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Michael D. Cohen dishes on meeting the VP, happy places, and protecting trans youth
[Editor’s Note: The below interview was conducted prior to the actors of SAG-AFTRA joining the WGA on strike.]On a show full of heroes, Danger Force‘s Michael D. Cohen plays Schwoz, a comic-relief sidekick who doesn’t have any superpowers of his own.But the actor and activist has found a ways to be heroic in real life—without abilities like super-strength, flight, or telekinesis.In 2019, Cohen collaborated with GLAAD to pen a groundbreaking piece for TIME, in which he spoke openly about transitioning and his experiences in the industry as trans man.