He mmerized on The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, but his gay character on TV as HIV-posive veteran Ken Jon on When We Rise was smooth sailg for the actor and activist.
Contents:
- THE 15 MOST GROUNDBREAKG GAY ROL ON TELEVISN
- LBGTQ TV: A HISTORY OF GAY CHARACTERS, OM STONEWALL TO ‘BATWOMAN’
THE 15 MOST GROUNDBREAKG GAY ROL ON TELEVISN
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Omar was also gay.
LBGTQ TV: A HISTORY OF GAY CHARACTERS, OM STONEWALL TO ‘BATWOMAN’
”Christian, who died 2015, ran a welg church, open to everyone — blacks, wh, straights, gays, bisexuals, trans people, sex workers, addicts, the homels, and people livg wh HIV were all clud. He hid his homosexualy while dog all of that, and then to have all that taken om him.
That’s four battl that he’s fought face to face: civil rights, gay rights, HIV, the good old Amerin ary. ”Jon was one of many gay and bi men (as well as transgenr and cisgenr women of lor) who were told they had mere days or weeks to live thanks to the AIDS plitns ravagg their bodi.