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Darren Criss says he’s ‘culturally queer’ | |
By Marianne Garvey, CNN | |
Updated: | |
1:55 PM EDT, Tue April 30, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
“Glee” star Darren Criss, the Blaine on the show, was a favorite of | |
LGBTQ+ audiences, although in real life Criss identifies as a straight, | |
cisgender man. | |
Criss was at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo over the weekend, | |
where he was asked about his “Glee” character being in a gay | |
relationship on the show. | |
“It was f—ing awesome…. Nowadays, we just call it a relationship | |
on TV. But to contextualize it, a gay relationship on mainstream Fox, | |
that’s a pretty cool thing to be a part of,” he said. | |
He continued, “There was an awareness of the gay experience that was | |
not a foreign concept to me. I have been so culturally queer my whole | |
life. Not because I’m trying — you know, actually, I was gonna say | |
not because I’m trying to be cool but I’m gonna erase that, because | |
I am trying to be cool. The things in my life that I have tried to | |
emulate, learn from and be inspired by are 100 percent queer as | |
f—.” | |
“Culturally queer” is defined as someone who grows up “immersed | |
in queer culture, including traditions, celebrations, media, and | |
language,” according to the Queerspawn Resource Project. | |
Additionally, “some LGBTQ+ individuals use the term to describe | |
allies who go over and above expectations in demonstrations of both | |
their allyship and understanding of queer culture,” as defined by | |
Criss added that his upbringing was a huge part of how he views queer | |
communities. | |
“It was in queer communities that I’ve found people that I idolize, | |
that I want to learn something from,” he said. “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.” | |
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