Should we throw a party? Should we invite Natasha Lyonne? Glee alum Darren Criss, who sang like rent was due as gay character Blaine Anderson, identifies as a straight, cisgender man. But he still wants us to know that he’s connected to queer culture. “I have been so culturally queer my whole life,” he said at a recent panel at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo. “I was gonna say not because I’m trying to be cool, but I’m gonna erase that, because I am trying to be cool.