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Brandon Black talks playg the first gay character a Tyler Perry Maa movie.

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BRANDON BLACK ON PLAYG THE FIRST GAY ROLE A MAA MOVIE: 'I THK I'M QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB'

"I want them to know that more than tryg to appease your fay, you got to be yourself, " says the actor, who is gay.

Rears faiar wh this pattern will know as the "bury your gays" trope, where shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The 100 are famo for killg off the only LGBTQ+ characters for the sake of the (straight) drama.

In terms of queer storytellg, A Maa Homeg's choice to let s gay character be gay whout any sort of repercsn or fallout is some viewers may crave more queerns the film, the choice to not make a big al out of Tim's g- out furthers the ia that gayns do not have to be one's center, entire personaly, or the cx of a movie or TV show. [Jt like life] you're not jt gay, " Black says. "You're gay, you're Black, you are a young person g up today's tim.

TYLER PERRY’S NEWT ‘MAA’ MOVIE MAK HISTORY WH GAY CHARACTER

"I have a few iends who are the same tegory -- gay Black actors who have stuff g out, " he says. This movie, for me, is g out of the perfect time to be my billboard, to say like you should put me your next thg and don't have to be a gay role.

"In the end, A Maa Homeg is more than jt Perry's first Maa movie wh a gay ma character. What was the pot that you were tryg to make when you highlighted that even though one of the characters was gay and we all knew?

Or even jt watchg the thgs that have happened to Matthew Shepherd Wyomg or Tyler Clementi jumpg off a bridge bee of people fdg out that they were gay.

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