OUT: You self-funded the first two episodes of this series, why did you set out to create Paper Boys? What story were you trying to tell that was missing in LGBTQ film and television?Ĭurtis Casella: Kyle and I batted around a lot of ideas (by the way, you should enjoy that sports metaphor, because it’s the only one I know how to make) when we were coming up with Paper Boys. Here, we sat down with Casella to chat more about this unique story and how it’s changing the LGBTQ storytelling landscape for good. Well, after he runs into the former fling in SF and his best friend reveals his engagement was an accident, their worlds ultimately unfold as they re-discover an old sketchbook of theirs and try to put their lives back together. The series, which tells the story of Cole, who secretly moves to San Francisco under the guise of attending his straight best friend’s engagement party because of his dead-end career and memories of a past fling in New York. Well, Curtis Casella and Kyle Cabral set to change that landscape in their new project, Paper Boys (launching today on Dekkoo, the global streaming platform for gay and queer men), where nearly three quarters of the cast and crew are Asian-American, African-America, Latino, or trans.
“Where are all the queer people of color?” A question at the forefront of the minds of many directors and producers.
