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Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Canadian
Actor
Born:
Oct 21
,
1984
Gay
Me
Myself
People
World
Young
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When you're surrounded by a world of constant lies, manipulation, and deceit, that dark energy is bound to seep into you eventually.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
You
World
Dark
Energy
Constant
Lies
Bound
Surrounded
Deceit
Manipulation
Eventually
I'm the type of person who far prefers a vacation filled with trips to museums and art galleries, shopping and exploring vintage flea markets, people-watching at cafes, and discovering delicious restaurants as opposed to lounging on a beach for days on end.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Art
Shopping
Type
Markets
Restaurants
Trips
Beach
Delicious
Days
Opposed
Discovering
End
Person
Flea
Galleries
Far
Flea Markets
Exploring
Who
Filled
Vintage
Vacation
Museums
Sometimes in order for change to be made in a positive fashion, we must force ourselves to look unblinkingly at painful realities and reevaluate.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Positive
Fashion
Change
Sometimes
Made
Ourselves
Must
Look
Force
Reevaluate
Order
Realities
Painful
I watched some shows like 'The Simple Life' and 'The Anna Nicole Smith Show,' but I hadn't really watched 'The Bachelor' until I was cast on 'UnReal.'
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Life
Simple
Bachelor
Some
Unreal
Cast
Simple Life
Anna
Like
Until
Smith
Really
Show
Shows
Nicole
Watched
I feel like people are so eager and willing to accept the concept of females being bisexual and having it be a very natural thing, but as soon as a male proclaims himself as bisexual, we automatically dismiss it and say, 'No, he's just gay.'
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Gay
Natural
People
Bisexual
Say
Willing
Having
He
Feel
Soon
Like
Concept
Himself
Accept
Females
Male
Very
Just
Being
Automatically
Dismiss
Natural Thing
Eager
Thing
So many of my friends and family will go to Palm Springs as their weekend getaway destination, but when I need a break from Los Angeles, I'll head to Joshua Tree instead. There's something so magical about the energy of the Mojave Desert.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Family
Destination
Will
Energy
Tree
Angeles
About
Magical
Something
Weekend
Head
Instead
Los
Los Angeles
Go
Springs
Friends
Friends And Family
Break
Many
Desert
Palm
Need
I feel like, for so many years in the industry, LGBT-identifying actors were told to play small or water themselves down or 'butch it up,' whether you're a male and you're only going out for straight characters because gay characters aren't being written, or you're a woman and you're told to 'femme it up' to play the leading lady role.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Gay
You
Woman
Water
Down
Out
Characters
Only
Small
Written
Feel
Leading
Like
Industry
Because
Femme
Were
Male
Years
Up
Role
Going
So Many Years
Being
Lady
Whether
Straight
Themselves
Many
Actor
Butch
Play
People are scared of the unknown.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
People
Unknown
Scared
It really is systematic oppression that is so deeply ingrained into the very fabric of American society... Shedding a light on it, in whatever way possible, is the only way to create change.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Change
Oppression
Light
Whatever
Society
Way
Systematic
Possible
Fabric
Only
Shedding
Very
American
Ingrained
Create
Really
American Society
Deeply
I am a flea market junkie! Every city I go to, I'll be sure to look up when and where the biggest and best markets are nearby.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Best
Every
Market
Markets
City
Look
Sure
Am
Go
Up
Where
Biggest
Flea
Nearby
You can put an extra coat of paint on a jalopy, but it's still a jalopy.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
You
Extra
Put
Still
Coat
Paint
You know, in this industry, being an openly queer actor or entertainer, you can play the game your way, or you can play it the industry's way. And I decided to play it my way. I played it the industry's way far too long.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
You
Game
Long
Too
Way
Entertainer
Openly
Know
Industry
Queer
Being
Decided
Far
Your
Actor
Play
Played
I just never wanted to be in a position where I wouldn't be able to walk down the street holding my partner's hand.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Walk
Partner
Holding
Down
Able
Never
Hand
Just
Where
Wanted
Street
Position
I had examples from a very young age of gay actors or personalities coming out in late '90s and early 2000s who faced a lot of backlash and didn't have a lot of support and risked ruining their careers.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Gay
Age
Young
Late
Ruining
Backlash
Out
Faced
Examples
Risked
Had
Support
Coming
Lot
Very
Young Age
Personalities
Who
Actor
Early
Careers
As an actor, it was important to me to play gay characters because, growing up, it was something I never really saw done on television and in film, and I was questioning why there weren't more people like me.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Me
Gay
People
Important
Saw
Television
Characters
Something
More
More People
Never
Like
Because
Were
Questioning
Up
Done
Really
Growing
Growing Up
Film
Actor
Why
Play
My father is from Jamaica, my mother is from the U.K., but I was adopted as an infant by a really wonderful family in Alberta, Canada. What we refer to as 'Texas of the North.'
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Family
Wonderful
Mother
Father
Adopted
Refer
Texas
Infant
Canada
North
Jamaica
Really
I never really felt like I quite fit in. Other boys were playing sports and into hunting and stereotypically masculine activities. I was always more attracted to the arts. I loved to dance, I loved to sing, and I always knew I would be an actor. I don't really know why.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Sports
Dance
Other
Hunting
Would
Would-Be
More
Never
Masculine
Knew
Like
Know
Attracted
Sing
Felt
Boy
Always
Were
Fit
Quite
Arts
Loved
Really
Activities
Actor
Why
Playing
At 16 years old, I was signed to my very first modeling agency. That was my first real introduction to the entertainment industry. It really opened my eyes to a world that was available to me.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Me
Entertainment
Eyes
World
Old
First
Signed
Introduction
Entertainment Industry
Opened
Industry
Real
Years
Very
Modeling
Available
Agency
Really
At 21 years old, I found myself in Vancouver, and that's where I got the part for my first movie. I was sitting in a restaurant, and the director came up to me and asked me to read for his film. I really took it with a grain of salt. It was the creepiest casting situation, probably. It turned out that it wasn't.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Myself
Me
Director
Old
First
Salt
Situation
Took
Out
Vancouver
Restaurant
Casting
Part
Read
Got
Came
His
Years
Up
Sitting
Where
Grain
Movie
Turned
Asked
Really
Film
Found
It's important to be able to have representation for black queer women, because I feel like there's not much representation for them in the mainstream.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Women
Black
Important
Able
Mainstream
Feel
Like
Because
Queer
Representation
Them
Much
I'm grateful to the creative allies behind 'UnReal' who are willing to stand behind disenfranchised communities of people worldwide and help to tell their stories.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Creative
Grateful
People
Worldwide
Tell
Willing
Unreal
Allies
Disenfranchised
Behind
Stories
Stand
Communities
Help
Who
Every fan interaction I have when someone tells me they can look to their television screens and see themselves reflected in me is a dream come true.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Me
Every
Television
Dream
Tells
See
Someone
True
Come
Look
Reflected
Interaction
Fan
Screens
Themselves
Each time I turn on my own television screen and see reflections of myself in other courageous young LGBTQ-identifying actors and artists, I know that the dream is expanding. That would not be possible without LGBTQ Pride. Celebrate yourself, and the world will catch up.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
Time
Myself
Celebrate
Yourself
World
Pride
Will
Own
Young
Other
On-Screen
Television
Possible
Dream
Would
See
My Own
Catch
Know
Courageous
Without
Up
Expanding
Reflections
Artists
Screen
Turn
Turn-On
Each
Actor
Each Time
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