Life After ‘Mad Men’ For Bryan Batt/Sal Romano PART 1
In this interview, Bryan Batt comes out swinging for all queer and trans people, the beauty of New Orleans, and the untold story of Mad Men’s Sal Romano
Interview
Stephenie Magister: Let’s just go through the questions. Number one, where do you fall on the queer spectrum?
Bryan Batt: First of all, I don’t really know what a queer spectrum is, but I think I would call myself a classic OG gay. I just turned 61 March 1st, and I’m very accepting and open to whatever is new and happening in the gay community and in the queer community. To be completely honest and candid, I’m just getting used to using the word queer, because for me growing up, that was a real derogatory term and a slur. One of my friends said, “Wait a minute, wait, that’s what they used to call us when they beat us up.” And I get the idea of taking it back, but it still resonates as a negative. Even by the Webster’s old definition of queer, it’s something odd or not normal…
