DANNIELLE OWENS-REID
A performer and social media guru, Dannielle Owens-Reid is forging a career on the Internet. “I would like to be auditioning a lot more, performing more often,” she says. “There aren´t very many people who look like me on TV; we still live in a world where someone who looks like me is thought of as ´outside the box.´” So she has discovered her own corner of the web, where she has found some fame as a comedic speaker and one half of the Everyone Is Gay team. She also created one of the best memes of all time, the “Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber” Tumblr. But mostly, Owens-Reid is using the format to give advice to gay kids via video. “Working with LGBTQ youth is so important to me, especially in a fun and ridiculous way,” she says. “If TV, movies and magazines STILL haven´t caught up, I´m so happy to be on the Internet and to at least provide one small representation of this type of human.” -SJ
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