Black Actors Who Played Gay Male Characters

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• BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS
• GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.

BLACK ACTORS WHO PLAYED GAY MALE CHARACTERS

Wh great bounds beg ma for the LGBTQ+ muny, cludg the legalizatn of gay marriage the Uned Stat, more reprentatn film is necsary. Thanks to directors like Patrik-Ian Polk, an openly gay Black director rponsible for films like The Skny and Blackbird, the number of Black LGBTQ+ characters has creased, raisg awarens to the particular stggl that only Black members of the LGBTQ+ muny face. When Xolani disvers that the boy he is mentorg, Kwanda, is also gay, Kwanda soon disvers the nature of Xolani and Vija’s relatnship, g tensns to rise.

For example: Chiron is troduced to a homophobic slur at a very young age, havg an impact on how he views homosexualy.

Bisexuals often hear the harmful stereotype that they are “half straight, half gay, ” “greedy, ” or someone who “don’t f ” wh the queer muny.

GAY BLACK MEN RARELY SAW THEMSELV ON SCREEN. MICHAEL K. WILLIAMS CHANGED THAT.

Ellis, like his character Lafayette, was a Black gay man. " Her mom chok up, sayg, “I jt never thought I'd have a gay dghter.