Eric McGill is a Canadian swinging trapeze artist based in the United Kingdom. In 2010, he graduated from the National Circus School (ENC)in Montreal. With his swinging trapeze and aerial straps acts he has worked in cabarets, big tented shows and large outdoor festivals around the world including Germany, Mexico, Australia, Canada, and the UK, and he just released a 20-minute video that cheerfully delves into the topic of how to make circus more gay.

Circus artist Eric McGill Why does he advocate for more representation and normalization of gay identities in circus acts and shows? “I’d say the reason I made this video was [because] for a long time I’ve been seeing opposite-sex duos using romance and courtship as a through-line for their acts and their shows, but hardly ever wit...