HBO’s new swashbuckling, non-binary pirate is ‘reclaiming our stories’, actor Vico Ortiz says

Early on in HBO Max’s new comedy, Our Flag Means Death, one of the pirates loses their fake beard. In the new feel-good series, Vico Ortiz plays a gender non-conforming character who’s credited as both Jim and Bonifacia. When the show starts, Jim is presenting as a man so they can live their dream of …...