Since becoming the show’s first Chinese American star and one of its few openly gay cast members, Yang has landed roles in Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens and Girls5eva and maintained the pop culture podcast Las Culturistas.
Gay Hollywood 2021: Gay Figures–Justice Smith, Actor-Singer
“As a Black queer man myself, I was disappointed to see certain people eager to say Black Lives Matter but hold their tongue when Trans/Queer was added. … If your revolution does not include Black queer voices, it is anti-Black.”
Gay America 2021: Gay Figures–JoJo Siwa, 18, Dancer-Singer-Activist
Siwa officially confirmed that she’s a member of the LGBTQ community during a 15-minute Instagram video in January, a big moment and a huge risk for a performer whose fan base is largely children and teens.
Gay America 2021: Gay Figures– Rashad Robinson, Civil Rights Leader
Robinson, who previously held a leadership role at GLAAD, wants to see people of color get their due in LGBTQ stories. “I would love to see Stonewall told through the eyes of Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and the other Black and brown gay, trans and nonconforming liberation luminaries who made that moment possible,” he says, “to see a story in which they are the protagonists and fully portrayed.”
Hollywood 2021: Gay Figures–Elliot Page, Actor-Producer
After a long career on screen, starring in such features as Interstellar and Juno, for which she had received Best Actress Oscar nomination, and on TV in The Umbrella Academy, Page came out as transgender in December.






