Matt Bomer Says ‘Fellow Travelers’ is Key to Knowing ‘What Our History Is’ [Video]

“We have to educate ourselves if we want to know what our history is.”

There’s been a lot of hype lately about the Showtime limited series Fellow Travelers. Part historical thriller about the Lavender Scare (the systematic outing and dismissal of LGBTQ+ federal government workers in the mid-20th century) and part steamy queer love story, Fellow Travelerstells the story of the romance between Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (Matt Bomer) and Tim “Skippy” Laughlin (Jonathan Bailey). For Bomer, he said he was “cynical” it would ever get made because, “are people going to invest in a four-decade queer love story?” But he felt the story was important to tell because “we’re not taught these things in school…[it’s] informative and educational, but also, oddly, very timely.” Bomer is interested in playing more than queer characters, but if a queer story “comes my way and I have the opportunity to help put it out there, absolutely.” …