About this episode

Sydney James Harcourt discusses his journey of self-acceptance, sexuality, and experiences in the gay community with hosts Brian and Judson.

Brian and Judson are joined by the sexiest cat on Broadway, Cats: The Jellicle Ball’s Rum Tum Tugger himself, Sydney James Harcourt! Sydney talks about his journey from a childhood in Michigan spent hiding in the closet, feeling unattractive, uncool, unmanly and seeking comfort in food, to moving to New York and feeling othered as a minority man in the mainstream gay scene, to the person he is today exuding sex and confidence on a Broadway stage eight times a week. He tells them about the role that connections and community played in his transformation, how he found the sexiness of Rum Tum Tugger, and about how “Realness,” Tugger’s ballroom category that showcases a person’s ability to pass as straight, is, at its core, a trauma response to homophobia. Sydney gets even more personal and talks about some of the various reasons he likes to have sex, the demise of finding hookups on Craig’s List, his “mad, passionate lust affair” with Andy Cohen, why we should have sex with the straight men on the apps, and his preference for faceless Grindr profiles. Sydney then joins Brian and Judson in responding to a Go Ask Your Dad question from a listener in his 30s who is newly out of the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Rubin-Sowers, Judson Morrow

Guest: Sydney James Harcourt

Topics covered

• sexuality
• identity
• Broadway
• community
• relationships
• homophobia

Keywords

• Cats
• Rum Tum Tugger
• Grindr
• homophobia
• sexuality
• identity
• Broadway
• Andy Cohen

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