‘I’m black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. My untry hat me!’: actor Samira Wiley on love, nfince and the Handmaid’s Tale | Stage | The Guardian

Contents:

• DEAR MOM, I’M GAY! THE MIL
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• ‘I’M BLACK, I’M GAY, I’M A WOMAN. MY UNTRY HAT ME!’: ACTOR SAMIRA WILEY ON LOVE, NFINCE AND THE HANDMAID’S TALE

DEAR MOM, I’M GAY! THE MIL

Featur clu Gay, Straight, and Bisexual movi. Except there's one problem, I act too gay. When you first meet me 's obv I'm gay, I have a stereotypil gay voice and mannerisms and I n't learn how to turn that off and act straight.

Now don't get me wrong, 's not somethg I'm ashamed of, but as an actor i'm always sted as the gay characters bee of how I act. Even then I was told I was "too gay" for the part. Good lotn: cy centre, another gay club (911) the nearby area and a gay iendly hostel next to stay (Inga Hotels).

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

I’m Black, I’m gay, I’m a woman. And the character was gay, which was all that I was foced on, ” she says. ”Wiley had e out to her parents, who were supportive, when she was 20 – they officiated her weddg – and she has done terviews wh gay prs, though plenty of LGBTQ+ actors choose not to.

“I fely did specifilly not talk about for a while, but people jt assumed I was gay.

“ Bee Posey is gay? Photograph: Marc BrennerShe worried that if she took The Handmaid’s Tale part, havg played one gay character jt before , she might be typest.

‘I’M BLACK, I’M GAY, I’M A WOMAN. MY UNTRY HAT ME!’: ACTOR SAMIRA WILEY ON LOVE, NFINCE AND THE HANDMAID’S TALE

“My wife was like, if you do gay for anythg, you do gay for this. When I thk about now, ’s a ltle naive to say, I don’t want to play gay, bee that’s the heteronormative ia that we’re all the same. For me, how powerful is , to have a Black gay woman portray an actual Black gay woman on TV?