Hulu's new LGBTQ series 'Love, Victor' follows up on the 2018 movie 'Love, Simon,' which was the first gay teen romantic comedy made by a major Hollywood studio. - NBCOUT
) has multiracial roots. On the show, Victor struggles with competing identities as he explores his LGBTQ sexuality, being Latino and living up to his family's religious expectations — issues that may be familiar to multicultural and multiracial viewers who have wrestled with where they fit in.For Ortiz, the intersection of identities off screen allows"Love, Victor" and other TV shows to hold up a mirror to society's complicated layers.
"The thing that I really had to sort of dig into and to deal with was the religiosity in her," Ortiz says of Isabel."I was raised Catholic. I consider myself Catholic, but I am also a progressive. I constantly am battling between my Catholicism and my beliefs. It's a difficult fight within my own self.
protecting LGBTQ rights in the workplace. Two conservatives — Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts — surprised progressive advocates when they joined liberal colleagues in supporting the decision.On screen, Ortiz hopes that by showing a conservative Latino family coming to terms with their loved one's LGBTQ identity, viewers can similarly see how attitudes toward gay, lesbian and trans people are changing in society.
Cimino, who believes sexuality and identity are part of a lifelong journey that calls on people to be true to themselves, wants to deliver positive messages about change and authenticity to viewers on and off screen. "As of right now, I am straight," Cimino says."I don't want to put myself in a box and put myself in a position where if I were to come out as bi or as gay 10 years from now, that I was defending an identity that was being true to myself."
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