Star Trek: Discovery’s Wilson Cruz supports on-screen partner Anthony Rapp in bid for SAG-AFTRA national office
Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz arrive on the Red Carpet for the STAR TREK: DISCOVERY premiere event on Tuesday, September 19th [2017] in Hollywood, Ca. Photo Cr: Francis Specker © 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
JULY 28, 2021 - Star Trek: Discovery’s Lt. Paul Stamets, Anthony Rapp, is running for office! But you needn’t confirm your voter registration just yet.
Last week, Rapp’s fellow actor and on-screen partner, Discovery’s Dr. Hugh Culber, Wilson Cruz, tweeted out his support for Rapp’s candidacy for the position of Secretary-Treasurer of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Referring to Rapp and the others running for positions with the union, Cruz said, “I’m so inspired by and grateful for these visionary leaders, not least of all my dear [Anthony Rapp], who is so READY to take us to a BOLDER FUTURE at #sagaftra!”
I’m so inspired by and grateful for these visionary leaders, not least of all my dear @albinokid, who is so READY to take us to a BOLDER FUTURE at #sagaftra!
— Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) July 22, 2021
I, too, would be truly humbled to receive your vote for the National Board! https://t.co/dLSsavHLLm
In his own statement, Rapp said, “I have been a proud union member since I was nine years old. My decades of work have afforded me a platform that I strive to use as a voice for the voiceless, and as a champion for acceptance, inclusion, safety, and opportunity for all.”
SAG-AFTRA, according to its website, “represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals.”
Cruz and Star Trek: Picard’s Raffi Musiker, Michelle Hurd, are also running in the election for national board seats, representing United for Strength, a Los Angeles based group of SAG-AFTRA members.
The election ballots are to be sent out August 3rd and counted on September 2nd.
David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.
