Zack Wickham

Well, and it broke her career for a while. Yeah. You know, when she decided to do that... and be so brave. Like she lost her career for many years.

Well, and it broke her career for a while. Yeah. You know, when she decided to do that... and be so brave. Like she lost her career for many years.

Yeah. And, and it, it took her a while to recover. And then after Ellen and I don't remember what year that was, but then until willing grace was on in 1998 was when it premiered, there wasn't like that, you know, there was like queer as folk and some other things, but they were on like HBO or Showtime or, you know, Oh, my God. Do you remember on HBO Taxi Confessionals? Taxicab Confessions.

Yeah. And, and it, it took her a while to recover. And then after Ellen and I don't remember what year that was, but then until willing grace was on in 1998 was when it premiered, there wasn't like that, you know, there was like queer as folk and some other things, but they were on like HBO or Showtime or, you know, Oh, my God. Do you remember on HBO Taxi Confessionals? Taxicab Confessions.

Oh, my God. Now, that was a sexual awakening. It was called like real sex, blah, blah, blah. Like 71 or whatever. They always had a dick somewhere and I'd never seen them in the wild before.

Oh, my God. Now, that was a sexual awakening. It was called like real sex, blah, blah, blah. Like 71 or whatever. They always had a dick somewhere and I'd never seen them in the wild before.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Yeah. I mean, I'm going to say, I'm definitely going to say it's gotta be, I mean, I'm not, I'm kidding. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, I'm going to say, I'm definitely going to say it's gotta be, I mean, I'm not, I'm kidding. Yeah.

but Louisville is different. Louisville is one of the most progressive cities in the South. It has one of the largest gay populations randomly per capita. We have very strong gay community. Also pretty much every politician that has been around since I've been around or like been alive has been a Democrat or liberal. Like our mayors have given speeches at the gay club and, So our pride is huge.

but Louisville is different. Louisville is one of the most progressive cities in the South. It has one of the largest gay populations randomly per capita. We have very strong gay community. Also pretty much every politician that has been around since I've been around or like been alive has been a Democrat or liberal. Like our mayors have given speeches at the gay club and, So our pride is huge.

Louisville's a different beast. We also have some of the strongest LGBT protections for workplace, for housing, that includes trans people. It includes the full umbrella. It doesn't just disclude some or...

Louisville's a different beast. We also have some of the strongest LGBT protections for workplace, for housing, that includes trans people. It includes the full umbrella. It doesn't just disclude some or...

and it's workplace and housing which you don't have in other cities in the south so as far as that's concerned louisville was great to grow up in i never even though i was catholic i did go to an all boys catholic high school and i mean oh dear god it's probably why i drank smirnoff ice you know as my first drink but um That was a little difficult.

and it's workplace and housing which you don't have in other cities in the south so as far as that's concerned louisville was great to grow up in i never even though i was catholic i did go to an all boys catholic high school and i mean oh dear god it's probably why i drank smirnoff ice you know as my first drink but um That was a little difficult.

Well, let me put it this way. I was never not myself. So if people wanted to call me gay, they could call me gay. Or then I had my defenders that were like, he is totally straight. He just likes dancing. If it tells you anything, I went to seven. I had to buy a tux. I went to seven tuxes. senior proms at all the all-girl schools. I went to every single Catholic school.

Well, let me put it this way. I was never not myself. So if people wanted to call me gay, they could call me gay. Or then I had my defenders that were like, he is totally straight. He just likes dancing. If it tells you anything, I went to seven. I had to buy a tux. I went to seven tuxes. senior proms at all the all-girl schools. I went to every single Catholic school.

I went to all of their senior proms. And then the only other one was my own. Oh, and then I went to two public school ones as well.

I went to all of their senior proms. And then the only other one was my own. Oh, and then I went to two public school ones as well.