We’ve gotta make sure we keep them open so the next generation can be awkward and amazed and supported, too.” (He penned a love letter to that bar, a famous downtown New York City dive called Eastern Bloc, as part of his campaign duties.) “I didn’t even how to order a drink,” he laughs. “The first time I walked by a gay bar, I knew there was something special happening there, even before I could walk in,” Yang tells.
Yang is also the new face of Absolut’s Out & Open campaign, which centers independent gay and lesbian bars, and helps fund the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce ( NGLCC) to ensure social spaces for queer communities continue to thrive. He’s just wrapped a breakout season on SNL, and now headlines the buzzy new movie Fire Island, a gay rom-com based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. That’s why in ’s Thirst Trap series, we ask the hard questions like “Why are you so gorgeous?” and “What’s it like being an oasis in the desert of life?” Drink up! You’re welcome.īowen Yang is bracing himself for a hot boy summer.
