I could relate to. "
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" All I ever wanted to do when I was a kid was be in a Broadway musical and to be in 'Star Trek,' and I can finally say I've done that. "
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I Can
Done
" It's important to take leaps of faith. "
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Important
Leaps
Faith
" If you were to turn on the TV in 1986, '87, you wouldn't see anybody having, I guess, a low-to-middle-income person of color experience. And you definitely wouldn't have a young LGBT person or their story told. The experience of being invisible in our culture has ramifications that I don't think any of us can really understand. "
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Color
Think
Story
" It sounds corny, but I wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world. I used to have that on my notebook in school. "
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World
Used
See
" ADCOLOR is an incredible organization that not only empowers people from all backgrounds to rise up but also to give back. "
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Rise
People
Only
" I don't think it's exaggeration or hyperbole to say that Pedro Zamora changed the world. "
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" When I got the appetite for more and more theatre, all I could think of was trying to get back to New York. "
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" President Clinton's support of the LGBT community and recognition that DOMA, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional and should be struck down shows that the political landscape continues to change in favor of LGBT equality. Leaders and allies like President Clinton are critical to moving our march for equality forward. "
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Change
Marriage
Support
" Steve Warren's work and career have opened doors for out professionals across the entertainment industry. In addition to advocating for LGBT people, he has continuously mobilized a large base of high-profile allies to help bring about social change. "
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Career
Change
Help
" I'm aware that I'm playing one of the first LGBT characters on 'Star Trek' in the first relationship, so there's a responsibility that comes with that. I'm aware of that. "
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Star
Responsibility
" When you were a teenager, everything's kind of drawn in primary colors; everything's big, and everything's life or death. "
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" I hope that upon this scorched earth we have planted the seeds of ideas that will bear the fruit of more diverse and inclusive stories that include people of color in the LGBT community. "
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Color
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" When people ask me for advice about when to come out, it's really about, before you do that, building a circle of support that can strengthen you through that experience. For me, it was my friends. There were people on 'My So-Called Life' that really helped guide me. "
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Life
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" I think about a young person who is sitting at home, 13 or 14, a person of color, possibly questioning their sexuality, and watching Dr. Hugh Culber and saying, 'I'm a part of an ideal future that we could work towards.' We're planting seeds in the minds of young people to say, 'Your possibilities are limitless.' "
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Future
Work
Color
" I came out to my dad in Christmas of '94. "
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Out
Came
Christmas
" When you're 14, 15, the most important thing in your life should be education, because that's what's going to set you up for success as an adult. So if coming out now will hinder your education, maybe we take some time to think about whether the time is right or not. Those are my concern. "
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Success
Education
Life
" My dad is now an incredibly important ally of mine. I'm so impressed with him. He's a hero to me because he put love and his family first. "
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Family
Important
Me
" For more than two decades, GLAAD has combatted anti-LGBT images in the media and changed the national conversation about LGBT people. "
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Conversation
Two
People
" I am honored to be receiving the Point Courage Award. "
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Point
" Sometimes we make progress in leaps. And sometimes we make them in small steps. "
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" I like to bring a level of vulnerability and real humanity to the characters I play when appropriate, and I feel like Dr. Culber lives pretty comfortably in that vulnerable world, but he's a professional first. "
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Play
Humanity