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The Good Scot: Alan Cumming on sexuality, The Good Wife and becoming an icon
METRO WEEKLY:Growing up in Scotland, were you aware of your same-sex attractions?
ALAN CUMMING: It wasn&#;t an inkling. I always felt as though I was bisexual, and since I was sexually active, I had relationships with both sexes.
MW: What was it like growing up at a time when being gay wasn&#;t just frowned upon, it was a crime?
CUMMING: I was probably too young and I lived in too remote an area to be really aware of those things. I mean, I was aware it wasn&#;t totally socially acceptable, but I don&#;t know, for some reason I never really worried about that. I&#;ve never felt shameful about my sexuality at all. I just let it take place, acted on it when I wanted to and had the chance to, and just establish my own way.
MW:In the LGBT movement, bisexuality sometimes gets thrown under the bus. A lot of gay people say &#;Well, bisexual men are gays who haven&#;t made up their minds.&#;
CUMMING: I think that&#;s a little bit of an ancient wive&#;s attitude, to be honest. I don&#;t really belie
March/April Cover Story: Catching Up With Everyone&#;s Favourite Queer Icon, Alan Cumming
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By Christopher Turner
Alan Cumming has one of the most eclectic resumés out there: he’s an actor, producer, singer, filmmaker and provocateur. He has a sly, disarming express joy , has performed (and is friends) with Liza Minnelli, made a cameo in Jay Z’s video for “Picasso Baby” and is a bestselling author and former podcast host. Wed to illustrator Grant Shaffer, he’s also a vocal activist, particularly for LGBTQ+ rights, and has co-owned a queer cabaret bar, Club Cumming, in the East Village in New York since
In compact, he is a true queer icon.
Cumming was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and studied drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Tune and Drama before embarking on a career that would have its roots on the stage. In his native Scotland, Cumming worked steadily in theatre and television in the s before his career started to boom after a move to
Alan Cumming 'relished' gay lead role in US show
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has said he was proud of starring in the first ever network drama on US television to have a gay leading character.
The year-old actor played Dr Dylan Reinhart in Instinct, which is shown on Sky Witness in the UK.
However, it was announced at the weekend that the show had been cancelled after its second series.
Cumming said he "relished" the chance to further the cause of representation and equality for LGBTQ people.
The actor, whose parts have ranged from BBC comedy The High Life to US shows such as the Good Wife and a Broadway version of Cabaret, said he had felt comfortable with the responsibility of taking on the ground-breaking role.
On Sunday, the actor posted a message to his , Instagram followers saying he was haughty to have been part of a show in which "millions of people will have seen a same-sex marriage portrayed for the first time".
Speaking to BBC Scotland's The Edit, Cumming, who has dual UK and US ci