Josh Thomas has broken new ground with both of the shows he’s created.
kindly Like Mewas a quirky, beloved comedy about a young gay man in Australia also named Josh.
We spoke to Thomas about his Freeform comedy, the LGBTQ stories he finds fascinating, and more.
Josh Thomas on ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.'.Freeform
JOSH THOMAS:It’s nice to be able to show a variety of people.
My first show was just based on me.
I never really considered how that character was going to fit into the media landscape.
It’s in [the past] decade where, at the beginning, it was so hard.
And now queer characters are easy, and not hard to convince people to do.
Like, they are accepted, and accepted by not queer people.
What types of stories about the LGBTQ community do you hope to tell?
Do you have any dream projects you want to get made?
I’m doing it.
But I just have the week.
Are there any real-life LGBTQ icons whose stories you want to tell?
There’s so many cool people [in] the generation above me that were such trailblazers.
One day, I’m gonna finish it.
It’s a lot of conversations with gay people about different challenges.
It is all fighting for the opportunity to love.
So often the conversation about being queer is very sex-focused, right?
It’s right there in the wordhomosexual.
And the epic quests that our people have had to go on.
Who’s an LGBTQ artist that inspires you?
I really like Olly Alexander on Instagram.
He does those videos where he’s Hula-Hooping.
