“The Jackie Robinson of Bisexuals w/ Travon Free”

Another Day with Ana Marie Cox

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

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🗓️ 21 September 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

This week, Ana (@anamariecox) sat down with Travon Free (@Travon), the star of the new HBO show Him or Her. They started things off by delving into the show’s premise: it’s largely based on Travon’s dating experiences as a black, bisexual male in America. That transitioned to a conversation about the importance of representation, something personal to Travon specifically because he hasn’t ever seen himself represented in popular movies or tv shows. Ana then shifted the conversation, asking Travon about his journey to realizing and accepting his sexuality. Growing up in a conservative Christian church made things more difficult, and eventually led him to stop attending and eventually led him to stop attending before adopting a new approach. Toward the close of the show, Travon continued on, and explained the ways he’s found acceptance of his sexuality later in life. Get in touch with us on Twitter at @crooked_friends or email the show at [email protected]. Thank you to our sponsors! Check out CBS’ Murphy Brown, returning to the air Thursday, September 27th. Go to stamps.com, click on the radio microphone at the top of the homepage and enter FRIENDS for up to $55 Free postage, a digital scale, and a 4 week trial. Head to everlane.com/friends to check out Ana’s personalized selection and get free shipping on your first order. Visit squarespace.com/friends for a free trial and use the offer code FRIENDS when you’re ready to launch for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.

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0:00.0	Finally, some good news. Thursday, September 27th on CBS, the comedy that took on the world
0:05.2	and legendary voice that changed the conversation Murphy Brown is back. I will insert here my own
0:11.6	personal testimony, which is that the Murphy Brown show was one of the shows that's reformed my idea
0:16.6	of what it meant to be a female journalist. So I am super excited about this reboot.
0:21.2	Emmy winner Candace Bergen returns to lead the charge along with original castmates Faith Ford
0:25.8	and Grant Schaud. This time around Murphy anchors a new morning new show that tackles the issues
0:31.4	of the day. And she's going head to head with none other than her grown son, Avery, played by Jake
0:37.2	McDormann. Time daily in Nick Dodani, Round Out The Cast, and what promises to be the funniest
0:42.7	of the moment comedy from original creator, Diane English. Check out trailers, interviews with the
0:47.6	cast and behind the scenes footage at CBS.com slash shows slash Murphy-Brown and Facebook.com slash
0:55.6	Murphy Brown CBS. No matter which way you lean, funny is funny and Murphy's back bringing the
1:01.7	laughs. It all starts at Thursday, September 27th at 9.30 p.m. Eastern and Pacific 8.30 Central on CBS.
1:10.3	Hi, I'm Anna Marie Cox and welcome to With Friends Like These where we talk about the differences
1:14.8	between us without letting them divide us. My guess this week is writer and comedian Trayvon
1:20.4	Frey, who I have known for long enough that I do not remember how we met. I think it may have been
1:25.6	Twitter. We also have mutual friends at the Daily Show where he has worked. He's also worked at the
1:30.7	Ringer where I have friends. He now works on Samantha B's show and I know people there.
1:37.2	In any case, I was going to talk to him about comedy because that is the main way that I know him.
1:42.0	And I was excited to talk to him about the impact of the Me Too movement on comedy, the impact of
1:47.7	generalized wokeness on comedy and social justice. That is not what we talked about. He will have
1:55.9	to come back to talk about those things. We talked about something else entirely which is what it's
2:00.8	like to be one of the few out bisexual black men in the entertainment business today. And how
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