My guest this week is Edgar Gomez, author of the book High Risk Homosexual. Edgar spent years trying to figure out who he was, bouncing from one group to another — which took him from skater cliques to an encounter with a sex worker in Nicaragua to enrolling in school to become a cop, until he was expelled after being falsely accused of being a drug dealer. Edgar auditioned a lot of identities before he found one that felt right — one that allowed him to continue infiltrating and exploring all the different ways that human beings find to connect with each other.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder that I’ve got a book coming out next year about queer sitcoms! It’s called Hi Honey, I’m Homo, and pre-orders are open — head over to gaysitcoms.com to get all the details.
Also, big thanks to everyone who supports The Sewers of Paris on Patreon! Patrons get hours of exclusive bonus videos about pop culture history, stickers and stuff in the mail, and names in the credits of YouTube videos.
Behind the Scenes with Betty White (Ep 373 - The Golden Girls/Jim Colucci)
Southern Decadence (Ep 372 - The Chronicles of Narnia/Jonathan Alexander)
Cozy vs Kinky (Ep 371 - The Jungle Book/Caudle)
You Can be Sad or You Can be Gay (Ep 370 - Guy Branum)
Hercules as a Twink (Ep 369 - Roo/Disney movies)
I Just Lied (Ep 368 - Andy/Revolutionary Girl Utena)
That Really Felt Like Christmas Magic (Ep 367 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Jonathan)
A Boy in the Country (Ep 366 - The Wizard of Oz/Tyler Dwiggins)
I'm Not Gay, I'm Just a Dance Major (Ep 365 - The Boys in the Band/Raymond Miller)
The Boys' Secret Society (Ep 364 - Gay Newspapers/Robert Steele)
I Was Like a Zombie (Ep 363 - The Powerpuff Girls/Alex Salyer)
We've Cornered the Market on Mermaids (Ep 362 - Joel Kim Booster/Clue)
Lots of Trouble (Ep 360 - The Breakfast Club/Lane Rogers)
Sewers of Paris: A Gateway Drug to Fabulous (Ep. 360 - 80s Cartoons/Ted Biaselli)
The Drama Kid (Ep 359 - Funny Girl/David Pevsner)
My Space-Brothers (Ep 358 - Star Trek DS9/David)
A Big Purple Man in a Loin Cloth (Ep. 357 - Fazaad/Gargoyles)
Always Pushing Boundaries (Ep 356 - Madonna/Farhad Dadyburjor)
Sexy But Secret (Ep 355 - Twilight/Ian Lockwood)
It Opened a Portal in my Brain (Ep 354 - The Ice Storm/Craig Johnson)
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