"I thank that series for who I am today, it gave me all of the tools I needed and gave me my self-respect," Wilson Cruz, who starred as Rickie Vasquez on the 1994 series, tells PEOPLE My So-Called ...

Claire snagged the lead role of Angela Chase in My So-Called Life, and she was perfect for the role. The New York native exuded teenage angst in the role, and every girl who watched the show likely ...

As I write this, my Dreo Whole-Room heater is swirling warm air around me in a hushed, mellow sweep. I personally paid the ...

Wilson Cruz is accustomed to having to fight for his seat at the table, not only as a gay actor but also as an LGBTQ+ activist in a never-ending political battle. The Star Trek: Discovery star was ...

Wilson Cruz doesn’t love thinking too much about his childhood in Michigan, but he won’t deny his years growing up in Holland either. The Tulip Time Parades. The Windmill Island Gardens. The report he ...

Just about every episode of My So-Called Life opened with the same ecstatic image: Claire Danes, the show’s then-teenage star, racing into frame, her beaming face haloed by a red streak of newly dyed ...

We're in an era when shows about teenagers are all the rage. That wasn't always the case. The few series that took a stab at accurately depicting high school — "Room 222," "The Bronx Zoo," "Freaks and ...

In 1994, Wilson Cruz became the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay teen on primetime TV, as Rickie Vasquez on “My So-Called Life.” Nearly three decades later, Cruz says it’s the response to ...

While the high visibility of my public life has not always brought me personal peace and happiness, it has lent a certain universal quality to my various metamorphoses. Because I believed that to be ...