Darren Criss says he's "culturally queer" & playing gay on 'Glee' was a "privilege"

It was f***ing awesome [playing a gay teen on Glee opposite Chris Colfer]. Nowadays, we just call it a relationship on TV. But to contextualize it, a gay relationship on mainstream Fox, that's a pretty cool thing to be a part of.

People of all ages, all spectrums of queerness say, 'I didn't grow up with a show like that and it was a really meaningful thing for me to see,' and I go I didn't grow up with a show like that and that would've been very meaningful for me too.

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