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Ryan J. Haddad Is Staging a Revolt Against Gay Ableism
The actor and writer s one-man play,
Hi, Are You Single?, tackles rejection in the gay community. February 09 2021 12:28 PM EST
It s not easy being a single gay man with cerebral palsy, as Ryan J. Haddad recounts in his new play,
Hi, Are You Single?
During his first visit to a gay bar, the first thing I encountered was a staircase, Haddad shared at the Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in Washington, D.C., which partnered with Los Angeles s IAMA Theater Company for a virtual streaming of the play through February 28.
For Haddad, staircases are both physical and metaphorical. Haddad has a strong sex drive the show opens with a cybersex exchange and doesn t lose steam from there. But in addition to stairs, he encounters stigmatizing stares in supposed queer safe spaces that close off romantic prospects.