“That’s good, be uncomfortable!” Brandon Kyle Goodman tells the conservative cis-het viewers and critics who have deemed Netflix’s animated favourite Big Mouth as too “crass” or “vulgar” for its unflinching depiction of LGBTQ+ narratives. “I’ve definitely seen the critiques where people are like, ‘It’s so gay, everyone’s gay, everyone’s queer.’ It’s like… yeah?” the self-described ‘actor, writer, activist and messy mom’ tells GAY TIMES over Zoom. “That’s real life too, baby.”
Following various film and TV appearances such as Prime Video’s Modern Love and Netflix’s Feel the Beat, the American comedian landed his breakthrough role in 2021 as a writer and voice actor on the fifth season of the streamer’s groundbreaking comedy, as well its spin-off Human Resources, which launched in March. Since its 2017 premiere, Big Mouth has been met with rave reviews for its portrayal of sex, the human body and the joyful, nuanced representation of LGBTQ+ characters and stories.
Living at the intersection of Black and non-binary, Brandon (who uses he/they pronouns) is determined to use his platform to represent marginalised voices in a world that doesn’t ‘love, value or protect’ them - one joke at
