The You Gotta Be You author attributes their success in navigating their path to a willingness to lean into feelings that are messy. Its a life approach that even inspired Goodman to start a sex-positive Instagram Live show called Messy Mondays in which they encouraged people to talk about the most muddled things in their lives. the screenplay for James Franco's remake of the 1996 Tori Spelling telepic Mother Brandon Kyle Goodman joins us now. Matthew Raymond-Goodman is the husband of Brandon Kyle Goodman, an American actor, activist, and writer. He always stands for the truth. Brandon Kyle Goodman is making things happen. I want white people and non-Black people to be curious about experiences that are not their own and have a really candid insight into that. Download our newest episodes now! Beyond Cool, She Was Fly. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbc_mPjZnX/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet. Her writing gained recognition and since 2009, she's written for sites such as What to Expect, Where'd My Sanity Go, and dozens more. CHANG: When it came to being both Black and gay, there was something that you wrote that really stuck with me. So I think theres a lot of work to do. Brandon Kyle Goodman's You Gotta Be You answers her call. GOODMAN: Before we met, I did. A post shared by Brandon Kyle Goodman (@brandonkylegoodman). That means so much. At present, Matthew Raymond serves the position of a mental health counselor. I may not have resembled Uncle Ronnie physically my skin darker, my face rounder, my frame bigger but there are few words I love more than fabulous and honey. Few things I love more than art and furniture. Personal Life. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. The Latrell Show is available to stream at www.iamatheatre.com. When he is open and willing to discuss things related to queer sex, its because his goal is to make it not-awkward or dirty in some way. You said, with white gay boys, there seemed to be an unspoken expectation that I would need to be a certain kind of gay to fit in. Can you talk about that pressure? GOODMAN: Yeah, because it was - you know, I was latching on from a place of lack. His agent submitted it to Big Mouth. They loved it and thought that it fit with their world, he said. Their new. - where queerness exists in our zeitgeist. Happy Pride. One of the sections that was really moving, and must have been hard to write, was about your mother and the rejection youve felt from her. It required him to reexamine messy but ultimately defining moments in his lifehis first time being followed in a store, navigating his mothers born-again Christian faith, and regretfully using soap as lube (yes, you read that right! As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He was also the only person that never questioned my effeminate nature. Goodman is Black, queer, nonbinary. And so both those things get to be true, which is why I say I identify with both pronouns, he and they, because it holds space for how I feel, which is what no one can see, which is this non-binary gender identity, as well as what people do see, which is Black manhood. I can't say that on NPR. But just maybe don't have the sound on if you are at work. I interviewed with them a couple times and then I got the job and I ended up becoming a voice on the show which was super exciting, and I started a mentorship program. Brandon Kyle Goodman joins us now. GOODMAN: Oh, my goodness. Before Fame In terms of the whole Big Mouth universe, I joined Big Mouth in season four. Spoiler alert: It doesnt. There's this void that's missing. From that point onward, he took admission to the Tisch Scool of Arts at New York University for his advanced education. You know, I think that as a kid, when you're, like, you know, 2, 3 and you're just playing, people kind of let you do whatever you want. The cars of Custer, Berry, Sheldon Creed, Busch, Brandon Jones and Gray Gaulding will go to the rear for using backup . Happy Pride. I think a lot of times queer writers, Black writers, women when were the only one in a room get written off as not being good enough, but no one ever talks about, Well, have they been mentored? And then you trick yourself into thinking that they are. And I first just want to say that I happened to pick up your book during a time when I was struggling. We also have swag at the NYT Store and two books, Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption and Tiny Love Stories: True Tales of Love in 100 Words or Less., https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/style/modern-love-bond-father.html. Like, you helped me think about something in my own life a little differently. They grew up in a religious immigrant household, and they know all too well what it's like to hide, to hide the most meaningful parts of yourself. And rightfully so his falling out was with my mother, not me. Can we just talk about dating white guys for a minute? But then you always realize that you're not like them GOODMAN: And that you're also - if you are approaching it from that angle where you're not whole and you're lacking, then you are, I think, unconsciously or subconsciously, excusing bad behavior from those white men where you become a racial prop. I think right now, theres a lot of checking boxes and making sure that the rooms look diverse and inclusive, but its not inclusive if we dont have power to tell our stories, if were not being green lit, if were not being promoted, [and] if were not being funded. The raunchy adult animated series has triggered frank conversations about sex that we've never seen before on television. And as time went on, I think I, you know, further specified that it's love - you know, people to love themselves and see themselves and know that they are three dimensional, full people and that they're worthy of love even with all their flaws, even with all their mistakes. Brandon Kyle Goodman also supports LGBTQ+ communities. So tell me something good, or tell me something messy. And so the performance of queerness or all those isms really gets credited to white gay people. GOODMAN: Because, you know, everyone wants the idea of queerness and wants the performance of it but not always the people. You know, before we met, I was really, like, clear about how much I loved myself. People were galvanizing in the streets in such a massive way. And most importantly, its an affirmation that we are enough exactly as we are.Currently Brandon is finishing his first book entitled, You Gotta Be You. I started the mentorship program in 2020 with the help of my bosses, Mark [Levin], Jen [Flackett], Andrew [Goldberg] and Nick [Kroll]. Now cut the shit and call me.. I also get to knowledge that the experience I am having, because of how I look, because of how I present, is that of a Black man. Anyone can read what you share. The murder of George Floyd was shocking and changed all of us regardless of our racial identities. My husband is white, and luckily I've worked through my stuff before. GOODMAN: That's a really beautiful question. I will call him back. My stomach rumbled, and I was reminded of my usual routine. Somehow, hearing I was like him was enough. He also started a project on Black Lives Matter. According to the sources, Goodman declared himself a gay before entering into the entertainment industry. I think CHANG: Well, as you say, we are enough exactly CHANG: As we are - so easy to say, sometimes so impossible to internalize. Goodman grew up playing with his siblings in New York. Goodman who lives in Los Angeles with their husband, Matthew spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the genesis of the book, what were the most challenging personal stories to tell and how they see the current state of inclusion and equity in Hollywood. They urge his adherents to give to the Innocence Projects, The Bail Project, NAACP, and Black Live Matter. Written and performed by Goodman and co-directed by IAMA co-artistic director Stefanie Black and company member Devere Rogers, The Latrell Show is truly an experience. After my grandmothers homegoing only three years earlier, I couldnt bring myself to experience that again. This meant enrolling himself in courses at New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts, and it meant graduating back in 2009 with his degree. NPR's Ailsa Chang chats with Brandon Kyle Goodman about their new book You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are. I really appreciate it. Si vous souhaitez personnaliser vos choix, cliquez sur Grer les paramtres de confidentialit. 3,566 following. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Welcome to Dreshare.com! Goodman has graced the screen in projects like Feel The Beat and Amazons rom-com anthology series Modern Love, and he recently signed on to the star-studded Big Mouth spin-off, Human Resources. CHANG: That is the work. At the bottom of the tree was a space for me to write my name and above it were two spaces one for my mother and one for my father and then above those were spaces for my maternal and paternal grandparents. And so you dated white guys in part for the proximity to white privilege. Uncle Ronnie did the same. How do I perform being a man so that I can fit in and also, like, stay safe? Amber Coney has been cast in Freeform's Dead Of Summer and Brandon Kyle Goodman has joined pilot Sunset PPL. But the community in which all those things come from, which I would say is Black and brown queer folks, aren't protected and aren't valued and aren't validated inside of that. GOODMAN: Before we met, I did. I'm so good. Goodman is Black, queer, nonbinary. At the moment, he is working on a book. Through humorous, honest, and autobiographical storytelling, Goodman explores his relationship to race, sexuality, gender, and their intersections. Growing up, I didnt have a lot of people to look up to that were openly queer and Black and, non-binary, so I would latch on to certain people, he explains. 1. We may not have been blood, but I belonged to him before we ever met. Goodman is Black, queer, nonbinary. His social media posts reveal that Brandon Kyle Goodman got married to his husband Matthew Raymond-Goodman in the year 2018. It's not top-tier Shyamalan, but it's still worthy of a spot on the early "best of" list for 2023 . I'm so good. GOODMAN: Because, you know, everyone wants the idea of queerness and wants the performance of it but not always the people. Verified. But no matter how hard I prayed to God or how many letters I wrote to Santa at Christmas, my father never appeared. Now you see guys on the red carpet wearing dresses and wearing halter tops and all this stuff. She thinks shes doing the right thing and I want to hold space for that while also not excusing how it might make me feel and how it might hurt me. We're required to fit into boxes based on our race, gender, sexuality, and other parts of our identities, being told by others how we should behave, who we should date, or what we should be interested in. He was born into a Christian family and belongs to African-American ethnicity. I'm looking for another whole person, not somebody to complete me, somebody to add to what I'm already doing. He keeps his physical details all around kept up. Arent we his family? I asked. I always say for my Black readers and Black queer readers, I hope that they feel less alone. Goodman is best known for his work in the movie. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. He encouraged it by laughing at my impressions of Cher. GOODMAN: That's a really beautiful question. Before my mother could respond, I asked the question that I think every single parent dreads: Does he not love me?, My mother crouched in front of me, took my small hands into hers. I started playing this character about ten years ago, and his name is Latrell Jackson and hes a talk show host who has this New York, kind of Harlem, Im from Queens kind of way about him, Goodman said, adding, But hes extremely femme and extremely comfortable in his flamboyance and his Blackness and queerness, which in many ways was me in my twenties, trying to reckon with the intersections of my identity and finally finding the safe space on stage to do that, he says. So in the show, you see how Latrell becomes somebody elses coping mechanism. Anyone who follows along on his journey and his life is able to tune in to watch him and enjoy, too, and that is what he is there for. CHANG: Well, I want to end on a pretty basic but important question. CHANG: I was going to ask you, how much have you evolved away? This was followed by the lead role of Gary Hobson in the CBS series Early Edition (1996-2000), for which he won a Saturn Award for Best . And so that to me means the other side is gonna swing harder and unfortunately theres no decorum and there are no boundaries that theyre not willing to cross because they want to fight to hold onto that power that was never theirs to begin with. Brandon Kyle Goodmans newly published You Gotta Be You: How to Embrace This Messy Life and Step Into Who You Really Are is much more than an advice book. I think we still see that Black people and Black queer folks specifically were valued when were entertaining. CHANG: I was going to ask you, how much have you evolved away? GOODMAN: When Matthew and I met, I was already, like, fully in my love of Brandon. Brandon Kyle Goodman is an actor, writer and activist who currently writes and stars in the Netflix animated series Big Mouth and its spinoff, Human Resources.. I really appreciate it. He was so smart, talented and charming. And now he was gone. That hasnt happened a lot. In an interview, he said that he feels proud to be gay. The 33-year-elderly person is a wellness darling. Ive been very fortunate [for] people like Lena Waithe and [Queer Eyes] Karamo [Brown]and all these people who have taken me under their wings, and because theyre doing that at such a big level, I want to make sure that Im constantly doing that as well, which is why that mentorship program was so important. Goodman, who uses he/they pronouns, then worked to find ways to affirm their manhood after being labelled feminine as a boy, including by a family patriarch. He is a New Yorker Goodman is a New Yorker. The mystery of his fit and dynamic body shape is a standard exercise in the wellness community. His mother is a homemaker. Goodman, a voice actor and writer on the hilariously raunchy animated shows Big Mouth and Human Resources (whose credits also include Feel the Beat and Curb Your Enthusiasm ), grew up in a. You share that early on, before you felt rejected for your race, before you felt rejected for your sexual orientation, you were rejected for your femininity and for not acting like a boy. He never shares any information about the names of his parents and siblings with the media. 598 posts. I want us to have real tangible power. CHANG: Hi. May 15. There is such a wave in the last few years of anti-gay legislation, like the Dont Say Gay bill in Florida, and anti-trans legislation, happening all across the United States. He honored it by having my signed Destinys Child poster framed, saying that they were to me what the Supremes had been to him. That means so much. Firstly, he has appeared in an online series People Just Do Nothing. Can you talk a bit more about being non-binary and how that intersects with other parts of yourself? All rights reserved. How would you rate this article? CHANG: Well, I want to end on a pretty basic but important question. :). I have no interest in associating with people like that. Tyler Reddick (179.683) qualified 15th. Goodman is Black, queer, nonbinary. Going Live: Every week, Mr. Goodman goes live on Instagram to answer questions about queer sex. from the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, utilizes his platform for good, constantly encouraging his followers to donate to organizations like The Innocence Project, The Bail Project, Black Trans Travel Fund and Black Lives Matter. GOODMAN: Before we met, I did. Have they been protected? There was a very blood is thicker than water energy about my yearning a notion that my biological father and I would have an inexplicable bond that would heal all my wounds. Goodman is Black, queer, nonbinary. GOODMAN: Yeah. Few places I love more than a bougie restaurant. Like, yas. Or you see our fashion. I'm looking for another whole person, not somebody to complete me, somebody to add to what I'm already doing. I dont want to forget that and be like, Oh, Im here because Im Brandon. No, were here because of community. Thanks for reading! In my book, I talk about connection to ancestors and I have such a real deep connection to my ancestors, both in my lineage, but also to the James Baldwins of the world and the Audre Lordes and all these people who fought before there was social media, before there was this ability to easily access each other. Its been fun. This is the gayest [expletive] I've ever heard. In fact, so much of his own writing is focused around growing up in the city, which is something that only people who grew up there would understand. Cool with it like he was into it or, like, cool with it like, [expletive] happens? And we get to hold multiple truths. Thank you so much for sharing this time with us, Brandon. He is extensively known in the country for his project on #Black Lives Matter. At 25, I was working for a fitness company called Flywheel Sports. Accuracy and availability may vary. Like, yas. GOODMAN: Thank you so much. It was daunting to get back into this without an audience, especially without having that immediate feedback. I think CHANG: Well, as you say, we are enough exactly CHANG: As we are - so easy to say, sometimes so impossible to internalize. And you said that that - dating white guys for proximity to white privilege - it only fed into your self-hatred. His co-stars include Randall Park, Keke Palmer and Aidy Bryant. He was angry. And what was really clocked kind of immediately was that I was really effeminate. Brandon has also appeared in so many live shows. Actor, Writer, Motivational Speaker, Activist, Television Personality, and Entrepreneur. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. They grew up in a religious immigrant household, and they know all too well what it's like to hide, to hide the most meaningful parts of yourself. But I realized that was always kind of this thing that I always was trying to go back to - was, how do I perform masculinity? YOU ARE ENOUGH EXACTLY AS YOU ARE. He earned a huge fan following on his social media handles. You Gotta Be You is currently available for purchase and is published by Legacy Lit, a new imprint from Hachette Book Group that focuses on BIPOC writers. CHANG: Being married to Matthew, how much have you evolved away from how you used to think about being with white men? And then, you know, when you start getting to that preschool, kindergarten age, then there starts to be these rules that I feel like get put on you. And I don't think we say it enough. When I failed my driver's test, the proctor said, what do you do for a living? Goodman is a New Yorker. Check out the full conversation on Acting Up. Latrell was my coping mechanism. Its about turning rejection (from others and yourself) into a roadmap to self-love. Nothing is black and white. Hes active enough that he is live once a week to discuss things that are on his mind. Shady. As a Black nonbinary, queer person in a dark-skinned 6'1", 180-pound male body born into a religious immigrant household, Brandon knows the pain of having to hide one's true self, the work of learning to love that true self, and the freedom of finally being your true self. Because the tone of a Times article should be thoughtful and restrained, we generally avoid publishing vulgarities. Watch the TV series; sign up for the newsletter; or listen to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or Google Play. View career profiles, stats, photos and video highlights. BRANDON KYLE GOODMAN (he/they) is an actor, writer, and activist. Cool with it like he was into it or, like, cool with it like, [expletive] happens? But just maybe don't have the sound on if you are at work. 10 Things You Didnt Know about Brandon Kyle Goodman, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Victory Brinker, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Elly Steffen, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Wol Parks, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Amaia Aberasturi, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Megan Best, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Demetrius Grosse, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Jamie McShane, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Ben Chaplin, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Juju Fitcats, The Details of Florence Pughs Filmography, 10 Things You Didnt Know about Song Joong-ki. I say, go to the mat for people, really pull back the curtain. And thats never the most fun process. From comedian Nick Kroll who voices his pre-pubescent self, alongside . Brandon Kyle Goodman they/he BKG/Black/Gay / Non-binary . I totally related to that. And if those things didnt have me beaming, he resorted to my most hated tactic: becoming an insatiable tickle monster, stopping only when there were tears of laughter streaming down my face. As a Black nonbinary, queer person in a dark-skinned 61, 180-pound male body born into a religious immigrant household, Brandon knows the pain of having to hide ones true self, the work of learning to love that true self, and the freedom of finally being your true self. The young actor is in his 30s now, and he is doing big things with his life. by Brandon Kyle Goodman. At present, he lives in Los Angeles, California, the United States along with his husband. Now you see guys on the red carpet wearing dresses and wearing halter tops and all this stuff. And CHANG: I got to say that is something that resonated with me. This has been amazing. Matthew is a former teacher and advocate. Who Is Tracy McMillan From Family or Fianc? So this program was really to zero in on up-and-coming Black writers in animation and give them every bit of access and tools that we can give them. I get to say that I am non-binary and identify as such and not identify as a man. Copyright 2023 NPR. Goodman is Black, queer, nonbinary. As I was walking to the Starbucks around the corner, still sweating in my company-branded tank top and shorts, I switched my phone off airplane mode. CHANG: That is the work. Feel the Beat is scheduled to debut on June 19, 2020, on Netflix Originals. You know, before we met, I was really, like, clear about how much I loved myself. Goodman also offers up his discoveries and musings about his path to healing, and turning trauma into triumph. Anyone can read what you share. He protected it by giving me my first summer job as a receptionist at the salon. This essay is part of a collaborative project with Black History, Continued. Brandon Kyle Goodman. No, in 2020, when everything happened withBlack Lives Matter and George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, I had a bunch of videos that actually went viral and I kind of built this following. Brandon Kyle Goodman (born 20 May 1987) is a famous Afro-American actor, activist, television personality, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur from Queens, New York, United States. - where queerness exists in our zeitgeist. I think my life has been a lot of resilience and writing the book was about healing. How do I perform being a man so that I can fit in and also, like, stay safe? For Advertisement on our Site or to report a problem, kindly contact our team via email address. I didnt attend his funeral, which took place in Delaware, where he was from originally. He never thought that at the time he was writing it, his own work would eventually turn into something this big. This book will have all of his thoughts on being a queer black man in this day and age, and it will be a book he hopes will resonate and educate. And my hope is that these white men will fill that void. Brandon Kyle Goodman is known for Big Mouth (2017), Feel the Beat (2020) and Human Resources (2022). He actually voices his own character in his own work on his own time, and he is happy to do it. And I think I learned that from my mother. What is it like working on the new show Human Resources? Hello. dvelopper et amliorer nos produits et services.
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