{"id":98332,"date":"2019-09-25T12:26:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ryan-oconnell-being-gay-is-more-accepted-and-understood-than-being-disabled\/"},"modified":"2019-09-25T12:26:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T16:26:57","slug":"ryan-oconnell-being-gay-is-more-accepted-and-understood-than-being-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ryan-oconnell-being-gay-is-more-accepted-and-understood-than-being-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan O\u2019Connell: \u201cBeing gay is more accepted and understood than being disabled\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Ryan O\u2019Connell: \u201cBeing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> is more accepted and understood than being disabled\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/ryan-connell-jean-jacket-670x544.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan O'Connell in a jacket\" width=\"670\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/ryan-connell-jean-jacket-670x544.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2019\/06\/ryan-connell-jean-jacket-400x325.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>Writer, actor, and disability advocate Ryan O\u2019Connell spoke to students at the University of Washington <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyuw.com\/arts_and_leisure\/article_ceecdac0-df33-11e9-ac7a-27e8e0fefb96.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this week<\/a> about the unique struggles he\u2019s faced as someone who is both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a><em> and<\/em> disabled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went out with my <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> mafia and pitched it to all these networks,\u201d O\u2019Connell told the crowd when talking about his series <em>Special<\/em>. \u201cIt was four years of like no, no, and f*ck no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connell explained that many networks had a hard time wrapping their heads around a show about someone who is both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <em>and<\/em> disabled. (O\u2019Connell\u00a0has cerebral palsy.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI was told \u2018no\u2019 for so long,\u201d he recalled. \u201cThere were so many times where I was like \u2018f*ck this, I wanna quit.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t quit, of course. And, as he explains it, \u201cthen we went to Netflix and they just bought it. It was so weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/netflixs-special-ryan-oconnell-brings-first-gay-disabled-male-character-tv-20190323\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">With Netflix\u2019s \u201cSpecial,\u201d Ryan O\u2019Connell brings the first gay and disabled male character to TV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It proved to be a wise investment for the network.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Not only did <em>Special<\/em> receive rave reviews upon its release, but it nabbed four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for O\u2019Connell.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, in a weird way, is more accepted and understood than being disabled,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think disability is not discussed. There are so many conversations about being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>. These chairs are <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>. I don\u2019t think people know how to talk about [disability].\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But, O\u2019Connell added, the tides do seem to be shifting. (Thanks, in part, to <em>him.<\/em> Though he\u2019s far too humble to ever admit this.) After Netflix took a chance on him, O\u2019Connell feels more accepted and more grounded than ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time in 28 years of my life, I was being who I was, and I wasn\u2019t lying about something,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was always either being <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> or being disabled, and I was finally just me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/ryan-oconnell-received-surplus-dms-hot-men-brazil-since-becoming-netflix-star-20190615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan O\u2019Connell has received a \u201csurplus of DM\u2019s from hot men in Brazil\u201d since becoming a Netflix star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=PRRPsF9Ac0w:I10PaD21-bs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=PRRPsF9Ac0w:I10PaD21-bs:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/ryan-oconnell-gay-accepted-understood-disabled-20190925?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.queerty.com\/ryan-oconnell-gay-accepted-understood-disabled-20190925?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan O\u2019Connell: \u201cBeing <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> is more accepted and understood than being disabled\u201d Writer, actor, and disability advocate Ryan O\u2019Connell spoke to students at the University of Washington this week about the unique struggles he\u2019s faced as someone who is both <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> and disabled. \u201cI went out with my <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> mafia and pitched it to all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ryan-oconnell-being-gay-is-more-accepted-and-understood-than-being-disabled\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ryan O\u2019Connell: \u201cBeing gay is more accepted and understood than being disabled\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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