This is a show about individual experience and personal identity.

There may be times when folks use identifying words or phrases that don't feel right to you.

That's part of what we're exploring here.

Please listen with an open heart, and as always, I welcome your polite, engaged feedback,

and I encourage you to continue the conversation in your own life and with your own community.

Welcome to Query.

Hey QueryRos, Cammy here.

Today on the podcast, my guest is Anthony M. Lopez, awesome actor.

I love this conversation.

He's also an amputee and talks, we talk a lot about disability, we talk a lot about the roles

that he's had.

We talk a lot about our future friendship.

We talk a lot about that at all, but I just want to be friends with this person.

I also want to just say, hey, you know what?

Happy Pride Month.

Enjoy this episode and your pride.

I always have folks on the podcast, introduce themselves.

I always have guests introduce themselves.

Would you introduce yourself?

Sure, I'm Anthony M. Lopez, I'm an actor, I identify as a gay man, I'm an amputee, so I'm also part of the disabled community.

I grew up in a suburb of Chicago, and I've been acting since I was 10 years old.

Recently I was in the Maplethorpe movie with Matt Smith.

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