Jason Caceres Is Redefining Queer Joy on Screen—And He's Just Getting Started

There's a particular kind of magic that happens when an actor finds their lane and decides to sprint down it with purpose. For Jason Caceres, that lane is queer storytelling—specifically, the kind that doesn't ask LGBTQ+ audiences to suffer through their narratives in order to earn the right to exist on screen.

In the span of just a few years, Caceres has become one of the most recognizable emerging voices on OUTtv, the network dedicated to LGBTQ+ content. With roles spanning "Boy Culture: Generation X", the sex comedy sensation "Open To It", and the upcoming queer murder mystery "Laid Bare", Caceres represents a particular throughline in contemporary queer media: the refusal to apologize for joy.

"When I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, I knew I wanted to lend my voice to the LGBTQ+ community," Caceres explained in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Blade. "I was starving for stories and characters that were like me." That hunger has translated into a career marked by intention—each role carefully chosen to expand what queer representation looks like on screen.

If there's a role that has captured the widest attention for Caceres, it's Princeton Martinez on "Open To It", the comedy series that premiered on OUTtv in 2024. The show's premise is deliberately cheeky: a loving gay couple experiments with becoming a throuple, only to discover that threesome sex and open relationships come with considerably more complications than limbs.

Caceres's portrayal of Princeton is the kind that makes you understand why people can't look away—not that they'd want to. He's sassy and chaotic, capable of getting a laugh with nothing more than a perfectly timed eye-roll or a one-liner that lands like a punch. But what sets his performance apart is his willingness to pull the character into unexpectedly vulnerable territory.

Season Two, which began airing on OUTtv on November 6, 2025 with new episodes arriving every Thursday, deepens this complexity. "Princeton has seen a lot of growth since the first season," Caceres shared. "Season 2 sees Princeton struggle to grow into himself. We see heartbreak, we see insecurity, we see doubt, and we see love."

The shift feels significant. "Open To It" has always been positioned as a sex comedy—the kind of show that knows exactly what it is and leans into the absurdity with confidence. But Caceres's approach to Season Two suggests something deeper: a recognition that comedy and emotional truth aren't mutually exclusive. They're complementary.

One of the season's most striking moments came when Caceres found himself navigating art that mirrored his own life in ways he hadn't anticipated. In a particularly vulnerable scene, Princeton lets his guard down and, for the first time, admits that he wants someone to love him the way the show's central couple loves each other.

"The emotional truth of the scene surprised even him," Caceres recalled. "Right as Frank yelled 'cut! 'I started bawling like crazy. It was definitely an 'art imitates life'moment for me." That kind of raw honesty—the willingness to let the camera catch you at your most genuine—is what separates performances that entertain from performances that resonate.

What makes this moment particularly significant for queer audiences is what it represents: a character on a comedy series about sex and relationships who is allowed to be lonely, to want connection, to admit vulnerability without that vulnerability becoming a punchline or a tragic backstory. It's the kind of nuance that queer storytelling has historically been denied.

Caceres's work extends beyond "Open To It". His involvement with "Boy Culture: Generation X" connected him to a lineage of queer creators and storytellers—including director Q. Allan Brocka—who shaped his own artistic awakening. That sense of inheritance matters. It speaks to a generation of queer artists who are deliberately building on the work of those who came before, creating a continuum of representation rather than isolated moments of visibility.

With "Laid Bare", described as a queer Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, on the horizon, Caceres is continuing to expand his range. The project signals something important: that queer actors are being trusted with diverse genres, not just relegated to a single category of storytelling.

What unites Caceres's varied roles is something that might sound simple but is actually revolutionary in the context of LGBTQ+ media: a throughline of joy. His characters are portrayed as messy, hilarious, emotional, desired, and flawed—in other words, as fully human. They're not tragic figures waiting to be saved, nor are they saints existing to provide moral lessons to straight audiences. They're just people, living their lives, making mistakes, falling in love, and figuring things out.

"At the end of the day, "Open To It" is a sex comedy that is meant to make you giggle," Caceres told the Los Angeles Blade, speaking about the show with a mix of humor and self-awareness. But he's also fully conscious of the role the series plays in queer culture—as a space where LGBTQ+ people can see themselves reflected not through the lens of suffering or struggle, but through the lens of desire, humor, and connection.

This matters more than it might initially appear. For decades, queer representation has been weighted with the burden of "importance"—the idea that LGBTQ+ stories must justify their existence by addressing serious issues, by educating, by proving that queer lives are worthy of attention. There's nothing wrong with serious, important queer stories. But there's also nothing frivolous about a show that simply wants to make queer people laugh, that centers queer joy as its own kind of political act.

At 107 reviews on IMDb with a 6. 9/10 rating, "Open To It" has found its audience—one that appreciates the show's commitment to treating open relationships and threesomes with sincerity while never shying away from slapstick comedy and well-timed snark. Critics have praised the writing as slick and clever, the performances as top-notch, and the production values as extremely impressive.

What's particularly striking about the show's reception is how reviewers consistently highlight the fact that it doesn't center trauma. "It's nice to have a queer series that doesn't center trauma," one viewer wrote. "There is real joy in the series and it is a joy to watch! !!" That observation speaks volumes about what audiences are hungry for—and what Caceres is helping to provide.

With three OUTtv series to his name, festival awards, and an undeniable charisma that translates across genres, Caceres has become part of the creative lineage he admired growing up. He's the kind of actor who understands that representation isn't just about visibility—it's about the quality and texture of that visibility. It's about ensuring that queer characters are allowed to be complicated, funny, sexy, and whole.

As Season Two of "Open To It" continues to roll out on OUTtv, and as projects like "Laid Bare" prepare to expand his reach even further, Jason Caceres represents exactly where queer storytelling is headed: toward a future where LGBTQ+ narratives aren't required to earn their place on screen through tragedy or moral instruction, but are simply allowed to exist as stories about people—messy, hilarious, vulnerable, and undeniably human.