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- INTERVIEW: JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON IS HAVG A GAY OLD TIME HIS NEW SHOW TO MY GIRLS
- JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON WIKI: GAY, GIRLIEND, DATG, FAY, HEIGHT, NET WORTH
- INTERVIEW: JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON IS HAVG A GAY OLD TIME HIS NEW SHOW TO MY GIRLS
- INTERVIEW: JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON IS HAVG A GAY OLD TIME HIS NEW SHOW TO MY GIRLS
- REVIEW: ‘TO MY GIRLS,’ A TOAST TO MILLENNIAL ‘INSTAGAYS’
INTERVIEW: JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON IS HAVG A GAY OLD TIME HIS NEW SHOW TO MY GIRLS
Even though most people would regnize Jay Armstrong Johnson as openly gay hacker Will Olsen on ABC's Quanti, his profsnal reer has largely been bookend by the work of Leonard Bernste. Both stage and screen keep Johnson very by, but beg gay and actually makg show bs is harr than Johnson's reer, he had a manager that advised him to keep the "gay thg" to a mimum. "I hired reprentatn that was sentially puttg me back the closet for fear that I would be put a box as gay, even though, at that time, all of the rol my reer had been straight rol.
"The send that I started beg vol about beg gay, that's when [his reer] really started takg off for me, " he adds. "That's where I am now--really embracg homosexualy, beg an advote for the LGBTQ youth--and while 's hard bee there's still so much opposn, 's only ma me stronger as an actor and stronger as a person.
JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON WIKI: GAY, GIRLIEND, DATG, FAY, HEIGHT, NET WORTH
"That is a pliment, I gus, to a certa extent, but 's nice to play the gay rol too. "First and foremost, playg openly gay Will Olsen on ABC's Quanti allows Armstrong to be a mouthpiece for a very important msage. You n be gay and do that, " says Armstrong of the character's importance on TV and culture.
Also, is rewardg to Armstrong bee the character hasn't volved to a gay stereotype. "I know what 's like to grow up and be hated for who I was and not even knowg I was gay.
INTERVIEW: JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON IS HAVG A GAY OLD TIME HIS NEW SHOW TO MY GIRLS
People jt lled me 'fag, ' they lled me 'gay' as early as third gra, and I had no clue, " he explas.
"I've been so vol agast the g admistratn for all rights, not jt for gay rights, not jt for black rights, not jt for women's rights, for everyone, " he says.
In this lennial take on "The Boys the Band, " the clean-cut Curtis is ultimately ls than a good iend to his longtime gay bti (played by Mlik Pancholy, Brton Smh, and Carman Laciva), leadg to some very unpleasant nsequenc.
INTERVIEW: JAY ARMSTRONG JOHNSON IS HAVG A GAY OLD TIME HIS NEW SHOW TO MY GIRLS
TheaterMania recently spoke to Johnson, who is openly gay, about the role, and about workg wh a st of other queer men, the importance of havg the "right body, " and his lifelong love of mil theater.
And I found out later that every whe homosexual actor town wanted this role! The play's biggt theme is the difficulty of matag ep iendships the gay muny.
REVIEW: ‘TO MY GIRLS,’ A TOAST TO MILLENNIAL ‘INSTAGAYS’
For many years, I had a long-term partner and most of the people we lived wh were gay. The play also ncerns the emphasis we put on havg the "right" body type the gay muny.
Published on May 20, 2018The Amerin actor is openly gay and hidg sexualy has never been an optn for him. Though, he portrays a gay character he don't fall to the gay stereotype. Jay Openly Gay; Had Girliend In PastJay don't back off om talkg about his sexualy and his boyiend on his social media and terviews.
Jt like Jay said, when I saw the show, I too had that prenceived notn that everyone was gog to look perfect, and was gog to be like gog to some Chelsea gay bar.