Ben Shimkus spoke out against sexual harrassment in the queer community. A daytime talk show turned it into a joke. When I was young, the sound of laughing around me made me upset.
If I wasn’t involved in the laugh, I would theorize it was about me. A lot of the times it wasn’t, but the fear of harsh judgment from others was something I couldn’t get rid of.
I was mocked openly in this segment on national TV, by a presenter named Michael Yo during an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show.