Multihyphenate filmmaker Elegance Bratton said his latt project, “The Inspectn,” about a gay homels Black man who jos the Mar, hs pecially
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- 'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
- THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
- HOW 'THE INSPECTN' TELLS THE CREDIBLE STORY OF A GAY MAN'S EXPERIENCE THE MAR DURG 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
'THE INSPECTN' HIGHLIGHTS A GAY BLACK MARE'S EXPERIENCE UNR 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
Netflix has greenl a seri — which unts the legendary Norman Lear among s executive producers — that will follow a gay teenager who enlists the U. The streamer has orred 10 episos of The Corps, a drama that will follows Cameron Cope (Mil Heizer), a bullied gay teen who jos the Mar wh his straight bt iend, Ray McCaffey (Liam Oh), 1990 — a pre-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era when beg gay the ary uld mean jail time or worse. Before "don't ask, don't tell" was officially repealed for gay, lbian, and bisexual ary personnel 2011, a photo of a male Mare drag uld have land him hot water.
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"As a gay man, I n relate to what is still the opprsive stigma of homosexualy. Multihyphenate filmmaker Elegance Bratton said his latt project, “The Inspectn, ” about a gay homels Black man who jos the Mar, hs pecially close to home after he was kicked out as a teenager for beg gay and spent a livg on the streets. The film, which is loosely based on Bratton’s life, foc on the challeng the ma character, Ellis French, experienc as a young gay Black man durg the ary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” era.
THIS GAY MARE VET JT MA A MOVIE BASED ON HIS LIFE THE CORPS DURG 'DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL'
The policy, which was effect between 1994 and 2011, banned gay and lbian service members om servg openly the armed forc.
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HOW 'THE INSPECTN' TELLS THE CREDIBLE STORY OF A GAY MAN'S EXPERIENCE THE MAR DURG 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
"The Inspectn" is a new feature about a young man who turns his life around the Mare Corps after beg kicked out of the hoe as a teen for beg gay and livg homels for several years. Bratton lived on the streets for a after beg kicked out of the hoe for beg gay. The trailer for Bratton's film brgs a lot of the Mare Corps' re valu, so looks like we n expect a movie that portrays lead character Ellis French's ary experience a posive light spe of the herent problems a gay Mare would have faced that era.
J native was kicked out of his hoe at 16 for beg gay and was homels for 10 years. “My mother always kd of ma me feel as though I was worthls bee I was gay, and then I beme homels, ” Bratton told Yahoo Entertament durg an terview for his powerful new film The Inspectn, which the veteran and filmmaker wrote and directed about his te-life journey the service durg the ary’s ntroversial "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" era. "Bratton, Pope and Unn believe a film like The Inspectn has the power to change hearts and mds when to parents stgglg to accept their LGBTQ children, fort young gay people and beyond.