Jonathan Van Ness (jvn) on LGBTQ equality: 'People are too quick to congratulate themselves on where we are'
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Netflix released a special interview betweenhost David Letterman, where the two met in a barbershop and talked about the changing face of the LGBTQ landscape.
"It's very mysterious, it's like, 'What's going on with him?'" says the hairdresser. Letterman then admits to Van Ness that his self-care ritual simply includes "a bar of soap," prompting Van Ness to encourage him to try beard oil on his grey hair, which is generally drier than hair that has not yet greyed.
On the serious subject of Stonewall, Van Ness discusses how things have changed dramatically over the years. "Now we would have a gorgeous parade, a gorgeous party, and while it is celebratory and can be really fun, it was born out of this literal riot that happened in Stonewall." He goes on to say that he didn't realize until this recent Pride month the extent of the violence and oppression that the LGBTQ community faced.
"Just the way that there are 7 billion people in the world that all experience life in a different, unique way, there is that many different unique ways that sexuality and gender can be expressed too," says Van Ness, adding that he identifies as non-binary. "I don't feel like I'm represented in the binary, period," he says, the binary being defined as male and female.
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