Lee Daniels on How Empire's Gay Content is Changg Mds

Contents:

• ‘EMPIRE’S’ TARAJI P. HENSON, TERRENCE HOWARD HOPE GAY STORYLE WILL SAVE YOUNG LIV (VIO)
• EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET
• JSIE SMOLLETT TAK PART TV'S FIRST GAY, BLACK WEDDG HIS LAST EMPIRE EPISO OF THE SEASON

‘EMPIRE’S’ TARAJI P. HENSON, TERRENCE HOWARD HOPE GAY STORYLE WILL SAVE YOUNG LIV (VIO)

After beg diagnosed wh Lou Gehrig’s Disease aka ALS, Luc cis to leave his pany to one of his three sons: his bs-smart elst, his rap star youngt son, and his middle child, Jamal, a talented sger-songwrer who has been phed asi by the fay bee he’s gay.

EMPIRE'S GAY SON IS THE SHOW'S GREATT ASSET

“There’s a mory or a majory out there who aren’t OK if their son and says they’re gay… And if they speak their md, they’re nsired bigots, which is not necsarily that.

JSIE SMOLLETT TAK PART TV'S FIRST GAY, BLACK WEDDG HIS LAST EMPIRE EPISO OF THE SEASON

Daniels said his choice to tackle homophobia the rap world was based on his own life’s experience. “Homophobia is so rampant, not only the Amerin muny, but specifilly the Lato and the Ain-Amerin muni. Rather than jt flailg agast his father's homophobia and retreatg to the fort of his keyboard, Jamal summoned his anger to a missn statement: He pledged to take over his father's pany.

First, and I fear we've unrsold this our last two reps, how spectacular is that a work TV show picts not only a gay man of lor, but a gay man of lor the hetero-domated world of hip-hop?