Contug the celebratns LGBTQ+ history month, here are 5 of the bt gay, bi, and queer punk men to add to your playlists (if you haven't already).
Contents:
- IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
- IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY
- P-VALLEY WRER BLASTS HOMOPHOBIC CRICISM FROM RAPPER LIL DUVAL: 'THE GAY A'T GO' NOWHERE'
- TOP 5 GAY, BI, AND QUEER MEN POP PUNK
IS LIL MURDA GAY ON P-VALLEY? IS HE BASED ON A REAL RAPPER?
Ever sce the begng of Lil Murda and Uncle Clifford’s trite relatnship, admirers of the characters have been wonrg whether the former is gay. Nicholson, who intifi himself as heterosexual, looked back on the homophobia that prevailed the all-Black muny he grew up while preparg for the role. How n I unrstand Black gay men, all gay people, and be an ally?
Through the character, Hall also explor the homophobia of the hip-hop scene. “Homophobia is pecially rampant the hip-hop world wh some still havg to choose between succs and tth, ” the creator shared.
“How many gay Southern rappers n you name? Even though the rapper is yet to terme his sexual orientatn, he still fears the homophobic nature of his muny. The stage and film star who was last seen on Broadway earlier this year A Soldier's Play opens up to TV Gui about his portrayal of the closeted rapper who has fallen for the non-bary Uncle Clifford, whether or not he believ his character is gay, his own sexualy—Nicholson intifi as heterosexual—utilizg his role and the seri to spark discsns the Black muny around homophobia and beg an ally to the LGBTQ Communy.
IS LIL' MURDA GAY? P-VALLEY'S J. ALPHONSE NICHOLSON UNPACKS HIS CHARACTER'S HAZY SEXUALY
" Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear.
Homophobia and vlent fear of the unknown put not only the non-bary or trans people at risk of harm but their partners too. The format of the scene hews closely to a talog of work that executive producer Patrik-Ian Polk has built over the span of his reer that double as s of sex tn for gay men. There was no overt ditn he was gay, but for some reason...
This isn't a crique, but there has always been somethg que heteronormative about pictns of gay sex the mastream. But is tertg to thk about how still today, 2022, an dience that has been tung to watch a show centerg around a strip club and s genr rebell owner for a season and a half uld be turned off by a gay sex scene -- particularly one handled as refully as this.
P-VALLEY WRER BLASTS HOMOPHOBIC CRICISM FROM RAPPER LIL DUVAL: 'THE GAY A'T GO' NOWHERE'
RELATED | Historic Gay Film Punks Is Fally Beg Released Wily This Year.
But while their nsensual and rpectful lovemakg seems to su them jt fe (for now anyway) might likely raise a qutn the md of some viewers: Is Lil' Murda gay? Nicholson, who intifi as heterosexual, says part of his preparatn for the part meant lookg back on his own upbrgg an all-Black muny Greensboro, North Carola, and the entrenched, normalized homophobia that led people like Lil' Murda to live silence, shame, and fear.
TOP 5 GAY, BI, AND QUEER MEN POP PUNK
I me out on a Tyler Perry show and for whatever reason he gets a rap like that and I know Tyler [Perry] personally and he’s not gay. I was seen around him and all of a sudn ‘he’s bbg off on me’ and people felt like I was gay somethg like that.
The actor also explaed that the mors happened aga wh P-Valley when he took photos wh Nicholson, who plays closeted gay rapper Lil Murda. He explaed, “I had done somethg while I was on the set of P-Valley, maybe I was wh Clifford [Nic Annan] or I thk I was takg a picture wh Alphonse who plays Ltle Murda, and people started off wh the gay thg aga.