John Cameron Mitchell, who burst onto the indie scene with the quirky 2001 musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” hopes that the recent State law outlawing drag shows Will soon be a thing of the past.
Mitchell told TheWrap in a recent interview, “I think it’s temporary because most young people realize it’s absurd and eventually, the bigots die out.”
The Tony-winning actor, who starred in Apple TV+’s “City on Fire” and musically appeared in season 2 episodes of Netflix’s “Sandman” and “Yellowjackets,” recently moved to New Orleans and has a pending Talked about the film. drag ban in louisiana,
“Can you imagine New Orleans, Mardi Gras? They usually only laugh at the state capital. Where I live now, the whole city is tense,” he said. “Part of it is the anti-trans material. It’s a kind of cover for what is a different thing that some people don’t consider it gender-conforming. [they say it’s] ‘against God’ and this is ‘child abuse’. It’s disrespectful, because it’s a cover for other things.”
He continued, “If you’re a parent, you know, some kids are weird, and they’re finding their way. And it’s undoubtedly a delicate journey of discovering who you are and what you need. But let the parents work on that. Let the doctors work on that. And let the artists be for Christ’s sake,” he added.
“We all know that the most powerless people succeed first, immigrants, gay people, black people, anyone who is poor, anyone who doesn’t have a leg up, they are the first targets,” he said. “When the Fox News people need to pass their anti-tax law or whatever, distract them from gay marriage, distract them from pulling, distract them from trans youth marches, you know. It’s reprehensible, and it’s disgusting.”
60 year old actor/director who came out as non-binary In 2022, he quipped, “I’m too old to change my pronouns because I can’t remember my phone number.” Pronouns are great, but at a certain point, we all forget what gender and sexuality our friends are and we just live our lives, don’t we?”
As a longtime member of the LGBTQ community, he focused on the movement for gender equality.,neutral acting categories at award shows, “I think it takes time for these things to flow a little bit. So let’s get there slowly. Once there are more non-binary people, I think it will become clear that one category is probably better. I would like to let things develop more slowly so that people get used to them.”
