Wilson Cruz to appear at Frameline Film Festival, talking LGBTQ+ representation, from My So-Called Life to Star Trek: Discovery

Wilson Cruz as Rickie Vasquez from My So-Called Life (left) and Hugh Culber from Star Trek: Discovery (right)

MAY 26, 2021 - The 45th Annual Frameline Film Festival is gearing up for 18 days of entertainment in June, and Star Trek: Discovery actor Wilson Cruz is joining the lineup. Frameline is a film festival dedicated to celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. This year, Cruz will be leading a conversation detailing his career and the evolution of LGBTQ+ representation from his perspective as a gay actor. The streaming event is part of Frameline Talks, a series of “panel-type” discussions to be held throughout the festival. Frameline Talks are supported by Variety, who announced the festival schedule earlier this week. 

From the announcement:

“Few actors have pushed LGBTQ+ representation on television as far as Wilson Cruz. From his breakthrough role as Rickie Vasquez on the 1990s teen drama My So-Called Life, Cruz was the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay role on a TV series. In the years since ‘Rickie’ and Cruz made their mark on a generation of queer youth, he has carried his talent and activism into recurring roles on [multiple series,] as well as executive producing the [documentary] series Visible: Out on Television. As ‘Dr. Hugh Culber’ on Star Trek: Discovery, things have come full circle, in a sense, for the actor, playing a happily partnered gay man and father figure to a non-binary human, close to 30 years after his indelible debut. In conversation with Raffy Ermac, editor-in-chief of the LGBTQ+ youth-oriented entertainment website Pride, Cruz traces his television legacy from ‘Rickie’ in 1994 to showcasing queer representation all the way into the 23rd century as ‘Dr. Culber.’”

According to the Frameline website, the conversation with Wilson Cruz and Raffy Ermac will be available to stream beginning Wednesday, June 16th at 5:30pm PT. 

There are plenty of other events planned for Frameline45 as well. Programming runs from June 10th through 27th and includes both streaming and in-person film screenings as well as all the other Frameline Talks. Tickets for in-person screenings begin at just $8, with festival streaming passes available starting at $95.

For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit frameline.org.